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January 6, 2023 at 6:16 p.m.

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Elowyn Hoelscher, 7, stands in line at a food truck with her mother, Erika Hoelscher, during a power outage on Dec. 5 in Southern Pines, N.C. Tens of thousands of people went for days without electricity in Moore County after two power substations were shot up by one or more people.

Speak Out: Bears seemed to quit before game was even half over; bravery means different things in different situations so don’t compare; substation attacks are acts of terrorism, not vandalism

January 5, 2023 at 11:23 a.m.

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Elgin man, teen charged after incident involving guns being fired into the air and at car, police say

January 4, 2023 at 11:14 a.m.

An Elgin man and a teen were arrested on weapons charges after one allegedly fired a gun into air during an argument and the other fired a gun at a...

Elier Salazar Chacon, 29, carries his 3-year-old daughter, Cataleya Salazar Ramirez, in August 2022 after arriving on a bus with other migrants from Texas at Chicago's Union Station.

Speak Out: Lightfoot’s complaints about immigrants wrongly directed at Texas governor; post-holiday doldrums the worst time of year; inflation the result of COVID, not Biden

January 3, 2023 at 12:05 p.m.

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Speak Out: When we start believing lies are just ’embellishments,’ we’ve got problems; Biden rectifying bad decisions doesn’t mean he’s doing good; how many movies on new ‘best of all time’ list have you seen?

December 30, 2022 at 9:50 a.m.

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U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos, R-New York, has admitted that he lied about parts of his resume but says he hasn't committed any crimes and intends to serve in Congress.

Speak Out: Trump doesn’t understand Marxism, and his followers don’t either; the 18 Republicans who voted for omnibus bill should be ashamed; why is no one in the GOP outraged by Santos’ lies?

December 28, 2022 at 9:15 a.m.

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Some people had real problems with the bitter cold and blowing snow last week but one self-involved man at an airport, when questioned by reporter, chose to gripe about how irritated he was that the weather caused his flight to leave late and he wasn't served coffee on the plane, a Speak Out commenter says.

Speak Out: Whiny young man makes you wonder how he’d handle real problems; a few suggestions for 2022’s winners and losers; where are the parents of these ‘hungry’ children in ads?

December 27, 2022 at 11:18 a.m.

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Elgin man headed to prison after pleading guilty to charge of reproducing child porn video

December 23, 2022 at 2:41 p.m.

An Elgin man who made a copy of a video showing a child being sexually abused was sentenced to eight years in prison, the Kane County State's Attorney's Office said....

Letters to the Editor: Biden deserves blame, not credit, for the state of gas prices

December 23, 2022 at 8:38 a.m.

Biden deserves blame, not credit, for state of gas prices Responding to a Speak Out item titled "Time to give credit," the writer chastised the right for not thanking President...

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol held its last public meeting Monday in Washington.

Speak Out: Jan. 6 committee hearings the best TV of the year; over-the-counter drug prices have gone through the roof; Lightfoot can cry for her siblings but what about those of the people killed in Chicago?

December 23, 2022 at 8:06 a.m.

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