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10 stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. Glenn King, 91, of Naperville survived being a prisoner of war under the Nazis but says Memorial Day is for his friends who never made it home.

2. Influenced by teen suicides and heroin deaths, and their links to mental health, suburban residents are discussing how to respond to an issue affecting up to half of Americans.

3. Ryan Burris, a Navy sailor from Lisle who died Thursday in Abu Dhabi, "knew there was a job to be done," his mom said Saturday.

4. A 10-year-old Gurnee boy was killed and three other people on a church outing were seriously injured after a single-vehicle crash Saturday on I-94 near Gurnee.

5. A few weeks into their tenure, a few things are becoming clear about the new College of DuPage board - perhaps most of all their willingness to examine every expenditure with a skeptical eye.

6. Eleven people, including eight children, were hospitalized after a chlorine spill at a Naperville swimming facility. Officials said the spill occurred when workers at Goldfish Swim School were using chlorine to clean a substance in the pool.

7. The owner of an Elgin bar suing the city to halt the redevelopment of the neighboring Tower Building now says the city is trying to buy him out. City officials and the Tower Building developer deny his claim, however.

8. A motorcycle dealer and a new restaurant are about to open in downtown Libertyville after major renovations of existing buildings.

9. Arlington Park's general manager says the track would "welcome" adding table games in addition to the slot machines it has sought for years.

10. Organizers of Arlington Heights' Memorial Day parade took plenty of criticism over the weekend for canceling the event three days ahead of time because of a stormy forecast, by Mayor Tom Hayes backed the decision. "The good thing is that they can still remember the purpose of the day, and we're still holding the ceremony. People will still have an opportunity to come to that," he said.

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