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Cheerleading needs sports safety rules, docs say
CHICAGO (AP) — Cheerleading isn't just jumping and waving pompoms — it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one to improve safety, the nation's leading group of pediatricians says. The number...Tags: Medical Specialization, American Academy of Pediatrics, Legs, Physical Therapists, Health Treatments
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Smash/grab twist ... LaPorte bank robber does grab/toss
If you find money along I-94 in LaPorte County, don’t count it as your lucky day. Friday’s afternoon armed robbery of LaPorte Savings Bank evolved into a two-state chase with the suspect, 32-year-old David Ziesel, being arrested in Illinois...
Tags: Trials, Kane County
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10 injured in shooting accident at Kane County gun club
Ten people were injured Tuesday night at a Kane County shooting club after being struck by buckshot fired from a gun that had been mistakenly loaded with a live round, authorities said. The incident took place about 7 p.m. at the St. Charles Sportsmen's...
Tags: Firearms, St. Charles (Kane, Illinois), Shootings
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Freight train hits pedestrian near Geneva
Tribune reportersA man died this morning after being hit by a freight train in Geneva, police said. At 8:45 a.m., Geneva police responded to the area near Randall and Keslinger roads to reports of a pedestrian struck by a train. The victim was found on the tracks in the...Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, Metra, Geneva (Kane, Illinois)
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10 hurt in shotgun accident at gun club
Tribune reporterAs many as 10 people were injured when a St. Charles man accidentally fired his gun at an Elburn-area gun club, police said. About 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, the man had just completed shooting at the St. Charles Sportsman’s Club, 44W471 Keslinger Road,...Tags: St. Charles (Kane, Illinois)
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West DuPage police blotter: May 1
The following items were taken from Wheaton, Glen Ellyn and West Chicago police reports. Wheaton •Two water pumps valued at $2,600 were taken from a construction site in the 2100 block of Roosevelt Road on April 24 between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m....
Tags: Wheaton, Prosecution, West Chicago, Glen Ellyn, Romeoville
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Police: Elburn woman killed in crash
Tribune reporterAn Elburn woman died sometime overnight after her vehicle crashed in western Kane County, Sheriff’s police said Thursday. About 5 a.m., police received a report of a vehicle that appeared to have been in a crash overnight. When officers arrived,...Tags: Accidental Death
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Kaneville woman dies in crash near Elburn
Tribune reporterA 78-year-old Kaneville woman died Tuesday after a fatal crash near Elburn. Lorella Huff of the 46W500 block of Main Street was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash – the intersection of Route 38 and Francis Road, police said. The...Tags: Accidental Death, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Ex-Geneva official admits using city card for personal use
Special to the TribuneThe former head of the streets department for Geneva pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he used a city credit card to buy himself clothes and camping gear, Kane County prosecutors said. Steven Lemaire, 55, of Elburn, was placed on probation and...Tags: Credit and Debt, Geneva (Kane, Illinois)
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Road near I-55 in Joliet area closed after refinery leak
Arsenal Road near Interstate 55 was closed this morning after the release of "petroleum byproducts" at the Exxon-Mobil refinery and is expected to remain closed through the afternoon, officials said The road was closed from the interstate to Baseline...
Tags: Elwood (Will, Illinois), Channahon
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State prison's closing means end to dog training program
Sorrell Blomley isn't allowed much in her 9-by-12-foot cell at Dwight Correctional Center. A bed, a toilet and some photographs kept neatly in an album. But for the past four years, Blomley also has shared the cramped space with a succession of fluffy...
Tags: Social Services, Lutheranism, Alzheimer's Disease, Social Issues, Religion and Belief
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Dan Ryan lanes reopen at Skyway
All lanes on the Dan Ryan Expressway near the Chicago Skyway reopened this morning after demolition work on a railway bridge caused traffic shutdowns Tuesday. A demolition crew was working on a railroad bridge spanning the Ryan (I-90/94) near 64th Street...
Tags: Amtrak, Illinois Department of Transportation, Bobby Rush
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