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U.S. Cash Soymeal-Rail offers sag as crushers buy beans
ReutersMay 23 (Reuters) - Soymeal spot basis offers fell at rail points on Thursday in response to an influx of soybean movement into processors, while truck offers held steady after falling earlier this week, dealers said. * Rail offers at Decatur, Illinois,...Tags: Chicago Board of Trade
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Police blotter
The following items were taken from police reports: Wheaton •Someone entered an unlocked car and took loose change from the center console in the 1600 block of Woodcutter Lane between 8 p.m. May 19 and 9 a.m. May 20. •A handicapped...Tags: West Chicago, Drug Trafficking, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton College, Wheaton
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Will County Board tells state lawmakers to pass a concealed carry law
Will County Board members Thursday sent a message to state lawmakers—pass a concealed carry law before it automatically becomes law. Board members voted 15-6, with three members voting "present," supporting a resolution backing a concealed carry...
Tags: Interior Policy, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work, Justice System, Civil Rights
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Frankfort mayor, clerk, trustees back in fold
Mayor Jim Holland, Village Clerk Robert Kennedy and Trustees Todd Morgan, Dick Trevarthan and Douglas Morgan are back for four more years. They were sworn in for new terms May 6 during the Village Board meeting, with state Rep. Renee Kosel, R-New Lenox,...
Tags: Joliet, Elections, Renee Kosel, Local Government, Heart Surgery
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Oak Park teacher receives Golden Apple
John Paulett leads almost all of his classes at Fenwick High School while the students sit in chairs formed in a circle. It's a way that provokes discussion and critical thinking for some of the tough topics he tackles in his theology classes at the...
Tags: Des Plaines, Chicago Heights, Students, Joliet, Niles
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Voice of the People, May. 08
This is in response to "Tribune Watchdog: Divorce court weds power and privacy; Well-connected politicians, prominent lawyers keep their family matters secret with consent of judges in Domestic Relations Division." The article conveniently ignores two...Tags: Interior Policy, Budgets and Budgeting, Lombard, Economic Policy, Michael Madigan
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TABLE-U.S. soybean processors downtime schedule
ReutersMay 6 (Reuters) - Downtime maintenance schedules for selected U.S. soybean processing plants, according to processors, cash traders and brokers contacted by Reuters. * = Indicates downtime confirmed by the company. + = Indicates a plant may be closed or...Tags: Bloomington, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Emporia (Emporia, Virginia), West Point, Gainesville
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Friends: Former Plainfield resident killed in Texas explosion a hero
To hear some friends tell it, Kevin Sanders was a hardcore Superman fan, the type who had a trove of figurines and other collectibles in his home. And in the end, they say, the 33-year-old Chicago area native died a hero. Sanders had moved to Texas...
Tags: Human Interest, Palos Hills, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Plainfield (Will, Illinois)
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Violence is the problem, not guns
I felt compelled to share how disappointed I am with all politicians who have ignored the actual issue of violent crime in this country by using only violent crime committed with a gun as an emotional and political tool to promote disarmament. Guns are...Tags: Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America
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Tinley Park, Lincoln-Way police blotter: April 24
The following items were taken from police reports. Tinley Park •A wallet containing $200, credit cards and identification was reported taken April 12 from a 55-year-old Manhattan woman while shopping at a household decorating-organizing store at...
Tags: Sweetwater, Frankfort Square, Crime, Law and Justice, Credit and Debt, Phoenix (Cook, Illinois)
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Thatcher funeral snub
It's a disgrace that the Obama administration chose not to send an official senior representative to the recent funeral of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Regardless of whether you agreed with her policies or not, England was and is one of our... -
Forum participants warn of heroin use in Will County
Fran Marinier wept softly beneath a memorial tent at Lewis University, the same campus where her 20-year-old daughter overdosed on heroin five months ago while visiting a student. The Frankfort resident said she did everything she knew to help her...
Tags: Heroin, Substance Abuse, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Epidemics and Plagues, U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy
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