Mayors back water bill tax for homeless shelter plan
Chicago Heights Mayor Douglas Troiani and Flossmoor Mayor Frank Maher unveiled a Thursday proposal for residents to add $1 monthly to water bills to fund a permanent PADS shelter. Funds would accumulate until enough to start construction, with input from PADS officials.
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Chicago Heights
Frank Maher
Flossmoor
Housing Coalition Committee of
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Wit
PADS
Bo Jackson backs proposed multi sport complex in Orland Park
Orland Park officials met with Bo Jackson and investors to review initial plans for a multi use sports and fitness facility on a 16 acre parcel at Jennial Park. The project would include an ice hockey rink swimming pool track fitness center tennis courts and an astro turf field likely creating jobs and sales tax revenue. Jackson would be part owner and could attract pro athletes to train there during the off season.
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Dan McLaughlin
Bo Jackson
Jackson
McLaughlin
Thomas Dubelbeis
Jim Daley
Bob Daley
Jennial Park
Cherry Hill Detachment Approved for Lincoln Way High
Will County Regional Board of School Trustees voted unanimously to accept the Cherry Hill detachment petition allowing Cherry Hill students from the unincorporated area to attend Lincoln Way High School instead of Joliet Township High Schools. Parent leader Margaret Persico welcomed the decision and looked forward to students boarding buses to Lincoln Way.
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Lincoln Way
Will County
Student Stabbing Incident at School Center
Two male students argued over a girlfriend Thursday afternoon at Consolidated High School District 230. A 17 year old senior was stabbed with a small pocketknife, receiving minor chest and arm injuries and was hospitalized in good condition. The 15 year old sophomore was taken into custody by Palos Hills police as teachers planned an informational meeting for parents.
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Oak Lawn
Hopital
Palos Hills
Cicero Avenue Speed Limit Cut In Country Club Hills
The Illinois Department of Transportation will lower Cicero Avenue speed from 60 to 45 mph between 167th and 176th streets. City officials requested the change last fall amid development along the corridor. The state plans to remove medians to stimulate west side development.
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Cicero Avenue
167Th
City Council OKs tripling waste tax on Waste Management
All six aldermen voted in favor to raise the hazardous waste tax from five to fifteen dollars per cubic yard for Waste Management’s dump near the Little Calumet River. The idea, a mayoral campaign initiative, aims to curb dumping or boost city revenue if dumping continues.
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Little Calumet River
Jerry Geneva
Calumet City
Palos Hills eyes bid for riverboat license
Palos Hills may bid for a riverboat gambling license as several south suburban municipalities show interest. Alderman Stratton favors the concept while Palos Heights opposes gaming. site debates center on the Cal Sag Channel area and Driscoll farm property amid property condemnation and Metra tracks nearby. Local officials note the issue is preliminary and speculative with no council vote yet.
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Pauline Str Ton
South Subu Ban Mayors and Managers Association
Stratton
Cal-Sag Channel
Southwest Highway
Driscoll
Palos Heights
Driscoll Farm
Aloe Ils
Murphy
Metra
Bonnie Strack
Ace Sain
Strack
Palos Hills
ITC to Present Eyes Like Black Diamonds Reading
The Illinois Theatre Center announces a staged reading Eyes Like Black Diamonds based on the romance between John Wilkes Booth and Lucy Lambert Hale. The event is set for Tuesday at 8 30 p.m. at ITC in Park Forest Library lower level 400A Lakewood Blvd. For information call 708 481 3510.
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Illinois Theatre Center
John Wilkes Booth
ITC
Lucy Lambert Hale
John P. Hale
Park Forest
Lakewood Blvd
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