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Stoker's bond upped to $750KNov 20, 2016 10:00 pm - It will be a little harder for Jason Michael Stoker to leave Randolph County Jail as his case continues in Randolph County court. During a continued motion hearing on Mo...
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Movie review: ‘Manchester by the Sea' redefines sweet sorrowNov 20, 2016 10:00 pm - "Good grief" is a phrase we normally associate with Charlie Brown. But it also applies aptly to Kenneth Lonergan's majestic "Manchester by the Sea," a movie so lovely in...
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Tax experts talk TIFNov 19, 2016 10:00 pm - Tax Increment Financing, better known as TIF, is not free money. Steeleville High School hosted a "TIF 101" forum on Nov. 10 that was attended by around 50 people repres...
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Movie review: Magic missing from ‘Fantastic Beasts'Nov 18, 2016 12:01 am - You know you're movie is in trouble when you're secondary characters are infinitely more interesting and charismatic than your two leads. Such is the case with "Fantasti...
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Movie review: Pazienza biopic, ‘Bleed for This,' packs a punchNov 18, 2016 12:01 am - From its opening scene of splitting 10s on a $20,000 blackjack hand to triumphantly returning to the boxing ring after a devastating injury, "Bleed for This" is all abou...
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Movie review: ‘Nocturnal Animals' is subliminal art at its finestNov 18, 2016 12:01 am - Critics. Artists adore them when they come bearing praise and hate them when they're opinions fall short of effusive. Tom Ford knows this dichotomy well, both as a fashi...
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Movie review: War drama ‘Billy Lynn' misfiresNov 18, 2016 12:01 am - It doesn't pay to be a visionary. Just ask Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, whose attempt to use ground-breaking technology on his latest film, the Iraq war drama "Billy ...
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Movie review: ‘Fantastic Beasts' makes for fanciful funNov 18, 2016 12:01 am - For those Harry Potter fans who have been in the doldrums for the past couple of years — no more books, no more movies — here's a treat for you. No, let's kick...
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CMHC Local 424 pickets impasse decisionNov 17, 2016 10:00 pm - Two days after being on the wrong end of an Illinois Labor Relations Board decision regarding its contract talks with the state, AFSCME workers were out in force on the ...
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Nicole Kidman takes on a world of acting rolesNov 17, 2016 10:00 pm - Long and tall Aussie actress Nicole Kidman (who once refused my offer of a chocolate chip cookie when we were on an elevator together; but that's a story for another day...