Park Forest Jaycees Seek New Members Amid Growth
Crete and Park Forest Jaycees discuss expansion as they cope with aging membership. Projects include the Haunted House and Christmas tree sale, community service, after school activity goals, youth programs, and environmental projects. Contacts list Park Forest 921-2201 and Matteson 479-0277.
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Yvette Hodges
Objections Filed Against Eight Village Board Candidates
Electoral Board to hear defenses Monday as Chapman protests target six rivals for oversized nominating petitions. In Matteson, trustees must gather 120 to 140 signatures, about 5 percent of prior voters. Several candidates named. one, Opheus Jackson, remains unscathed.
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Backus
Tindall
Graham
Denise Clemons
Kevin Warmack
Starr Mercer-Horne
Village considers expanded tobacco age ordinance
Village Attorney urges adding cigars smokeless tobacco and all forms to the sale to minors law. The ordinance would ban falsifying age, defer enforcement for vendor prep, require a red one inch high sign at sale points, and set fines to be determined.
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John Murphey
Murphey
Banovich
DeTella named Stateville warden in Illinois corrections
George DeTella will become warden at Stateville Correctional Center after prior roles including warden at Danville and Logan Center. He plans humane, efficient operations, expanded education, and Pell grant support. emphasizes security, contact with staff and inmates, and viewing prison management as running a city. He and his wife Irene will reside on prison grounds as he leads the 34,000 inmate system headed by a department accredited by the American Correctional Association.
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Danville
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Chicago Heights
Downstate and Chicago clash over school tax cap bill
Illinois lawmakers face a bipartisan clash as the House Executive Committee considers a measure tied to school property tax caps. Downstate Democrats and Republicans, along with Chicago Democrats, warn the plan would shift up to millions in aid, with districts like Don Hoeft’s 66th and Jay Ackerman’s 89th seeing large gains or hefty losses under the proposal.
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Novak
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Woodstock
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R-Elgin
McGuire
Jay Ackerman
R-Morton
Louis Lang
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Interstate News Service
Crime boss misses brother funeral amid prison barriers
Albert Tocco, the Chicago Heights crime figure, did not attend his brother Joseph Tocco's funeral in Phoenix after prison officials denied permission. Joseph Tocco, 72, died January 23 in Perryville state's prison, with authorities citing natural causes. The report notes Joseph's prior racketeering and criminal convictions and Albert's 200-year sentence with a scheduled release in 2122.
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