Power outage hits four towns in Cook County area
A Calumet City transmission line failure Saturday cut power to about 8,000 customers in Calumet City Lynwood Burnham and Sauk Village. The line broke near 154th Street east of Burnham at 9 a.m. Eight feeder lines were shut and eight replaced. About 75 percent of customers were restored by noon with remaining 1,000 homes expected back by 3 p.m. Officials investigate cause.
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Calumet City
Lynwood
Burnham
Sauk Village
John Kelly
Commonwealth Edison
154Th Street
Kelly
Crete Gunfire At Mobile Home Park Leads to Suspect Questioning
Crete police found a stolen .357 Magnum at Queens Estates Mobile Home Park after gunfire near 1712 Dixie Highway last Saturday. Two Crete-Monee High School students face two felony counts of criminal damage to property and possession of an explosive. another 17-year-old was charged with misdemeanor. Police said four youths from Park Forest and Monee were involved in setting off a quarter stick of dynamite at the high school. one received a community service adjustment.
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Crete
Queens Estates
Dixie Highway
Chicago
Crete-Monee High School
Will County Juvenile Court
Mark Langreder
W. Stanton
Park Forest
Homewood Man Faces Felony Charges for Unlawful Delivery
Homewood police report a local man was charged Wednesday with two felony counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled fin on suspicions tied to improper transfers.
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Anthony J. Calderone
Lexington
Cook County
MEG
Calderone
Homewood
Homewood Police
Burglary Report Unearths Flossmoor Checkbooks Theft
Police say two checkbooks were stolen from a house in the 800 block of Braemer Rd Flossmoor with entry by rear window. Burglary occurred between February 12 and 16. A 38 year old Richton Park woman was arrested on Western Ave Flossmoor for attempted obstruction of a police officer and traffic offenses.
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Braemer Rd
Flossmoor
Richton Park
Western Avenue
Park Forest Woman Refuses ID. Lic Suspened and Warrants Outstanding
Debra Tobeck of 4445 Poplar Ave was stopped by police for a single license plate. She allegedly lied about her identity. officers found her real name, a suspended license, and two outstanding warrants including one for attempted obstruction of a police officer.
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Debra Tobeck
Poplar Ave
Woman Threatened At Gunpoint In Park Forest Mall
A Sauk Village woman was threatened at gunpoint by a purported homeless man at Norwood Square in Park Forest after he asked for money for food. She gave $5, then he claimed he had a gun and menaced further before walking away and later could not be identified from mug shots. A 15-year-old Park Forest teen was charged with aggravated battery following a separate fight at Rich East High School, and another teen was hospitalized with a forehead laceration requiring six stitches.
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Sauk Village
Norwood Square
Park Forest
Rich East High School
St. James Hospital
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Will County
Tobeck
Sixth District Circuit Court
Markham
Formica
Palmer Blvd
Dixie Hwy
Governors Hwy
Golf Vista
Southside
Tim
Monee
Illinois
Prain
Underland Solariums, Inc
Joliet Street
Dyer
First National Bank
GreatBanc, Inc
LSJ Equal Housing Lender
A Greatbanc Company
Hirst National Plaza
East Loth Street
Chicago Heights
Convernors
Olympia Fields
Wall Street Journal
Ce Pueblo
Colorado
American Heart Association
Fighting Heart
Chiro-Med Health Care Center Ltd
Chiro-Med
Chiro-Med Health Care Center, Ltd
Phillip W. Piscopo
Main
Russell M. Guzzo
Joe Orr
Halsted
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