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Bloom 206 Battles, Friendly Robberies, St. Agnes Fun: Week in Review

Let's take a look back at the most interesting stories from the week of Aug. 14-20.

This story brought out the fury in a few of our readers. We checked with Drake, his sister, the district's lawyer and public records to figure out if the board president had too many ties to his family's bus company, which has a contract with .

We let the readers decide whether they felt there was a conflict of interest. Take a look at the article and let us know what you think.

As part of our new series, Census Sense, we took a look at data from the 2010 Census showing the make up of every household in Chicago Heights. Some of the numbers were pretty interesting.

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This story got a lot of attention, mainly because it involves a man allegedly spontaneously robbing his friends at gun point. Who knew friendship could be so dangerous?

A wonderful photo gallery showing the fun that kids and parents had at . Any set of pictures that includes giant boxing gloves, a bounce house and cake is worth a peek, right?

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Two stories involving Bloom board members in one week? Yep. This was a continuation of a previous story in which Bloom board member Robert Rossi . Drake said it was just a heated argument.

Who do you agree with?


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