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Soldier from Winchester drowns in Oklahoma
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a soldier from Kentucky who drowned while on a float trip on the Illinois River in eastern Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission says the body of 29-year-old Adam R....Tags: Kentucky, Oklahoma, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Community calendar: June 20, 2011
TODAY
— East Clark County Water District Board of Commissioners monthly meeting, 7 p.m., 118 Hopkins Lane.
— NAMI Winchester support group meetings for persons affected by mental illness and their friends and family members, 7 p.m., Victory...Tags: The Salvation Army, Christianity, Crimes, Human Interest, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Clark County Community Calendar
MONDAY, JUNE 20
— East Clark County Water District Board of Commissioners monthly meeting, 7 p.m., 118 Hopkins Lane.
— NAMI Winchester support group meetings for persons affected by mental illness and their friends and family members, 7 p.m.,...Tags: The Salvation Army, Christianity, Crimes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Human Interest
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Youth group aims to educate about dangers of 'alcopops'
With the recent trend of mixing alcohol and caffeine together to create a stronger, faster product — like the controversial Four Loko, which the Food and Drug Administration pressured to remove its caffeine after reports of death from its use made...Tags: Substance Abuse, Washington (U.S. state), Food and Drug Administration, Colleges and Universities
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WMUżapproves $13.4 million budget
Thursday night, the Winchester Municipal Utilities Commission approved $13.4 million in total operating expenses for the 2011-2012 fiscal year budget — an increase from the $11.2 million budgeted for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
The total budget...Tags: Energy Saving, Mike Flynn, Vehicles, Mike Anderson, Budgets and Budgeting
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TGIF: Renowned vocalists contribute to Leeds benefit concert
As an accomplished teacher and musician, Dr. Everett McCorvey believes he has a responsibility to his community. The arts can’t survive, McCorvey said, if local artists don’t do their best to become community leaders.
“We can’t...Tags: Georgetown, Entertainment, Movies, Arts and Culture, Arts
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Community calendar: June 17, 2011
TODAY
— Relay for Life, George Rogers Clark High School track, survivor celebration 7 p.m., blood drive 6:30-10 p.m., rolling video games 6-9 p.m., silent auction 7-9 p.m., luminaria ceremony 10 p.m., hour of rock 11 p.m.-midnight. For more...Tags: Crimes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Human Interest, Relay for Life, Armed Forces
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7 years for Wheeling man in sex assault of girls, 9 and 11
Special to the TribuneA 26-year-old Wheeling man today was sentenced in Cook County Circuit Court to seven years in prison for sexually molesting two young girls in 2008. Carlos Luz-Flores, of the 300 block of Inland Drive, pleaded guilty in Rolling Meadows branch court to...Tags: Rolling Meadows, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Punishment
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Christian Brothers settle suit with 400 sex abuse victims
The Roman Catholic religious order that runs Brother Rice High School in Chicago and St. Laurence High School in Burbank didn't want Brother Edward Chrysostom Courtney in Chicago any longer. So in the early 1970s, the Irish Christian Brothers shipped...Tags: Laws, Abusive Behavior, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Financially Distressed Companies
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Logan Square residents sue Tribune, partner over coupon circulars
Tribune reporterFed up with the unwanted weekly delivery of RedPlum/ShopLocal coupon packages, some two dozen Logan Square residents have sued its distributors -- the Chicago Tribune and Valassis Communications -- to stop receiving the savings offers. The lawsuit,...Tags: Media Industry, Chicago Tribune, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Authorities: Woman who posed as drug counselor pleads guilty to forgery
Special to the TribuneA woman who authorities say posed as a licensed drug councilor in Glencoe will be sentenced in June on charges that she committed forgery when she deposited insurance company checks to her bank account, even though the checks were made out to the father...Tags: Judges, Skokie, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, River Grove, McHenry County
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Deerfield firefighters mark centennial
One hundred years ago, volunteer firefighters in Deerfield had two ways of hauling their "fire cart" to a blaze. They could attach the two-wheeled cart to a horse-drawn buggy — or to a car, if available. The cart carried a single coil of hose,...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Waukegan, Fires, Bannockburn, Deerfield
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