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Today's riddle: What does a thesaurus eat for breakfast? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• 85-year-old man sentenced to 30 years for suburban bank robberies, Valentine's Day heist (meigsindypress.com) — An 85-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after a string of suburban bank robberies that began with two heists in Oak Lawn. Federal investigators say those Oak Lawn robberies were followed by additional hits in Lombard, Willowbrook, Tinley Park, Glen Ellyn, and a final Valentine’s Day robbery in Hickory Hills that led to his capture.
• Practice Greenhealth Names 2026 Environmental Excellence Award Winners (24x7mag.com) — Oak Lawn’s Advocate Christ Medical Center and Advocate Children’s Hospital have been named among Practice Greenhealth’s Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award honorees for 2026, highlighting their leadership in sustainability. The recognition places the Oak Lawn hospitals alongside major institutions nationwide for cutting waste, reducing emissions, and saving money through environmental initiatives.
• Hospital billing was supposed to be made simpler, but federal law has failed, Sun-Times investigation finds (suntimes.com) — Oak Lawn residents using Advocate Christ Medical Center may pay very different prices for the same test than patients at other Advocate hospitals, even with the same Blue Cross plan. A Sun-Times investigation shows how opaque hospital-insurer negotiations across the Chicago area leave many patients, especially those with high deductibles, struggling to compare costs or predict their bills.
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