The fourth annual Liberty 5K Run/Walk is just around the corner and promises to be an even bigger event this year, so participants are encouraged to register early. ... Read More »
“We have found that it’s a short time to schedule games and get the program up and running,” Saratoga Dist. 60C Board President Kathleen Cheshareck said of a planned softball program. ... Read More »
(MCT) — A line of powerful thunderstorms rolled through the Chicago area Wednesday evening, forcing a temporary halt to commuter train traffic and canceling hundreds of flig
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(MCT) — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Tuesday did little to ease months of speculation about whether she'll challenge Gov. Pat Quinn next year, saying she has ye
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(MCT) — WASHINGTON — Increasingly uneasy senators subjected Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the National Security Agency, to a tough grilling Wednesday as congressional co
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(MCT) — WASHINGTON — Members of Congress on Tuesday expressed growing doubts about the way the country’s top-secret surveillance programs are managed, even as the top legisl
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Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Cardinals (1): Slowed down a little since a 23-7 stretch April 30-June 1. But they have lost more than two games in a row only on
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The Interstate Eight Conference released its All-League baseball selections in recent days with 16 kids in the North being named and 15 boys from the South making the cut. Wes
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You won’t want to miss any of the fiendishly fun events Fox Country Players is planning as they prepare for the Theatre Arts Academy that takes place July 8-28.
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Responding to a call of a possible explosion, Morris police discovered a “live homemade explosive device” in an alley on Chapin Street Sunday.
Morris Police Chief Brent Dite s
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MARSEILLES — A Marseilles man was arrested June 15 after he allegedly stabbed another man multiple times, Marseilles Police Chief James Hovious announced Monday.
Justin C. Sei
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Please accept our most egregiously sincere apologies for the difficulties and inconveniences the secret monitoring of your phone records and email and GPS units and foreign travel and bank accounts and yes, even your snail mail has evidently caused.
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Spy work holds deep allure for many people. My own career as a secret agent began as an outgrowth of training beagle hunting dogs. See, I needed new antennas for the little radio transmitters in the animal’s collars -- which, combined with a directional antenna and multi-channel receiver, helped me bring the little rascals home alive at day’s end.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim (Ruth) O’Hara, of 1308 Brendan Dr., Morris, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on June 23, 2013.
Jim O’Hara and the former Ruth Froehlich exchanged
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GARDNER — Mrs. Ida Mae Grant, 76, of Gardner, Ill., passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home in Joliet, Ill.
Born Feb. 2, 1937 in Morris, I
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Mr. LeRoy “Ford” “Clem” Clemons, 68, of Morris, passed away Saturday afternoon, June 15, 2013 in his home.
Born Aug. 9, 1944 in Starke County, Ind., LeRoy was the son of the
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