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Patch Flash: Skokie Man Admits to Stabbing to Death Daughter, Granddaughter

Chicagoland news to talk about: Northbrook church welcomes gay and lesbian members.

 

 

He called 911 operators shortly after attacking them and told police he had just stabbed his 18-year-old daughter and 2-year-old granddaughter, police said.

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Just as the latest smartphone is replaced with better technology, so can a tollway’s electronic tolling system. “The Elgin-O‘Hare [Expressway] will be the first all-electronic tollway in the region,” Illinois Tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur said The plan is to have no cash booths or employees on the Elgin-O’Hare; the same goes for the interchanges further into the future. “Baskets collecting coins is an aging technology,” she said.

The service solidified the church’s commitment to welcoming people of all sexual orientations and to joining a network of United Methodist churches that take that stance.

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Data from the CDC finds that ADHD cases are on the rise. The report states that the percentage of children with a parent-reported ADHD diagnosis increased by 22 percent between 2003 and 2007. In the Midwest and South, a separate CDC report states children ever diagnosed with ADHD is up to 10 percent.


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