Arcola man realized dream by joining Marines

ARCOLA – Those who knew Cpl. Allen Roberts remember him in many different ways: a jokester, a hard worker, a good son, good man, good Marine.

"He could drive you nuts, but he was just loveable," said his mother, Jaye Roberts of Kemp, an unincorporated village just east of Arcola.

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