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Don’t Miss This: Roller derby fans, players honor lost teammate

Don’t miss these top stories Monday on bnd.com:

▪ Roller derby fans turned out over the weekend to honor a woman killed by an allegedly drunken driver in October.

Samantha Miller, a mother of three who was killed when he car stalled along Interstate 55/70 and she was struck by a pickup truck.

The 27-year-old was a member of the local roller derby team called the Confluence Crush which on Saturday night saw its first action since Miller died.

▪ Coffee and donut fans rejoice.

The Canada-based chain Tim Horton’s plans to open a new location in O’Fallon in the spring.

The restaurant will be housed in a building that also will contain a Reliance Bank branch along Regency Park Drive.

▪ Fairview Heights leaders are dealing with a rash of heroin overdoses in their city.

Three people overdosed on the drug in 11 hours, according to police reports. One of them later died.

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