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Grade-School Teacher Killed by Metra Train Ruled a Suicide

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Medical Examiner Rules Teachers Death a Suicide

Mark Reilly, a teacher in District 146, died Friday after being struck by a Metra train in Tinley Park, according to an autopsy conducted Saturday by the Cook County Medical Examiner. Tinley Park Patch

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Patch Creates New Parenting Facebook Page

A big part of what we do at Patch is connect people and communities. In that spirit, we have started a new page at Patch to share great parenting-related information from our sites and our users. Parent Station is a place for parents to connect and engage with each other through blogs, news stories and information that’s important to them. Here’s the page, if you’d like to check it out.


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