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Military deaths
The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq: Jeffrey A. Reed, 23, of Chesterfield, Va.; sergeant, Army. Reed died Monday in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was...Tags: Health, Explosions, Armed Forces, Hospitals and Clinics, Iraq
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Former Crestwood official pleads guilty in tainted well scheme
A state inspector visiting south suburban Crestwood in 2007 had a question for one of its top water officials: How could the village have pumped out more water than it had claimed to purchase from nearby Alsip? Certified water operator Frank Scaccia...
Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. Supreme Court, Parkinson's Disease, Justice System, Pat Quinn
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Feds: Ex-water supervisor hid use of tainted well
Crestwood's former water supervisor may have signed public documents that concealed the use of a contaminated well, but she was merely a clerk who took orders from top village officials, one of her attorneys told a federal jury Tuesday. "Theresa...
Tags: Politics, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lawyers, Alzheimer's Disease
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Recycling pickup could jump to once a week, officials say
Orland Park residents would see an increase in the pickup of their recyclables under a 10-year garbage collection contract that village officials are negotiating with Waste Management of Illinois. The Village Board this week authorized municipal staff...
Tags: Waste, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Waste Management Incorporated, Local Government, Environmental Issues
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Orland Park, Homer Glen police blotter: April 10
The following items were taken from Orland Park and Will County police reports: Orland Park •An 18-year-old man, 18-year-old woman and 21-year-old man, all from Orland Park, were arrested in the 14000 block of Norwich Lane at 4:45 p.m. March 15...
Tags: Macy's, Crimes, Police Arrests, Theft, Norwich
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Body of missing Crestwood man found in Arrowhead Lake
Special to the TribuneThe body of a missing Crestwood man was found in his car yesterday in Arrowhead Lake in Palos Heights, authorities said. The body was found this afternoon as a Honda Civic bearing the license plates of the missing man's car was pulled from the lake...Tags: Politics, Missing Persons, Cook County Forest Preserve, Palos Heights, Personal Data Collection
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Internet gambling takes its place at the table
Internet gambling, which could bring casinos to every home, office or smartphone, has moved from the periphery of Maryland's debate over expanded gambling to center stage. Speaker Michael E. Busch informed Democratic members of the House of Delegates...
Tags: Politics, Gambling, Harford Community College, Casino and Gambling Industry, Electronics
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Crestwood officials go on trial in tainted water case
A jury trial begins today for two former village officials of South Suburban Crestwood.
They're accused of lying to environmental regulators about the village using water from a polluted well for more than two decades to supplement its drinking water...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Trials, Local Government, Health Insurance Cost
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3 Chicago teens charged in Crestwood burglary
Three Chicago teens have been charged with burglary in Crestwood after police from eight suburban departments and Cook County pursued them Friday afternoon. Someone called police about a home burglary in the 5000 block of West 137th Street in Crestwood...
Tags: Midlothian, Oak Lawn, Palos Hills, Theft, Palos Heights
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John Williams' Peanut Butter and Jolly Drive!
After hearing food banks were experiencing a shortage on one of their most important staples, peanut butter, we got a nutty idea. So, we spread the word and started a one day peanut butter drive. In a Jif, we had 18 listeners offer their businesses as...Tags: Lobbying, Naperville, Health, Elgin, Elmhurst
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Feds indict 2 over tainted Crestwood well
Tribune reporterUnwilling to fix leaky water mains in Crestwood, a south suburb known for its penny-pinching ways, village leaders secretly supplemented their supplies for more than two decades with a community well they knew was contaminated with cancer-causing...Tags: Environmental Politics, Criminal Laws, U.S. Supreme Court, Justice System, Pat Quinn
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