Officials search tornado-damaged areas after strong storms hit Illinois and Indiana

Authorities and residents are assessing damage after storms hit areas south of Chicago. Around 380,000 customers in Illinois ...
The Joplin Globe

Sandy Parrill: June garden looks like whitecaps on green sea

SANDY AND JIM PARRILL garden at Chaos, their acre of the Ozarks in Joplin. Sandy is a lifelong gardener, Missouri Master ...
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Tornadoes pummel communities outside Chicago, tearing up homes and toppling power poles

At least three tornadoes have battered communities outside Chicago, leveling homes and ripping down trees and power poles.
The Register-Herald

A burning cross in a Chicago park shocks residents and has police searching for who did it

Chicago police are urging residents to come forward with any information about a cross burning in a public park. The burning of a cross is a historic symbol of hate ...