Bribes linked to Chicago Heights garbage contract scheme exposed
Testimony details 1980 meetings at the Brown Union restaurant between Fitzpatrick and Prisco over a $100 000 three year deal for the Chicago Heights garbage contract. Wondaal and Fitzpatrick describe kickback payments, including a $40 000 cash bag and later sums at LoBue and Prisco locations, ending when Albert Tocco seized control in 1983.
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Fitzpatrick
Prisco
Brown Union
South Chicago Heights
City of Chicago Heights
Wondaal
Chicago Heights
LoBue
Panici
Gliottoni
Fitzpatrick Brothers Disposal
Skyline Disposal
Chicago
Wendaal
Alcazar
Lincolnway
Tocco
Weight loss center owner not guilty of drug delivery
Gloria Robinson owner of the Physician's Weight Loss Center in Matteson was found not guilty on three counts of delivering phentermine pills. Clerk Angela Lewis also cleared of similar charges. Robinson faces a later trial for possession of a controlled substance tied to the same pills.
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Matteson
Gloria Robinson
Towne Center
Illinois Department of Professional Regulation
Robinson
Circuit Court
Paul Neabis
Angela Lewis
Chris Cummings
Crete
6Th District
Markham
Richton Park Opens 1993 Winter Spring Recreation Sign Ups
The Richton Park Parks and Recreation Department invites registrations for the 1993 winter spring session. Sign ups are open for the 1993 men s big dipper league with league play set to begin in early February.
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Richton Park Parks and Recreation Department
Homefront memories highlighted by Historical Society event
The Matteson Historical Society hosts an On the Homefront program at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Matteson Community Center. Slides and a brief skit will jog memories of World War II. Attendees may bring mementos to share, and officers will be elected. A joint effort with the South Suburban Heritage Association encourages documenting 1940s war time life. Refreshments provided.
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Matteson Community Center
School Ave
South Suburban Heritage Association
Area Historical Societies
Matteson Historical Society
Zion Lutheran students stage Valentine candy gram sale
The Student Council at Zion Lutheran School will offer candy grams at 25 cents each or five for $1 on Thursday and Friday. Grams will be distributed during the school Valentine’s Day party on February 12 to any student or staff member at the school.
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Zion Lutheran School
Zion School
Catholic Schools Earn High Marks In Archdiocese Report
The Chicago Archdiocese released statistics for 366 Catholic schools in Cook and Lake counties showing 99 percent high school graduation, 86 percent college enrollment, and ACT average 20.3. Enrollment declines persist as tuition remains a burden, with elementary averages $1,057 and high school $3,176 yearly, prompting fundraisers to cover costs.
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Chicago
Cook County
Elaine Schuster
Cook
Lake County
Schuster
Bills for Regan Ostenburg recount law bills total near 74000
Springfield action shows Robert Regan and John Ostenburg charged nearly 73890 for a delayed 1990 recount of the 80th District race. Attorneys for Ostenburg and Regan logged hundreds of hours over 1990 1991 including canvassing votes in Cook Will counties and House committee proceedings followed by a moot conclusion.
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Springfield
Robert Regan
John Ostenburg
Ostenburg
D-Park Forest
Regan
Crete
Illinois State Board of Elections
Cook
Will
Petition Discovery and Motions Chronology
Time entries cover 42.75 hours attending House committee meetings in Springfield on June 6 13 and 26 1991. Additional work includes 31 hours of discovery recounts in December 6 and 11 and 4.75 hours in January February and March 1991 preparing Regan's motion to dismiss Ostenburg's challenge plus 10 hours May 22 attending a House Republican staff meeting in Springfield and 36.75 hours July 16-17 drafting Regan's reply to Ostenburg's response.
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Ostenburg
Cook
Will
Will County
Springfield
House
Regan
Lavelle
Juneau & McCollum Ltd
Oak Park
Conviction in Matteson Bank Robbery
A Blue Island man, Stephen K. Gergely, 20, was convicted Thursday of armed robbery for the May 28 Beverly Bank heist in Matteson. He received four years in prison after pleading guilty. the robbery at Route 30 and Kostner Avenue involved a handgun and $800 stolen.
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Blue Island
Beverly
Matteson
Stephen K. Gergely
Markham
Gergely
Route 30
Kostner Avenue
Matteson police helped topple Chicago drug kingpins
Matteson police initiated an 8 1/2 year narcotics probe that led to guilty pleas by six top figures, including Benson Hill, in a record $4 million forfeiture case. The DEA IRS and Chicago PD aided the operation begun in 1984, with $300,000 of the septuplets’ assets going to Matteson police.
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Matteson Police
Chicagoland
Matteson
Benson Hill
Illinois
Hilt
Cedarwood
Chicago
Denton
Fla
Yohann Thurman
S. Loomis
Renea Riggins
S. Bishop
Solomon Royster
Sussex
Markham
DEA
Walsh
Internal Revenue Service
Matteson Police Department
District 159 Kindergarten Registration Add Marya Yates School
A correction notes that Marya Yates School at 6131 Allemony Drive is included with Sieden Prairie Woodgate in Matteson and Neil Armstrong in Richton Park for kindergarten registration. Registration runs 6 to 9 p.m. February 25 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. February 26 across the district.
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Matteson- Richton Park
the Star
Marya Yates
Allemony Drive
Sieden Prairie
Woodgate
Matteson
Neil Armstrong
Richton Park
Star
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Historical Society
Rich South High School
Illinois High School Association
Sauk School
Wilmot Mountain
Village Hall
Zion
James & Sons
U.S
James Sons, Ltd
Calumet City
159Th
Wentworth
Wentworth Plaza
Olympia Fields
Vollmer Rd
Olympia Square
By Patricia Briske
Archdiocese
Will, DuPage
Kane Counties
Diane Ross
Odelson & Sterk Ltd
Evergreen Park
Mary Paleologo
Richard Walsh
Hill
George Montgomery
S. Phillips
Melvin Smith
Firstar Bank
Corr A. BS
F.d.1.c. Firstar Park Forest Bank
Indianwood Boulevard
Metwern
Cellular
Western Ave
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