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Constable: Can 16-inch softball compete against cricket?
Mar 21, 2019 5:30 AM - Once a favorite pastime of aging athletes, 16-inch softball is an endangered species in some suburbs. The game played with no mitts isn't nearly as popular in Naperville as cricket.
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New name, new purpose for Lake Zurich park
Mar 21, 2019 4:06 PM - Lake Zurich officials Wednesday formally rebranded Kuechmann Park as Kuechmann Arboretum on Wednesday, an effort to draw renewed interest in the little-used asset and focus on its old oaks and other trees. -
Review: Jordan Peele's 'Us' doubles down on suspense, political metaphor
Mar 21, 2019 8:11 AM - "Black Panther" co-stars Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke play a married couple in "Us," Jordan Peele's freaky and outrageously frightening family horror/comedy.
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DuPage sheriff's department heads what some are calling the county's largest recycling event
Mar 20, 2019 6:02 PM - Hundreds of desks, lamps, dressers, and even old fashioned pencil sharpeners will live to see another day rather than die in a landfill thanks to an old relationship between a Lisle property manager and DuPage County Sheriff Law Enforcement Bureau Chief Bob Toerpe. The property manager of a 360,000 square-foot abandoned hotel and training and convention center near Lisle agreed to allow Toerpe, after a liquidation sale, to go through the building and salvage "anything that could help anyone." -
Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, Kacey Musgraves headline Lollapalooza 2019 lineup
Mar 20, 2019 5:05 PM - The lineup for Lollapalooza 2019 announced Wednesday morning includes Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, Twenty-One Pilots, Kacey Musgraves, Lil Wayne and more. -
Trump lashes out at George Conway, who has been questioning the president's mental health
Mar 19, 2019 11:14 AM - President Trump on Tuesday called the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway "a total loser," responding to mounting questions by George Conway about the state of Trump's mental health.
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Mundelein High teacher gets a Golden Apple for work with Spanish-speaking students
Mar 18, 2019 6:03 PM - Friends, family and colleagues surprised Mundelein High School teacher Sara Blair Winter-Rosenberg with big news Monday: She'd been named a Golden Apple Award winner. -
'Epitome of a teacher': Maine East Golden Apple winner surprised on pajama day
Mar 18, 2019 4:40 PM - Judy Tyler, an AP biology and gifted program teacher in her 31st year at Maine East High School in Park Ridge, was surprised by colleagues and students Monday afternoon -- on the school's pajama day, no less -- with news she is one of this year's Golden Apple Award recipients. -
How Bartlett High students are becoming role models to younger peers
Mar 18, 2019 6:30 AM - Growing up, Rohan Shah was lucky to have a role model in his older brother to help him navigate the challenges of school. That kind of steady guidance is what drove Shah, a Bartlett High School senior, to create a student-led, STEM-focused mentoring program for younger peers. -
If recreational cannabis becomes legal in Illinois, how the industry could grow
Mar 18, 2019 8:45 AM - Experts predict new business opportunities beyond growing and selling if Illinois creates a legal market for recreational-use cannabis.
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