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Monday, February 8, 2010
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JJC student driver Larry Coppola practices one of the several manuvers required to get his Commercial Drivers Licence so that he can drive a semi. (John Patsch/Staff Photographer)
Larry Coppola took in a deep breath on Wednesday morning before he released the air brakes and shifted the 18-wheeler out of park. Coppola was just two days away from taking his final exam for his commercial driver's license. The Frankfort resident is one of two students to sign up for the first Truck Driving School class offered by Joliet Junior College at its Weitendorf Agricultural Education Facility.





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The 2010 primary is mostly over and everything went pretty well. As usual, Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots and her capable staff had things humming. The polls opened and closed, right as rain. The votes were counted by 9:30 p.m., so the winners and losers knew the score before last call at the bar. Was that enough?



Bolingbrook survives Knights' three-pointers
Bolingbrook High School survived a first-quarter barrage of 3-pointers from Lincoln-Way Central and went on to defeat the Knights 66-53 Friday night in Southwest Suburban Conference play.

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Stagg rolls past L-Way West
Stagg rolls past L-Way West
Stagg arrived late due to inclement weather, but unfortunately for Lincoln-Way West, the Chargers did not fail to show up at the opening tip. In a 60-40 Southwest Suburban Red victory, Stagg jumped out to an 11-0 lead before two Robert Hubbard free throws dented the Warriors' scoring column with 4:25 left in the first quarter.



Channahon's Confederates
Historical researcher Gina Wysocki is convinced Confederate prisoners of war were once in Channahon, thanks to an eyewitness who claims to have seen the bodies when the abutments were sunk to build the Interstate 55 bridge -- Smith bridge -- near the Des Plaines River.



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JJC's truck school a route for unemployed
Larry Coppola took in a deep breath on Wednesday morning before he released the air brakes and shifted the 18-wheeler out of park. Coppola was just two days away from taking his final exam for his commercial driver's license. The Frankfort resident is one of two students to sign up for the first Truck Driving School class offered by Joliet Junior College at its Weitendorf Agricultural Education Facility.



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'Ghosts' do not alarm Frankfort firefighters
Firefighters aren't the sort to be easily alarmed, but they admit there have been many unexplainable effects, events and even comings and goings at Frankfort Fire Protection District Station 3. In fact, the station will be featured on A&E's new "Paranormal Cops" show, to air at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.

'Ghosts' do not alarm Frankfort firefighters





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