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PHOTOS: Aroma Township residents face tornado aftermath

By Tiffany Blanchette
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Aroma Park resident Patricia Kime adjusts a giant teddy bear in her driveway on March 12, 2026, in front of her home on Strasma NorthDrive, which was destroyed by the March 10 EF-3 tornado. She pulled the teddy bear from her former living room in hopes to put a smile on her neighbors' faces, she said. The bathroom she was sheltering in was the only intact room of her home.

Aroma Park resident Patricia Kime adjusts a giant teddy bear in her driveway on March 12, 2026, in front of her home on Strasma North Drive, which was destroyed by the March 10 EF-3 tornado. She pulled the teddy bear from her former living room in hopes to put a smile on her neighbors' faces, she said. The bathroom she was sheltering in was the only intact room of her home. (Tiffany Blanchette)

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Tiffany Blanchette

Tiffany Blanchette

Tiffany Blanchette has been a photojournalist with the Daily Journal since 2014 and Photo Editor since 2018. She has won awards for her work from the Illinois Press Association and the National Press Photographers Association. She enjoys covering everything from news to sports in the very community she grew up in.