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Oak Park and River Forest High School has been around for 150 years, but it has never had, until now, a standard-sized outdoor track. But last month, a new, state-of-the-art, eight-lane, 400-meter track opened on the OPRF campus. 

The federal government should create CCC-like federal work-fare (not welfare) programs dedicated to rebuilding our country’s crumbling urban infrastructure.

Mercer County 4-H invites the public to join in celebrating the milestone of a century of service by the Hamlet Handy Helpers 4-H Club, and 50 years of exceptional leadership by Joyce Smith, a news release says. The commemorative event will take place 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, at the Exhibit Hall at the Mercer […]

♪ stand by me >> reporter: both the president and vice president traveled to beckley, west virginia, to pay tribute to the miners lost in the april 5th tragedy. in a community service full of memories and music. ♪ o say can you see >> all that hard work, all that hardship, all the time spent underground, it was all for the families. and so these miners lived as they died. in pursuit of the american dream. >> reporter: hundreds of people have come here looking for words of comfort f...