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  Tahlequah Daily Press, Okla.

  Parent of Hulbert student complains to Town Council about assault on daughter

  Apr. 15—HULBERT — Members of the Hulbert Town Council Board of Trustees, during an April 14 meeting, heard from the parent of a student who was purportedly assaulted while at school. Darren Staley said his daughter was assaulted with a rock a few weeks ago at Hulbert High School, and asked why no police report was taken. He said the case was submitted to the District Attorney's Office, but ...

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  Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.

  Ligonier man's Christmas story takes on new life

  Dec. 23—Carl Smith was a young father, worried about disappointing his children 50 years ago when he spun a Christmas tale that became a family tradition. At the time, he had no idea the tale would take on a life of its own, going so far as to be featured in this December's edition of Reminisce magazine. But that's getting ahead of the story. Back when his seven children were small, Smith, now ...

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  U.S.

  The Times-Gazette

  Loudonville Village Council recognizes Boy Scout Camden Stanton for Eagle Scout project

  Mayor Jason VanSickle presented not one but two certificates to Eagle Scout candidate Camden Stanton at the Loudonville Council meeting Monday

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• U.S.

  Chicago Tribune

  Long before movies and screens, Chicago went nuts for something called cycloramas

  If you neglected to celebrate or commemorate the recent hoopla surrounding the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, I am here to steer you to one element worth your time. It is a 40-feet-long painting created as a guide for what was once a larger Chicago Fire Cyclorama painting, which was displayed in Chicago in 1892-93 in a round building constructed for visitors to have an immersive ...

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  U.S.

  AccuWeather

  How did weather play a role in the Great Chicago Fire?

  One hundred fifty years ago, a barn fire that broke out on the west side of Chicago changed the lives of residents forever. While the cause of the fire is still undetermined, weather was a major factor that led to its powerful 30-hour rampage through the city, and potentially played a role in its eventual demise. On Oct. 8, 1871, The O'Leary Barn on the west side of Chicago erupted in flames. "Chicago was a city made almost entirely of wood," Carl Smith told AccuWeather Senior TV Weather Broadca

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  U.S.

  Chicago Tribune

  Chicago built back from the Great Fire in just two years. Now, 150 years later, the city finds itself at another crossroads

  CHICAGO — On a hot and dry October night in 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern in Mrs. O’Leary’s barn, starting a blaze that rose up from her modest Near Southwest Side home, leapt the Chicago River and burned down a large portion of the nascent prairie metropolis. Or so goes the legend of the Great Chicago Fire, popularized in a version of the song, “A Hot Time in the Old Town.” The City ...

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• U.S.

  Tahlequah Daily Press, Okla.

  Police chief rebuilding trust within community

  Aug. 31—HULBERT — The Hulbert Police Department chief has been in his role for six months and he believes the department is headed in the right direction. Carl Smith was appointed police chief Feb. 23, and one of his goals was to rebuild the department, as well as the community's trust. One of Smith's first steps in improving HPD was the purchase of an Offender Data Information System, which ...

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  People

  This 18-Year-Old Climate Activist Is Fighting to Save His Beloved Village in Alaska

  Carl Smith is part of a landmark complaint with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

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• U.S.

  Tribune Publishing

  SL Twp. asks for temporary no-wake zone on Indian Channel

  Mar. 26—The Indian Channel off the Grand River could soon become a no-wake zone to all boats (temporarily) if the Department of Natural Resources approves a Public Act 72 request from Spring Lake Township. Township board members voted in favor of submitting the request to the state for a 1,000-foot section of the channel. Clerk Carolyn Boersma was the lone no vote on the resolution during a ...

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• U.S.

  Tribune Publishing

  Hulbert police chief's goal is to rebuild public trust

  Mar. 4—HULBERT — The newly appointed Hulbert police chief said his main goal is to rebuild the community's trust. Carl Smith was appointed police chief Feb 23 with the support of town officials. Smith said he has always been interested in law enforcement, but he was 30 before he stepped into that career path. Smith was born in Tahlequah and graduated from Salina High School. He began working ...

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