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Guardians of the flame: Special Olympics’ Flame of Hope torch passes through Mokena

June 18, 2018 by Mary Compton, Freelance Reporter News, Community

More than 3,000 police officers from across Illinois help carry the Special Olympics’ Flame of Hope torch to Bloomington. And on June 13, the torch made its way through Mokena, escorted by the men and women who serve and protect our...
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Obituaries

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