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Studying the Survey

With people seeming to need more services from government, how to pay for them becomes a growing concern.
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Studying the Survey

With people seeming to need more services from government, how to pay for them becomes a growing concern.

Cool weather does wonders for Shootout competition

The 24th Annual Morris Boys Shootout has come and gone.

They happen in threes

They are supposed to happen in threes, as the saying goes, but if you use a wide-ish definition of the word, four celebrities deaths occurred last week.

Reporter's notebook from Braidwood is still overflowing

Well, summer shootout basketball season has come to a close in the area. Congratulations to Moline, North Lawndale and O'Fallon for winning the Morris Ladies, Braidwood Boys and Morris Boys Shootouts, respectively. Also, while I am dishing it to those who are deserving, a special thanks to the guys at Illinois Prep Bulls-Eye for helping me sort through the who's who of these local tournaments even before they started. Their site can be located at www.ilprepbullseye.com if you are interested in the high school basketball scene.

There are 1,000 reasons why Cubs frustrate their fans

As a Cubs fan, I supposed I should be pleased with the weekend's all-Chicago series, since my prediction going in was a three-game White Sox sweep.

Eureka born Zobrist flying under baseball fans' radar

He is about as unknown as a guy with a last name that starts with the letter "Z" can be.

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Morris Mirror

Chicago, Detroit exchange scorers; Hawks lose Havlat

I think Chicago came out ahead Wednesday, when it and Detroit swapped a pair of professional athletes that score an awful lot in the winter months.
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Morris Mirror

Yao Ming may miss 2009-10 season

Talk about a reversal of fortunes for the Houston Rockets, who had one of the best and most surprising playoff runs in the NBA this past seaason.
» Morris Mirror
Morris Mirror

Sox playing better, but playoffs a tough proposition

A few weeks back, I said that of Chicago's two professional baseball teams, the White Sox were the more likely to emerge from their early-season slumber and make the playoffs.
» Morris Mirror
Morris Mirror

Mark DeRosa traded to Cardinals

Unlike most Chicago Cubs fans, I haven't chugged gallons of the Mark DeRosa kool-aid.
» Morris Mirror
Morris Mirror

Thursday's NBA draft & trade happenings

Thursday was definitely going to be a huge day for the NBA, since the NBA Draft brought hope, if not top-shelf talent, to the most desperate franchises and depth to the others. Nothing that unfolded in the two rounds of picking previous amateurs, however, surprised me more than the two blockbuster trades.
» Through the Lens
Through the Lens

Pets on Parade

Kicking off Morris' Nostalgia Days for the third year was the Bone-ified pet parade Thursday night, which dozens of dog owners walked their four-legged friends down Liberty Street.

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Reader poll

Will you be attending the Grundy County Fair?
I do every year
I might check it out
Probably not this year
No, I avoid it

Blogs

» Morris Mirror
Morris Mirror

Chicago, Detroit exchange scorers; Hawks lose Havlat

I think Chicago came out ahead Wednesday, when it and Detroit swapped a pair of professional athletes that score an awful lot in the winter months.
» Morris Mirror
Morris Mirror

Yao Ming may miss 2009-10 season

Talk about a reversal of fortunes for the Houston Rockets, who had one of the best and most surprising playoff runs in the NBA this past seaason.