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Speak Out: Roe v. Wade brought out female voters and GOP lost; Biden’s as a big liar as Trump; NBA players deliberately save real game for fourth quarter

November 18, 2022 at 11:39 a.m.

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Speak Out: Please use your turning signals to help other drivers; someone needs to clean up Emmett Till’s grave; more rewriting of history, billionaire donations and octogenerian candidates ahead

November 17, 2022 at 12:10 p.m.

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Lincoln Avenue Barber Shop owner Wil Dumas was honored with an Elgin Image Award this week for working with other barber shops and barber schools, the Windy City Bulls and the city of Elgin to provide 115 free back-to-school haircuts this year.

Wide range of volunteers, leaders honored with 2022 Elgin Image Awards

November 15, 2022 at 5:13 p.m.

The winners of the 2022 Elgin Image Awards were recognized Monday during a ceremony at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin. Five people were presented with Professional Rockstar Awards...

Speak Out: American products cost more because we pay a living wage; electric cars need electric charging stations; was Election Day a great one for democracy or a sign that society is crumbling?

November 14, 2022 at 4:18 p.m.

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Speak Out: American-made fridge lasted four decades; two different reactions to student loan forgiveness; outcome of election beginning of the end for Trump?

November 11, 2022 at 10:51 a.m.

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The rifle detail from American Legion Elgin Post 57 conducts a gun salute as part of Elgin's 2021 Veterans Day ceremony held at The Edward Schock Centre of Elgin.

Speak Out: We need someone needs to expose or stop lies in political ads; Friday’s Veterans Day – don’t forget; gun limits won’t not keep weapons out of criminal hands

November 9, 2022 at 1:54 p.m.

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Get fast, updated election numbers after the polls close Tuesday through the Courier-News and Chicago Trib

November 7, 2022 at 4:55 p.m.

Fast election results are a click away thanks to the Courier-News/baiduhai, which will be posting updated numbers all night Tuesday. Just do a Google search for the race you're...

Jalyn Hall, left, stars as Emmett Till and Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till-Mobley in the movie "Till," which tells the 14-year-old boy from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and lynched in Mississippi in 1955.

Speak Out: Don’t be cowed by false allegations of vote-by-mail fraud; no baseball player will ever top Babe Ruth; it’s important for all to know story of Emmett Till

November 7, 2022 at 1:06 p.m.

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It's hard not to look back at the 1950s as a better time compared to today, one letter writer says.

Letters to the Editor: Workers’ rights amendment too costly for Illinois; looking back makes one long for the good old 1950s

November 4, 2022 at 12:01 p.m.

Workers' rights amendment too costly for Illinois Please vote against Amendment 1 if you care about the future of Illinois. "The Workers' Rights" amendment sounds like a good thing but...

Speak Out: Vote no on workers’ rights amendment; solar farms eat up valuable food farm land; Darren Bailey’s a millionaire, not a ‘poor’ farmer

November 4, 2022 at 11:11 a.m.

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