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EXCHANGE: Open mic night leads solo artists to form duo

By CHARLES MILLS - Associated Press

In this Oct. 13, 2016 photo, Crystal Gonzalez holds a picture of her daughter, Kaylee Jacob, at her home in Effingham, Ill. Jacob was 16 when a teenage friend messing around with a gun in the backseat of a car parked in Effingham, Ill., accidentally shot her to death in 2015. Nearly a year later, the girl's mother said the pain still lingers,and she knows that it always will. &quot;Her death has forever changed my life and the lives of my other children,&quot; said Crystal Gonzalez.(Bill Grimes/Effingham Daily News via AP)

EXCHANGE: Illinois mom tries to cope with death of daughter

By BILL GRIMES - Associated Press

In this Sept. 9, 2015 photo, Valerie Broeringmeyer, a first-grade teacher at South Side Elementary School in Effingham, Ill., poses with her bucket in her classroom. Teachers, staff and students at the school are all involved in the program titled after the children’s book, “Have You Filled A Bucket Today?” (Dawn Schabbing/Effingham Daily News via AP)

Students fill buckets with acts of kindness

By Dawn Schabbing - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 11 AND THEREAFTER - In this April 19, 2014, 2014 photo, Tom Caldwell, interim director of the Lake Land Collegiate Veterans Alliance, dedicates the Kluthe Center Veteran Reflection Site in Effingham, Ill. It is a place where veterans can leave behind their turbulent military past and return to normalcy. Planning for the site began in February, with many of the items in it donated by the community. (AP Photo/Effingham Daily News, Jackson Adams)

EXCHANGE: Center gives veterans a place to reflect

By JACKSON ADAMS - Associated Press