Frankfort Fire District Trustee Referendum On Election or Appointment
Residents of the Frankfort Fire Protection District will vote on whether trustees should be elected by the public or appointed by the Will county board chairman. The referendum, held Saturday at the Kansas Street fire house from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., follows petitions signed by about 2,000 voters and aims to end patronage by shifting to direct elections.
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Will County
Kansas Street
Clyde
Will County Board
Cording
Fire Department
Frankfort Fire Department
Frankfort Square
Lincoln Estates
Prestwick
Fire Protection District
RTA Eyes Rail and Bus Fare Increases Proposed
The Regional Transportation Authority weighs a regional fare structure and a 10 percent rise for commuter rail contracts to offset deficits. Local impacts target Illinois Central Gulf South Suburban SafeWay Homewood Joliet areas while Rock Island and Norfolk and Western would delay changes. Two hearings set August 25 in Chicago and Glen Ellyn.
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RTA
Chicago Transit Authority
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
South Suburban SafeWay Lines
Village of Homewood
Joliet Mass Transit District
Rock
Chicago Park District
East
McFedtridge Drive
Chicago
Glen Ellyn Civic Center
Duane
Glen Ellyn
SafeWay
CTA
Suburban Transit
West Towns
Nortran
North Suburban Transit District
Frankfort Residents Rally Over Sewer Woes at Village Hall
About 30 Frankfort residents from Connecticut Hills packed the village hall to demand faster sewer repairs amid repeated heavy rainfalls. Spokeswoman Patricia Sass urged immediate funding and action, criticizing delays and urging progress before a pending EPA grant. Village President Warning pressed for faster work while Engineer Hamilton cited dry weather and illegal connections as key causes.
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Frankfort
New Lenox
Ticut Hills
Patricia Sass
Sass
Connecticut Hills Homeowners Association
Earl Lintner
Glenn Warning
Bruce Hamilton
Overnight stays for hospitalized children campaign grows
The Parents Concerned for Hospitalized Children push for visiting overnight rights as hospital policy is examined. The feature appears in Lifestyles on Page 13 with related details in local hospital procedures.
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Lifestyles
National Baseball Congress
Midlothian
White Sox
Coalition For Political Honesty
Mitch Golub
DOT to Reinstall I-80 City Names On Signs After Criticism
Joliet figures Congressman George O'Brien and Rep William Kempiners announce DOT will add large ground mounted guide signs along I 80 between I 55 and I 57. Frankfort New Lenox Rockdale and Orland Park names return with plans to place signs before US 45 and US 30 interchanges. Local officials say changes meet some but not all requests as installation timing remains uncertain.
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DOT
Joliet
George O'Brien
William Kempiners
Frankfort
New Lenox
Rockdale
Orland Park
Langhorne Bond
Orland
U.S. 45
96Th Street
Mokena
LaGrange
U.S. 30
Cass Street
Maple Street
Meadow Avenue
Briggs Street
Larkin Avnue
O'Brien
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Warning
the Star-Herald Today
Coalition Strikes Back
Frank Shuftan
Burnell Heinecke
O’brien
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Bond
Star-Herald
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Rock Island
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