Will County
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Time starting to heal wounds in Plainfield after devastating tornadoAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - The village of Plainfield shows little evidence of the devastation that ripped the community apart 20 years ago Saturday. The modern high school on Fort Beggs Drive loo...
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Ceremony will honor tornado victimsAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Residents will come together Saturday to remember the 29 people who died two decades ago when a tornado twisted Plainfield inside out. The village is sponsoring a 3 p.m....
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Warning system advances make Will County saferAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Plainfield already had been leveled by the time the man in charge of emergencies heard about the tornado. Parts of Crest Hill and Joliet had been struck by the powerful ...
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Plainfield principal recalls finding his home destroyedAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Robert Smith was never happier to see his neighbor than he was on the afternoon of Aug. 28, 1990. Smith, now principal of Plainfield High School's Central Campus, and hi...
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Images from the 1990 Plainfield tornadoAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - ...
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Plainfield tornado survivor: Grieving process not overAug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Even 20 years after Jane Sanchez's daughter, Gloria, died during the deadly 1990 tornado in Plainfield, she worries when she hears warning sirens during severe weather. ...
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'You can become somebody's hero'Aug 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Several Plainfield High School teachers, staff members and students became heroes on the afternoon of Aug. 28, 1990. Some student athletes carried teammates out of harm'...
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State of Naperville parksAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - The Naperville Park District's commissioners intend to resurrect a previous tradition of hosting an annual state of the park district meeting. Commissioners agreed Thur...
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Villa Park man gets 70 years for Naperville shootingAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - A Villa Park man was sentenced to 70 years in prison for a 2008 armed robbery that left a Naperville man dead. Tyrell Jackson, 22, was found guilty of first-degree murde...
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Two more charged in marijuana caseAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Two more men were charged in connection with a marijuana bust that netted 7,592 plants worth $10 million in three rented homes in Bolingbrook and Naperville, police anno...