Calling Out Hit-and-Run 'Monster' Who Killed a Young Dad: Patch PM

Family Grieves After Hit-and-Run Takes a Young Dad

A month has passed since someone killed Robert Haag on a Lockport road and drove away. “When I think about the man who hit him living his life freely, going to sleep in his own bed every night and waking up to the comfort of being alive, I feel sick and sad and mad,” says Mia van Eijmeren, cousin of Robert Haag, father to a 7-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son. “I don’t know how anyone in their right mind could live with this on their conscience.”

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Look Inside a Suburban Medical Marijuana Company

PharmaCannis is planning to open three medical marijuana dispensaries in the suburbs in coming weeks. All of the founders have family members who suffer from medical conditions that are state-approved to be treated with medical marijuana.

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Bail Set at $130,000 for Accused Home Improvement Fraudster

• Palos Park police and prosecutors say man has history of scamming victims out of money for home repair and not doing the work.

Bad Humor: Unwanted Ice Cream Man Intrudes on Polo Fields

• Who doesn’t like the ice cream man? The manager of the Naperville Polo Fields, for one.

Homer Glen Man Missing in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

• John Niesman, a hiking enthusiast who loves observing the fall colors, was reported missing Oct. 11.

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