Close to home Illinois tourism options for readers
Close to home a look at Illinois tourism offerings for weekend getaways or two week holidays. The piece notes family connections and cousinly ties, mentions a south suburban cosmetics sales rep, and references business pages, CPAs, and a Best of the Southland contest with main numbers for circulation and classifieds.
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Panici backed Reynolds loan in 1992 during campaign
Records show former Chicago Heights mayor Charles Panici personally guaranteed a 1992 bank loan for Mel Reynolds as his primary campaign neared victory. The FEC documents, released to the Star, tie Panici to Reynolds amid broader banking-regulation probes. both men now serve prison terms for unrelated crimes.
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Charles Panici
Mel Reynolds
Reynolds
Congress
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Federal Election Commission
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Park Forest wins new search warrants for inspections
Park Forest obtained two administrative search warrants Tuesday to enter homes of two tenants who refused annual building code inspections. Village Attorney Kathleen Field Orr said the program will proceed under ordinance unless a judge halts it after the federal suit. Contempt charges were earlier filed against the tenants and their landlord, Rick Reinbold.
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Kathleen Field Orr
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Greens Deannexation Fight Echoes in Local School Districts
The Greens subdivision in Olympia Fields challenges Rich Township District 227 to deannex, seeking to enroll in Homewood-Flossmoor District 233. Joliet Township High School District 204 previously dropped a similar suit over Cherry Hill in New Lenox, signaling shifting state laws may affect the Greens case.
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Joliet Township
Cherry Hill
New Lenox Township
Lincoln Way
Olympia Fields
Terry Brown
Deannex
Homewood-Flossmoor
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Todd Hayden
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Joliet
Richton Clears Up Business Agenda Items Pass
Richton Park trustees met Monday approving several agenda items. Trustee Michael Brown was named president pro tem in Village President Rudolph Banovich’s absence. A second reading approved rezoning Jo-Na property to R-3 for a Raleigh Place 140 unit town house project. Joann Food and Liquor liquor license transfer requested by new owners. liquor commissioner and police chief discussed at workshop.
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