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Patricia Joan Wright, 83
Patricia Joan Wright, 83, died at Grandvue Medical Care Facility on May 21, 2013. Pat was born to Irene and John Bradley in Flint, Mich., on April 16, 1930. The family moved to northern Michigan when she was a young girl and so began her love of Boyne...Tags: Education, Music, Methodist, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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Hartford Metro Not Sharing In House Price Gains Early In '13
The median sale price of previously-owned single-family houses in the Hartford metro area didn't register the gains seen nationwide in the first three months of this year, according to a new report Thursday. The Hartford metro area's median sale price...Tags: Fairfield County, Real Estate, Services and Shopping, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Tribune sued by former Countryside police chief
Momence police Chief Timothy Swanson, formerly the police chief in the suburb of Countryside, filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Tribune on Friday in response to articles about a police helicopter program he spearheaded. Swanson, of Bourbonnais, is...
Tags: Momence, Laws, Freedom of Information Act, Bourbonnais, Crime, Law and Justice
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Teen's injuries lead to warnings about potato guns
Aaron Williams was 15 when his friend invited him over to try out a new Christmas present — a potato gun constructed by hand from plastic pipe with hair spray as its propellent. Aaron said it was thrilling to watch as other teenagers balanced...
Tags: Shootings, Health and Safety at School, Hospitals and Clinics, Potatoes, General Practitioners
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NW Indiana added to American Discovery Trail
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — Trails in northwest Indiana are being added to a national walking trail that stretches from Delaware to California. The Times of Munster reports (http://bit.ly/12ouNqO ) the northern route of the 6,800-mile-long American...Tags: Lansing
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Plains join 30 music acts at Fort Lauderdale's inaugural Block x Blog festival
When Plains' frontman Michael McGinnis is working, he's holed up in the recording pit of Honor Roll Music, a studio-warehouse in Little Haiti. His 6-foot-3 frame is hunched over three side-by-side monitors, his eyes staring at the screen's mixing software...
Tags: Social Media, Festive Events, Music, Personal Service, Fort Lauderdale
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Plainfield trustees approve money for ash borer battle
The Plainfield Village Board voted Monday to continue the town's battle against the insidious emerald ash borer, a hungry little insect that is laying waste to the municipality's trees. The board voted unanimously to allocate up to $60,000 for the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Joliet, Lifestyle and Leisure, Plainfield (Will, Illinois)
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Late-winter snowstorm slams Central Illinois, not Chicago
Tribune reporterChicago appears to have dodged the worst of an early-spring snow system that is dumping six to 10 inches on Central Illinois, according to the National Weather Service. But according to State Police Sunday night, motorists traveling in Kankakee,...Tags: Montgomery (Kane, Illinois), Snow Storms, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), National Weather Service, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
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Horse neglect rampant in Illinois, advocates say
CHICAGO - The four horses hadn't been visited in weeks. There was no water in their buckets, no hay in the stall. All of the animals looked dangerously thin. The horses' caregiver apparently had stopped showing up. So even though the horses were not...Tags: Government Debt, Pension and Welfare, Environmental Issues, Labor Legislation, Will County
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Chicago Crime Overnight Report
Tribune reporterA wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued an alert for three children missing from the area of Kankakee, Illinois who may have been brought to South Florida. Artistic Fletcher,...Tags: Key West, Chicago Fire Department
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Girls hoops blog | Some All-State questions
The Associated Press released its Class 3A and Class 4A All-State teams Wednesday. There were some surprises. When a bunch of voters based in different areas of the state are unable to see several teams and players, the final selections can be somewhat...
Tags: Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Huntley, Elections, Voting, Cary
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Girls hoops | Class 3A, 4A AP All-State teams announced
Here is the Class 3A Illinois girls basketball all-state teams, as voted on by a statewide panel of sports writers and broadcasters and compiled by John Radtke of the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald. CLASS 4A FIRST TEAM Linnae Harper, Young (Sr., G, 85...
Tags: Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Huntley, Cary, Plainfield (Will, Illinois), Springfield
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