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• 'How Wrong This Decision Is': SWAT Commander Rebuked Call Not To Send Team To New Lenox Barricade (patch.com) — Residents of New Lenox's Sky Harbor subdivision saw a massive police response after an hours-long barricade involving an armed man and an 11-year-old boy, ending with the suspect's arrest the next morning. Newly released dispatch records and texts reveal the Will County SWAT commander strongly objected to Sheriff Mike Kelley's decision not to deploy the county SWAT team, a call Kelley now concedes may have been wrong. Prosecutors detail the tense standoff, weapons recovered, and prior concerns as a judge orders the man held without pretrial release.
• Local Event: NL VFW Tue Bingo Up to $25,210 in Prizes -$100 Bingo Prizes*, $500 Coverall** Public Welcome! (patch.com) — New Lenox VFW Post 9545 is inviting the public to its weekly Tuesday night bingo, offering up to thousands in progressive prizes plus multiple local gift cards. Doors open at 4 p.m., with games starting at 6 p.m., food from the grill, bar specials, and video slots all available at the Old Hickory Road post.
• Teen Was Strangled Under Bridge in 1976. Witness Saw Violent Encounter, But Who Killed Her? (people.com) — Authorities are renewing their call for information in the unsolved 1976 killing of 17-year-old college freshman Jennifer Lynn Springman, whose body was found under the I-80 bridge along Hickory Creek in New Lenox Township. Investigators are highlighting old witness accounts of a violent encounter near Route 30 and urging anyone with even faint memories to contact the Will County Sheriff's Office.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the cookie go to the hospital?" — Because he felt crummy. (Thank you Sanda J. for sending it in!)
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