Fahner files suit against Mokena over cemetery sidewalk
Allegations center on a temporary injunction against building a sidewalk through Pioneer Memorial Cemetery in Mokena. Illinois Attorney General Tyrone Fahner filed the suit after residents sought help opposing the project. Village officials call the move politically timed, while opponents condemn the plan as morally wrong and a desecration of a historic landmark. The sidewalk would be part of a Wolf road east side project.
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Denise Faris
Mokena
Will County
Illinois
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
Atty
Tyrone Fahner
George Mahoney
Lois Bruhn Stark
Fahner
Mahoney
George Sangmeister
Richard Quinn
Wolf Road
New law muddles pay hikes for Will County officials
Gov James Thompson signed a law that complicates Will County’s pay plan. Board member James Bingle said the change could raise annual pay by about 1000 dollars if not adjusted. The measure allows dual per diem and annual salaries, altering the prior single-pay system. Forest preserve officials already had a 36 dollar daily rate, which the county may now inadvertently blend into 8500 dollars yearly. The forest preserve board will discuss the salary issue at a future meeting, while a separate push for four more public defenders awaits formal budget submission.
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James Thompson
Will County Board
James Bingle
Bingle
County Board
Forest Preserve
Forest Board
Forest Preserve Board
Lyman Tieman
Michael Orenic
Ruth Kennedy
Tieman
Will County rejects two new squad cars amid surplus fleet
Will County board denied a plan to buy two sheriff's department squad cars using community development block grant funds. A board member cited 143 to 145 total cars and only about 60 patrols daily, leaving 80 plus cars unused for patrols behind sheriff's station on Laraway Road near Joliet. Governor-like dispute over high crime area labels and block grant usage sparked party line votes against the $18,410 purchase from Jerry Burke Ford.
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Camille Root
Will County
Sheriff's Department
Charles Starner
Starner
Sheriff's
Laraway Road
Joliet
John Shelley
Fairmont
Patterson Avenue
Shelley
Jerry Burke Ford
Frankfort
Frankfort Automobile Agency
Capps
Joliet Area
Patterson Road
Cain
Jack Gallagher
Devel
Stevenson the only poll that counts is election day
Adlai Stevenson III acknowledged trailing Gov. James Thompson in Cook county suburbs but told a NINA audience that early collar county results are encouraging. He urged voters to focus on issues, criticized Thompson's six year record on roads education and welfare, and warned that Illinois risks stagnation without reform and an end to state cronyism.
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Franklin Shaftan
Adlai Stevenson III
James Thompson
Cook County
Stevenson
Northern Illinois Newspaper Association
NINA
Collar
Oak Brook
Illinois
Thompson
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