Carlos Holland of Lockport shows the more than $30,000 in medical bills for the year. Holland said that we need a public option for insurance and that the medical profession needs regulation on costs. (John Patsch/Staff Photographer)
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A suburban police patrol car recently hosted a large and perhaps inadvertently adventurous Felis Catus under its hood. “It's like nothing I've heard,” police Cmdr. Steve Husak said Friday of the incident.
Redemption = Providence Bill Scheibe: Mere minutes into the fourth quarter of Friday night's Class 6A
second-round playoff football game against host Oswego, Providence
tailback Tim Hanrahan sat in silence on the bench, not thinking about an uncharacteristic fumble.
Wedding trends spotlighted at JCC show
Fall weddings are popular these days, as are the colors brown and pink and food stations at the reception. These and other wedding trends will be spotlighted from noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 22 at a bridal show at the Joliet Junior College.
Jay-Z, Alicia Keys perform at World Series Game 1
The New York Yankees have been blasting Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind”
during their playoff run. Now, the team is having the rap king perform
the song live to kick off Game 1 of the World Series. Jay-Z and fellow New Yorker Alicia Keys are set to perform the hit on
Wednesday, as the Yankees take on defending World Series champs, the
Philadelphia Phillies.