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When Sister Kathleen McIntyre was growing up in St. Leo's parish on Chicago's Southwest Side, nuns came to her house to tend to her sick mother.
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Some were friends from Brother Rice High School. Some were military veterans and reservists. Others simply came to say a private thanks to a stranger who gave his life fighting for the country.
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All season long, the lightweight Frankfort Falcons youth football team played with a 12th man on the field, one who likely carried the team all the way to a Super Bowl championship last weekend.
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A Crete man will be in the Markham courthouse Nov. 20 on charges stemming from an incident in which a Homewood police officer was almost mowed down while trying to work an accident.
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A group of Southland students and teachers did that and more without batting an eye Thursday during Forensic Field Day at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
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Chicago residents are lazy and therefore in need of special treatment. That's what Ald. Eugene Schulter (47th) seemed to say Wednesday at a Chicago City Council budget hearing. He called for preferential seating of Chicago residents at free concerts in Millennium Park.
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SouthtownStar **VIDEO** -- Northbrook Pet of the Week - Frannie

The Heartland Animal Shelter introduces Frannie the dog. To inquire
about adopting this or other pets, please call 847-296-6400 or email
heartlandanimals@yahoo.com

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From the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, to the Empire State Building in New York City, Zachary and Victoria Marshall spent much of their summer with famous landmarks without ever leaving their Orland Park home.
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Holding American flags with their left hands, their right hands over their hearts, the 1,030 students of Brother Rice High School said farewell to one of their own Thursday.
Rita Groark
Rita Groark
Aw, how sad. Thank you Jared.
Fri at 10:23am
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U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-1st), of Chicago, doesn't know Maggie Quinn, one of his constituents who lives on a tidy, winding street in Tinley Park.
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The massive effort to vaccinate as many children as possible before Christmas still hadn't won over some parents, even as health agencies are focusing on vaccinating children ahead of some other high-risk groups.
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A coalition of parents, lawmakers and Southland officials is waging a fight to reverse Gov. Pat Quinn's decision to close Tinley Park's Howe Developmental Center for good.
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George Ochsenfeld moved to the count ryside with great plans to live the simple life. He would plant trees, build a house, raise his own food.
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Jeff Mikolajewski, of Oak Forest, shows all of the wristbands he's collected from visits to Stroger Hospital for cancer treatments. (Brett Roseman/SouthtownStar)
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A coalition of families of Howe center residents, a labor union, and politicians today announced a petition drive aimed at keeping open the Tinley Park developmental center.