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Steve Bertrand
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Steve has been keeping WGN listeners up to date since he joined the station in 1985. His first awards came for his coverage of the death of Mayor Harold Washington. He has since won several others for anchoring and...Tags: Radio, Harold Washington, Lake County (Illinois), Entertainment, Game Shows (genre)
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Bill Granger, 1941-2012
Bill Granger wrote for Chicago newspapers for close to 20 years before becoming a successful novelist, penning many spy novels and police procedurals. Imbued with a high level of energy and a strong work ethic, the bearded, bespectacled Mr. Granger wrote...
Tags: Jane Byrne, Labor Legislation, Mystery (genre), Streeterville, Espionage and Intelligence
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Mustard mystery lingers
Q: Growing up in Old Town back in the late 1950s and early 1960s meant numerous trips to the North Avenue beach and Lincoln Park Zoo, among other places, and eating cotton candy and hot dogs. I remember the hot dogs at Café Brauer at the zoo came with...
Tags: Mustard, Cary, Lincoln Park Zoo, Corporate Officers, Vienna Beef
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Odd geography in new Illinois congressional map
During his three decades in Elmhurst, John Morrissey has been comfortable being represented in Washington by a generation of conservative congressmen.
Now the retired 61-year-old business manager is coming to the realization that after having been a...Tags: Mike Quigley, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Bobby L Rush, Lombard, John Shimkus
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Congress-seekers disclose campaign cash
Former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson began the new year with a slight cash advantage in her Democratic primary challenge to Rep.Jesse Jackson Jr., federal campaign disclosure reports showed Tuesday.
Halvorson reported raising $101,381 from October through...Tags: Debbie Halvorson, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Elections, Tea Party Movement, Kankakee
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Democrats raise nearly $2 million for primary to face Walsh
Clout StreetDemocrats Raja Krishnamoorthi and Tammy Duckworth have raised a combined $1.95 million for their congressional campaigns setting the stage for an intense March 20 primary battle with the winner taking on tea party-backed Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh....Tags: Raja Krishnamoorthi, Elections, Tea Party Movement, Parties and Movements, Veterans Affairs
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Football recruiting | National signing day: Where Illinois players are going
The following list is composed of the football commitments that have been sent to the Chicago Tribune or to Edgy Tim O'Halloran. A player's name on this list does not mean that player will necessarily sign his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, nor...
Tags: Evanston, Loyola Greyhounds, Springfield, Scott Simpson, Morgan Park
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Manteno wrestling coach killed in accident while jogging
Tribune reporterA beloved Manteno High School teacher was struck and killed by a car early Tuesday morning while he was jogging on a Kankakee County road, officials said. Cory Blanchette, 37, who also served as a wrestling coach at the school, was in the southbound...Tags: Kankakee, File Sharing, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Wrestling
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Kinzinger tours MorningStar Mission
TribLocal - Joliet » NewsU.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger toured MorningStar Mission in Joliet on Friday and talked with staff about their concerns with two proposals that would limit charitable …... -
Illinois' 5 House freshmen face key vote on debt limit
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — This week’s expected vote on a GOP plan to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending will be the biggest one yet for the huge freshman class that arrived in January, House Republican Bobby Schilling said today. Schilling, who is...Tags: McHenry, Bobby Schilling, John A. Boehner, Kenilworth, Illinois
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NRA backs Halvorson in southwest suburban congressional race
Clout StPosted by Kristen Schorsch at 2:36 p.m. The political arm of the National Rifle Association today endorsed Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson in a hotly-contested southwest suburban congressional race. The gun rights group chose the freshman... -
D146 chooses Steger district head as new superintendent
TribLocal - Tinley Park » NewsCommunity Consolidated School District 146 announced Monday that someone with a little district history will fill its superintendent position when current Superintendent Marion Hoyda retires …...
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