Second Body Found In Lynwood Pond A Week After Car Crash
Divers have pulled a second body from a retention pond in south suburban Lynwood, more than a week after a car plunged into the icy water.
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Divers have pulled a second body from a retention pond in south suburban Lynwood, more than a week after a car plunged into the icy water.
A man found dead inside a car that went off a road and into a pond Sunday afternoon in south suburban Lynwood has been identified.
Lynwood Fire Chief John Cobb said a witness saw a sedan crash into a Metropolitan Water Reclamation District retention pond along Lincoln Highway early Sunday afternoon.
Dan Kirby survived two tours of duty in the Middle East and logged nearly three decades as a police officer.
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John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the busiest trauma center in Illinois, is sounding an alarm, as doctors brace for an influx of patients because of federal funding cuts under the Trump administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
Chicago cut Milwaukee's lead to 90-84 late in the third quarter, but couldn't get any closer.
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Davis was the first player in the program's history to win the Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year.
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