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This image released by Disney+ shows, from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon in a scene from the nearly 8-hour Peter Jackson produced documentary "Get Back."

Column: ‘Get Back’ shows how The Beatles created music that could appeal to all

December 8, 2021 at 2:27 p.m.

Everyone, it seems, has a personal connection to The Beatles, judging from how many are sharing their impressions of Peter Jackson's epic film, "Get Back," that chronicles how the band...

Kyle Rittenhouse, left, with backwards cap, walks along Sheridan Road in Kenosha, Wisconsin Aug. 25, 2020, with another armed civilian.

Column: Tinley Park teachers acting like gangsters is new normal in a culture that glorifies guns

December 7, 2021 at 4:17 p.m.

A recent viral video that showed adults and students at Tinley Park High School holding cellphones like guns should be a teachable moment about how gun culture has warped America....

Intersect Illinois CEO Dan Seals address the Will County Center for Economic Development Friday.

Column: Negative politics may score ratings, but business depends on good government

December 3, 2021 at 3:35 p.m.

We're all familiar with narratives about high taxes in our sorry state of Illinois. We've seen the yard signs critical of Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other Democrats. We've heard the...

Brian Westbrook, right, founder and executive director of Coalition for Life St. Louis, address a group Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, during a prayer vigil outside a dental office next to a Planned Parenthood facility in the 19800 block of Governors Highway in Flossmoor.

Column: Abortion foes pray at Flossmoor Planned Parenthood as Supreme Court hears case that could overturn Roe v. Wade

December 2, 2021 at 1:09 p.m.

People gathered for a prayer vigil outside a Planned Parenthood facility in Flossmoor Wednesday, the day the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving a Mississippi abortion law...

Column: Here’s how Build Back Better would help Southland families, lawmakers say

December 1, 2021 at 1:27 p.m.

People in the south and southwest suburbs stand to benefit in many ways if the Senate passes the Build Back Better Act and President Joe Biden signs it into law....

Wealthier countries should help cover the cost of vaccinating people in poorer countries to help end the COVID-19 pandemic, Southsiders for Peace members said Monday during a demonstration on 103rd Street at Western Avenue in Beverly.

Column: Rich nations should help poor ones with vaccines, group says at South Side demonstration

November 30, 2021 at 1:16 p.m.

Tony Thompson of Morgan Park stood in the cold Monday afternoon on a Beverly street corner surrounded by other members of the group Southsiders for Peace. Every few moments Thompson...

U.S. Rep. Marie Newman, a first-term Democrat from La Grange who represents several south and southwest suburbs in Congress, in her Countryside campaign office Nov. 22, 2021.

Column: Marie Newman laughs off remap as supporters vow to fight for congressional seat

November 24, 2021 at 12:14 p.m.

Democrats who controlled the recent remapping of Illinois congressional districts made several changes that affected Rep. Marie Newman, a freshman Democrat from La Grange who represents several south and southwest...

Traffic on newly built lanes moves Monday on Interstate 80 looking east from the Old Plank Road Trail bridge in New Lenox.

Column: As New Lenox I-80 project nears end, GOP doubles down on infrastructure opposition

November 23, 2021 at 3:25 p.m.

As a major highway project in New Lenox nears completion, politicians who oppose rebuilding roads and bridges continue to confound people who support infrastructure spending. New lanes opened last week...

The entrance sign at Bult Field near Monee. The state acquired the airstrip for $34 million in 2014, part of nearly $100 million spent since 2002 for the proposed South Suburban Airport.

Column: Southland boosters urge Pritzker to support proposed South Suburban Airport

November 19, 2021 at 1:39 p.m.

South suburban economic development boosters met Thursday with state officials for the first time in three years to discuss the proposed South Suburban Airport near Peotone, an official said Friday....

Christopher Clark, then an alderman, walks out of a Harvey City Council Meeting during the mayor's report Feb. 8, 2016.

Column: Mayor, others respond to corruption allegations as Harvey rocked by 30 homicides in single year

November 18, 2021 at 5:20 p.m.

Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark is a shrewd politician who offers plenty of reasons when you ask him why have there been 30 homicides so far this year in his community...

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