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MOORE, OK - MAY 20: People assess the damage after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. The tornado, reported to be at least EF4 strength and two miles wide, touched down in the Oklahoma City area on Monday killing at least 51 people. (Brett Deering/Getty Images)

Lemont Woman Heads to Oklahoma to Assist with Tornado Recovery Effort

Hope and Friendship Foundation founder Terri O'Neill-Borders is collecting items to bring to Moore, OK, a town devastated by a violent tornado Monday.

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Physicians with the Michigan State Medical Society Thursday joined young cancer patients and patient advocates asking the state Legislature to approve a new package of bills that would ban minors from using indoor tanning facilities.

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The District 113A Educational Foundation presents grant awards to teachers at River Valley School in Lemont. Pictured, left to right: Shelley Taylor (Foundation), Mary Hately, Sonya Raymond, Renee Steffan, Karen Reitz (Foundation).
Kneeling (l to r): Kim Feltz, Judy Lulek, Bridget Esposito, Cathy Cortez

District 113A Educational Foundation Awards $34K in Grants

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Ricardo Cerezo with his oversized Lotto check.

Patch Roundup: $4.85 Million Lottery Ticket Found in Jar; Man Guilty in Triple-Murder

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