Matteson backs gaming pact amid mixed trustee votes
Illinois communities depend on riverboat gambling revenue, but Matteson trustees split 4 to 1 with one abstention on a sharing agreement to support Calumet City and Rosemont casinos. Some officials fear retail losses and tax-base erosion while others urge regional revenue.
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Emmanuel Imoukhuede
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Richton Park
Tinley Park
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Calumet City
Rosemont
Henry Junge
Denise Clemons
Joesph Vincent
Mark Stricker
Stricker
Butterfield Creek
Coglianese
Cook County
Block scheduling debated over honors weighting and transfers
Block scheduling faces concern that unweighted grades will drop with limited weighted honors classes. District officials plan three weighted honors classes and may add more while offering transfer options to worried students. Students and principal share mixed views on focus, access, and outcomes observed at Momence High School and other implementing schools.
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Larry Tandy
Tandy
Brian Knutson
Knutson
Lori Gray
Gray
Lotus
Ciaccio
Mayer resumes challenge in 1996 race after narrow loss
Mayer plans another bid against Wennlund after a close 1994 contest where Wennlund led 55 to 45. Wennlund, in his fifth state House term, will file petitions between December 11 and 18. Mayer cites crossovers and a desire for government change, citing growing class sizes from 18 to 26 in kindergartens across the 38th Illinois House District including Orland Park and Frankfort areas.
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Wennlund
State House
Illinois
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Homer Township
Mokena
New Lenox
New Lenox Township
Frankfort
Frankfort Township
Richton Park
Rich Township
Park Forest
Crete-Monee coach charged with battery and endangering student
Matthew Henry a 45 year old Crete-Monee High School basketball coach turned himself in to Midlothian police after allegedly slapping a 16 year old player and forcing him to remove most of his clothing in a Bremen High School parking lot following a game on November 25. He faces misdemeanor charges with bond set at 1000 dollars and is due in Markham court January 26.
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Midlothian
Matthew Henry
Richton Park
Henry
6Th District Court
Markham
Mall expansions eyed to boost shopper stay in south suburbs
Haldane notes mall managers consider expansion to compete with River Oaks Calumet City and other south suburban centers. River Oaks GM Richard Schiller cites food courts as essential, combining retail, dining and entertainment to keep shoppers inside.
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Calumet City
Orland Square Mall
Orland Park
Lincoln Mall
Matteson Mall
Lincoln Mall Management
Richard Schiller
Calumet City Mall
Schiller
New Parking Lot Opens as West Lot Resurfaces
The village completed resurfacing of the lot west of the tracks at a cost of 34 607 by Gallagher Asphalt Company. The project began May 14 and ran weekends to minimize commuter disruption. The new Metra cameras, monitored by Richton Park police, require a 12 year maintenance commitment under IDOT funding.
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David Niemeyer
Limas
Park Forest
Metra
Richton Park
Idot Fund
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