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Also on today's calendar: MIX of '26: Beyond Beer & Bourbon Fest and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: If you have 13 apples in one hand and 10 oranges in the other, what do you have ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• Man Left 'Suspicious' Tubes Containing Child Porn At Plainfield Businesses: Cops (patch.com) — Plainfield police say suspicious gold-colored tubes left at two local businesses contained USB drives loaded with child sexual abuse material, triggering a five-month investigation. Detectives, aided by an FBI cyber lab, identified a 22-year-old Aurora man, executed a search warrant, and arrested him on multiple felony charges, with his first court appearance set for Monday.
• Customer throws banana split at ice cream shop employee in Plainfield, police say (fox32chicago.com) — Plainfield police say a customer threw a banana split at an employee at Hazel Marie’s on Memorial Day, then left before officers arrived; the worker declined to press charges. The shop’s owner now plans a “Bring Your Own Banana Sundae Funday” fundraiser this weekend to support a new anti-bullying foundation in the Plainfield area.
• Hollis Consolidated School District 328's enrollment rank decreases in 2024-25 (peoriastandard.com) — Plainfield families can see how their schools stack up in new statewide enrollment rankings, where Plainfield District 202 and Troy 30C both appear among Illinois’ 200 largest districts. The piece mainly highlights Hollis District 328’s small size and puts it in context of a years-long, statewide decline in public school enrollment and changing student-teacher ratios.
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