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Crete man killed when bus he's repairing rolls over him
A Crete man was killed Thursday afternoon when a bus he was repairing slipped off the jack and rolled over him in unincorporated Lynwood.
Bloom Mathletes Take Second Place in Conference Meet
Several students from Bloom High School students can hold their heads high after taking second place in a mathlete competition that included seven area schools.A The students compete had to solve problems and complete equations fromA several sections,A including polynomials, radicals and exponents and linear functions.
What's Going On for Jan. 26, 2012
The South Suburban Food Co-op will host a discussion on aronia berries by Crete resident John E. Pilcher, of Coldbrook Farm, at 1 p.m. Thursday at 208 Forest Blvd., Park Forest.
Vicki Taylor, right, speaks during a meeting at the Village Hall in Crete. The village is in the early stages of deciding whether or not to bring an immigrant detention center to town.
Large crowd objects to detention center in Crete
An overflow crowd came out Monday night in Crete to strongly oppose a planned detention center for illegal immigrants in the village.
Man Arrested For Soliciting Undercover Cop Posing As 14-Year-Old Girl
CRETE, Ill. - A Chicago man was arrested in south suburban Crete last week for arranging to meet and have sex with a 14-year-girl who turned out to be an undercover police officer.