Marquart resigns post after eight months
John Marquart Richton Park village manager resigns after eight months in office to become director of administration for a Chicago law firm. He will leave at month end, citing a rare opportunity while praising the village and its leadership. Village President Banovich expressed surprise but bears no malice.
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John Marquart
Richton Park
Marquart
Chicago
Rudolph Banovich
Banovich
Ex-Tocco aide accuses Panici at corruption trial
Joyce Maria testified that ex-Chicago Heights Mayor Charles Panici masked his identity in calls to Albert Tocco. Prosecutors seek ties between Panici Gliottoni and LoBue to bribes for waste-hauling contracts in the 1980s while remaining details of payments remain disputed.
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Albert Tocco
Chicago Heights
Charles Panici
Joyce Maria
Panici
John Gliottoni Jr
Louise Marshall
Tocco
U.S
Chris Gair
Maria
Gliottoni
John Costabile
Costabile
Nick LoBue
LoBue
Will County Third Airport Gets New Name and Look
Ed Paesel announces Will County involvement in planning for the jetport now called the South Suburban Airport. The site boundary shifts one and a half miles south of Crete Monee Road with the northern runway removed. Illinois DOT commits to county participation in all planning.
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Will County
Jim Edgar
Illinois Department of Transportation
Ed Paesel
Chicago Heights
Joliet
Paesel
Peotone International Airport
Crete-Monee Road
ESDA chief used township phone for family calls
Taxpayers in Rich Township paid the bill for calls to the ex ESDA chief Charles Corkery’s parents in Union Michigan for most of 1992. The calls included several to residential numbers and to the township office, with little or no repayment by Corkery. The Star continues to detail revelations after Corkery’s resignation and a broader audit process.
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Rich Township
Union
Mich
Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
ESDA
Charles Corkery
Tom Knowles
Corkery
Michigan
Eral
Star
Richton Park
Park Forest
Matteson
Olympia Fields
Country Club Hills
Hazel Crest
Homewood
Flossmoor
See
Missing ESDA records prompt probe into taxpayer funds
The Star reports missing Emergency Services and Disaster Agency bills from Oct 1991 to Oct 1992 in Rich Township. Only phone company remittance slips were found. Ameritech Mobile Communications bills remained elusive until mid-December when March–December 1992 bills were recovered and copied for the paper after pressure from Mary Britton and George Falaney.
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Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Rich Township
The
Star
the Star
ESDA
Charles Corkery
Corkery
Ameritech
Chuck
Mary Britton
Britton
George Falaney
George
Matteson merchants seek tips after Palatine tragedy
Matteson police officers led a security workshop for local business owners at the Cicero Avenue station. Detectives advised against routine vulnerabilities, urging back doors and employee entrances to be locked and for workers to vary patterns to avoid being targeted.
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Matteson
Richard Walsh
Cicero Avenue
Police Department
Palatine
Walsh
Lincoln Mall
Tom Prohaska
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Carmen Greco Jr
Betty Tocco
Albert
City Public Works
Ernest Molyneaux
Marianna Porter
Matteson Com- Gregory
Funity Center
David Dorset
Myra Guindon
Mom and Pop
Amy Esslinger
Shanta Williams
Indiana School
Indiana
Phil Faso
Arcadia
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