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Artist's 'vivid imagination' created Morton Arboretum's incredible trolls
By Katlyn Smith
Jun 21, 2018 10:31 AM - A Danish artist has turned Lisle's Morton Arboretum into a home for six giant trolls. How it all came together, how each troll got its look and location, and how they were named.
Lester comes up aces at Cubs take 2 of 3 from Dodgers
By Bruce Miles
Jun 20, 2018 6:36 PM - The Chicago Cubs got 7 strong innings from starting pitcher Jon Lester on the way to a 4-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field. The Cubs took two of three in the series. They won Wednesday with Lester's pitching and some strong defense.
55 years for gunman who killed shop clerk in Bensenville
By Justin Kmitch
Jun 20, 2018 4:36 PM - Stephan Russell had multiple chances to "break off" an armed robbery in 2014. Instead, a DuPage County judge said, he escalated the situation, eventually shooting and killing a 36-year-old tobacco shop owner.
Constable: Northwestern next for Plainfield author with cystic fibrosis

Jun 20, 2018 4:19 PM - In spite of hospitalizations and the daily grind of treating her cystic fibrosis, 18-year-old Ravina Thakkar of Plainfield is a scholar who still gets royalties from her first novel and just won a scholarship that she can use when she starts at Northwestern University this fall.
'Womp womp': Corey Lewandowski mocks story of child with Down syndrome separated from parents
Kyle Swenson
Jun 20, 2018 8:58 AM - As the country's blood pressure continues to rise over the separation of migrant children from their parents at the border, tempers flared Tuesday night on Fox News.
Rachel Maddow breaks down in tears on air while reading report on 'tender age' shelters
Samantha Schmidt
Jun 20, 2018 8:51 AM - The MSNBC host apologized for "losing it there," but many of her viewers said she conveyed what scores of Americans have been feeling.
Constable: Finding love not like job hunt
By Burt Constable
Jun 20, 2018 1:45 PM - In a world where many of our business and social connections are online, Streamwood author Steven Provenzano says the search for love requires a different skill set.
The facts about Trump's policy of separating families at the border
By Salvador Rizzo
Jun 19, 2018 1:48 PM - Immigrant families are being separated primarily because the Trump administration in April began to prosecute as many border-crossing offenses as possible. This "zero-tolerance policy" applies to all adults, regardless of whether they cross alone or with their children.
A forest ranger posed for a selfie with a python he captured. It nearly strangled him.
Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
Jun 19, 2018 11:26 AM - A forest ranger in India corralled an 18-foot rock python with an animal-control pole, then used thick gloves to grab the snake's head and pick it up. All he had to do was put it into a sack for quick transport back to the wild. Instead, he draped the snake around his neck for a celebratory selfie.
Auditions begin for Suburban Chicago's Got Talent
By Scott C. Morgan
Jun 19, 2018 6:27 AM - Preliminary auditions have begun for Suburban Chicago's Got Talent at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. The summer talent competition, now in its seventh season, plays in new venues and is co-sponored by the Daily Herald, Onesti Entertainment, Amita Health, Zeigler Auto Group, Salon Lorrene and the Village of Schaumburg.

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