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Don McLeese was one of America’s top rock critics, writing for the Chicago Sun Times, Austin (Texas) American-Statesman and Rolling Stone. And, whether he would admit to himself, an alcoholic. Then he ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Author Don McLeese joins Rick Kogan to talk ...

Don McLeese and Dave Hoekstra — remember those names, all you newspaper readers out there? They were, in their time, which is not very long ago, among the most prominent, prolific bylines in the ...

Rock journalist McLeese (Kick Out the Jams) chronicles his road to sobriety in this uninhibited saga. While McLeese initially got sober in an attempt to save his marriage, he remained in denial that ...

Q: Our front steps have a tiled surface that gets very slippery in rain or snow. We have thought of putting anti-skid tape on them, but it just doesn’t look good. Any other ideas? A: The grit-covered ...

Q. I remodeled my 1926 Cape style house in 2005 and had a screened porch built, using heavy (3/4 inch) cedar shakes on the shallow roof. Since then, whenever it snows, I have a small leak, which no ...

A law clerk to a Columbia federal bankruptcy judge has received a settlement of $750,000 for injuries he suffered in a 2013 fall down courthouse steps inside the U.S. Bankruptcy Court building in ...

"They put drainage in but it still floods right down the steps. And because there are trees over it, even in summer it doesn't dry for days. "I've got pictures of it from Spring 1970 on those steps, ...

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