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• How did burglars hit eight Lakeview Southport Corridor businesses overnight?

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📰 News we're reading

• Burglars target at least 8 businesses in Chicago's Southport Corridor (cbsnews.com) — A string of overnight burglaries hit at least eight businesses along the Southport Corridor in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, all clustered on a short stretch of Southport Avenue. Police are investigating whether these break-ins are connected to additional burglaries at three Avondale businesses early Tuesday, but have not yet confirmed any link or released detailed findings.
   

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Thursday September 3
• Hall-Lightening
  Wood River Moose Lodge #1349 730 Wesley Dr, Wood River, IL 62095
• Tennis: Girls Varsity Match vs Father McGivney Catholic (Away)
  Roxana Cusd 1 Father McGivney Catholic High School
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  Roxana Cusd 1 Lincoln Junior High School
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  East Alton-Wood River High Sch ool, 777 N Wood River Ave, Wood Ri
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  Roxana Cusd 1 Roxana, IL 62084
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  East Alton-Wood River High Sch Lebanon High School, 200 W Schuetz St, Lebanon, IL 62254, USA
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  East Alton-Wood River High Sch Red Bud High School, 815 Locust St, Red Bud, IL 62278, USA
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Wednesday September 2
• Golf: Boys Varsity Match vs Multiple Schools vs. East Alton-Wood R
  Roxana Cusd 1 The Woodlands
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• Baseball: JH Game vs Coolidge Middle vs. Roxana Junior High Scho
  Roxana Cusd 1 Roxana, IL 62084
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• Softball: JH Game vs Highland vs. Roxana Junior High School (Awa
  Roxana Cusd 1 Highland High School
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• Golf: Girls Varsity Match vs Multiple Schools (Home)
  Roxana Cusd 1 Belk Park Golf Club, Belk Park Golf Course
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🗞 Nearby News

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• Bethalto's Suicide Awareness Candlelight Vigil Aims to Foster Remembrance and Hope (riverbender.com)

Granite City

• Mysterious Creatures Arrive Along the MCT Trails (collinsvilledailynews.com)

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