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Share-worthy stories from the Illinois Patch network to talk about tonight:

School Board Member Under Fire For Facebook Post After Meeting On Transgender Student

The board member criticized parents as an "anti-transgender lynch mob" and made a comment about trying "really hard not to launch myself over the table and strangle" them.

Illinois 9-Year-Old's Ninja Skills Get Him On TV

Airing this Saturday is the start of American Ninja Warrior Junior, a contest including a talented Geneva 9-year-old.

Scenes From The 2018 Chicago Marathon

Watch video and scroll through photos of runners as they go through Pilsen and Korea Town during the 2018 Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

Dog Rescued From Roof Of Home

Cops helped the precariously perched Tilly the dog.

Chicago Hotel Among Most Haunted In America

The Daily Meal shares its list of the most haunted hotels in the nation based on frequency of reported ghost sightings.

1-Year-Old Dies In Accidental Drowning

Police say the toddler fell into a bucket left in her kitchen.

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• 3 Shot Inside Parked Car
• Cops Grow Beards For Kids In Need
• Pizza Driver Robbed
• $11K Worth Of Designer Purses Snatched
• Reward Offered For Info On Related Shootings
• Trans Woman Killed In Chicago Is 2nd In Recent Weeks
• Van Dyke Trial: Man Made Threats To Officials, On Social Media
• Brit Wins 2018 Chicago Marathon
• Warm Start To Week Before Big Cool Down
• Coach Pulls Gun In Youth Football Game Brawl: Cops

Across America

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