Victim's mother recalls meeting suspect at funeral
Patricia Hickey of Park Forest recalls meeting Christopher Abernathy at a funeral in 1984 after his arrest on a murder charge in her daughter Kristina’s death. Hickey, relieved by the arrest, says she was numb and questions motive as detectives say the case remains solvable with continued diligence.
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Patricia Hickey
Park Forest
Christopher Abernathy
Midlothian
Kristina
Kuester
Hickey
Donald Myers
Village trustees debate seventh park commission member
Trustees questioned adding a seventh member to the village commission in a 4-3 vote. The extra seat would serve a specific short term function on the Notre Dame park project. Harland Bartholomew and Associates will prepare a master site plan for Notre Dame park for up to 2080. The board also abated 1985 property taxes to fund the 1983 water bond payment of 357 312 from water fund investments and will distribute meeting agendas and minutes to village commissions to improve communication.
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Daniel Murphy
John Rangel
Charles Adams
Rangle
Adams
Murphy
Commission
Sline
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Notre Dame Park
Village Board of
Abernathy held on murder charge after Kristina case
Park Forest police report that Abernathy was questioned after Kristina’s funeral due to facial injuries and threats to fire at the cemetery. He was later arrested in Mokena, polygraph completed, and charged with murder. He is jailed in Cook County without bond awaiting a preliminary hearing today in Markham.
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Abernathy
Kuester
Myers
Mokena
Dets Kuester
Steve G. Theodore
Hillside
Rice
Peggy Shaw
Pete Reynolds
Carol Dorsett
District 162 Board Faces Mixed Reactions to Reorganization
School staff report mixed views on the district’s reorganization. Twenty seven percent favored returning to the prior structure while six percent urged other options. A majority cited two plus weeks to prepare, and two thirds felt administration rated their needs as fair to poor. Teachers urged more collaboration time and clearer information on the transition.
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Ms. Nowakowski
Susan Kyler
Allen Dornseff
Artworks linked to wartime protest spark removal debate
In a 1983 trial court decision, college spokesman John A. Ostenberg described the windows as obscene and derogatory to women and Black people, noting proponents urged removal to discourage wartime perversion and pervading men.
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John A. Ostenberg
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