Ron Berler: Living with regret and former Cubs pitcher Oscar Zamora’s glove
How do you thank someone who has passed? Oscar Zamora was a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs in the mid-1970s. He wasn't very good, to put it kindly. During...
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Illinois parolees: Often undereducated, unemployed — and soon back behind bars
Justin McDowell was 17 when he and a confederate shotgunned their way into a downstate Allendale, Ill., home, held a couple and their infant daughter at gunpoint and stole $300...
For prisoners, Pell Grants are key to college, jobs
Should Rob Garite have been eligible for a Pell Grant? Garite was 15 years old on the night in November 1991 he and four teenage toughs lured a 17-year-old Chicago...
CAN NEW YEAR BRING NEW KIND OF PARENT?
Corey B. wanted to help his parents with their New Year's resolutions. Each year they pledged the same old things, like cutting out coffee and watching less TV. Instead, Corey,...
TAKING THE HEAT: GIRL STANDS BY HER SITTER
Joanie`s living room was a wreck. It looked like a hurricane had hit it. Her 11-year-old baby-sitter had shattered an expensive new vase while the two had been playing tag....