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D-155 appealing order calling for complete demolition of bleachers By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com
Photos by Matthew Apgar – mapgar@shawmedia.com
Marian Central Catholic Hurricanes celebrate after beating Joliet Catholic Academy in the IHSA Class 3A state championship match Saturday at Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal. Marian Central won in three games.
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Inside: Marian Central rallies to beat Joliet Central in the Class 3A state championship match. PAGE C1 Inside: Cary-Grove defeats Normal in consolation match. PAGE C2 On the Web: To view more photos from the matchups at Red Bird
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Cary-Grove’s Sarah Graham (from left), Maddie Katchen and Delaney Bayer celebrate a point against Normal during the IHSA Class 4A state consolation game Saturday at Redbird Arena in Normal. Cary-Grove won in two games.
CRYSTAL LAKE – The west bleachers at Crystal Lake South High School have been dismantled, leaving just nine of the original 26 rows. Pieces of the removed rows sit behind the bleachers still standing. The press box is covered in a tarp. The question that remains is what happens next. A court order requiring the demolition of the entire structure still hangs over the west bleachers, one that remains unenforceable until an appeal filed by Community High School District 155 is resolved, said Tom Burney, the attorney representing the property owners who filed the original lawsuit arguing the district violated the city’s zoning and stormwater ordinances. Both parties have filed motions to dismiss the appeal, but it hasn’t come through yet, he said. In the meantime, the school district has requested that McHenry County Judge Michael Chmiel amend the demolition order so the district could keep the nine rows standing as it moves through the city’s zoning process. Burney fought that move, suggesting instead that Chmiel issue another stay on the order, one that incorporates some of the conditions the neighbors would like to see adopted as part of the zoning process. The preservation of the bottom nine rows originally was suggested by the neighboring property rows,
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As investigation continues, France vows ‘merciless’ fight against IS The Associated Press PARIS – The Eiffel Tower stood dark in a symbol of mourning Saturday night as France struggled to absorb the deadliest violence on its soil since World War II: coordinated gun-and-suicide bombing attacks across Paris that left at least 129 people dead and 352 injured. President Francois Hollande vowed France would wage “merciless” war on the Islamic State group, which claimed responsibility for the
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mayhem, as investigators raced to track down their accomplices and uncovered possible links to networks in Belgium and Syria. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said three groups of attackers, includ-
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ing seven suicide bombers, carried out the “act of barbarism” that shattered a Parisian Friday night. He said the attackers in the Bataclan concert hall, where 89 people died, mentioned Syria and Iraq during their rampage. Of the hundreds wounded in the six attacks, 99 were in critical condition. Seven attackers launched gun attacks at Paris cafes, detonated suicide bombs near France’s national stadium and killed hostages inside the
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A man pays respects to the victims of the attacks Saturday at Place de la Republique (Republic Square) in Paris. The sign reads “We Are Not Afraid.”
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