Opinion
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John Pfeifer: A promise kept means the Women's Center survivesDec 01, 2017 12:00 am - It was Wednesday, April 19 and we were hurting. Our cash reserves were depleted, our precious $100,000 CD cashed in and I was about to fill out paperwork to establish a...
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Our view: Keep Thanksgiving forever in your heartNov 24, 2017 12:00 am - We ask you to remember this Thanksgiving holiday. Remember it today, Black Friday, and all the crowded shopping days ahead when, battling the bargain hunters, you are te...
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Penalty Shots: Grading on the swerveNov 22, 2017 12:00 am - It's award season for fall sports, as the slow trickle of all-conference, all-South and all-state announcements comes across my email. The Black Diamond Conference recen...
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Rich Miller: Strange bedfellows, as union, Proft line up against DurkinNov 22, 2017 12:00 am - Operating Engineers Union Local 150 is making good on its threat to back a Republican primary opponent against House Republican Leader Jim Durkin. The union local's pres...
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Penalty shots: The game has changed (again)Nov 17, 2017 12:00 am - As I'm approaching my fourth anniversary of joining the Herald Tribune, there's a word that I never thought I'd encounter when covering news and events in Randolph Count...
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Letter: Thank you, Randolph County, for helping me find LeonardNov 17, 2017 12:00 am - Dear editor: On October 23rd, I made my way to Ellis Grove to visit the grave of a soldier I lost in Vietnam. I could not have found him without the efforts of people in...
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Letter: Clearing up 'misleading' item in school board summaryNov 17, 2017 12:00 am - Dear Editor, In the Nov. 1 edition of the Herald Tribune, the newspaper printed a summary it received from the Chester school district of the financial affairs of the di...
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On harassment, Springfield moves with shocking speedNov 14, 2017 10:00 pm - Sometimes change happens quickly, and sometimes it never seems to happen at all. It certainly was a case of the former last week when the Illinois Legislature hastily ap...
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Rich Miller: Springfield moving with warp speed to address harassment complaintsNov 01, 2017 1:00 am - I don't think I've ever seen House Speaker Michael Madigan move faster to get in front of a legislative issue than he did last when he vowed to address the climate of se...
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Our view: Our campaign advice for Gov. Bruce RaunerNov 01, 2017 1:00 am - Today, we offer some advice for Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, who recently announced he's running for re-election. Our advice probably will come across as critical. We pre...