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Ill. grandmother says she helped hide missing grandson in crawl space to keep him safe

MARION, Ill. — A southern Illinois grandmother said Monday that she hid her 6-year-old grandson and his mother in a crawl space in her home for two years during a custody dispute with the boy’s father to keep the youngster safe.

Members of feuding families jailed after riot in Ala. town; Gangs also said to be involved

MARION, Ala. — Two feuding families and their friends lined opposite sides of a small-town Alabama street and hurled rocks, tools and pieces of wood at each other, striking the police chief with a crowbar, in a riot rooted in a disagreement that began years ago with schoolchildren.

Feuding family members jailed after riot that shook Ala. town; Gangs also said to be involved

MARION, Ala. — Members of two feuding families were in jail Tuesday after years of quarreling erupted into a small-town riot in which 150 screaming people hurled rocks and tools — and even struck the police chief.

Feuding Ala. families cause riot of about 150 with some people throwing jack irons, tire irons

MARION, Ala. — Two Alabama families that had been fighting for years turned their feud into a full-scale riot Monday outside a small-town city hall, with up to 150 screaming people hurling tire irons and wielding baseball bats. Eight people were arrested, and at least four were hurt, Trooper John Reese said. Two were taken to hospitals. The town’s police chief was hit in the head with a crowbar but was OK.

Families’ quarrel over shot-out window escalates to ‘full-scale riot’ in Ala. town of 3,300

MARION, Ala. — Two Alabama families that had been fighting for years turned their feud into a full-scale riot Monday outside a small-town city hall, with up to 150 screaming people hurling tire irons and wielding baseball bats.

Feuding families cause riot in Alabama with about 300 people throwing jack irons, tire irons

MARION, Ala. — Four people have been arrested and one is at-large following a feud between two families that spilled into a riot involving about 300 people at Marion’s municipal complex. Mayor Tony Long said the fighting between the Moore and Sawyer families began at about 8:30 a.m. Monday just off the county courthouse square.

Road trip on a budget: Camping and long drives with kids for 3,000 miles cross-country

MARION, Mass. — With one set of grandparents on the West Coast and one on the East, my kids have seen the USA from the window of an airplane plenty of times.

Yes, in my backyard: Illinois town among few in US lobbying to get Guantanamo detainees

MARION, Ill. — Once the nation’s most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti.

Cleaning and repairs to begin in July at Ohio tomb of Warren Harding, 29th US president

MARION, Ohio — The Ohio tomb of Warren Harding, America’s 29th president, will undergo a couple of months of restoration work beginning July 6.