Press conference called off on third regional airport site
A Wednesday press conference to announce the preferred site for a new regional airport was canceled. The study reviewed five sites including Peotone as favored by Gov. Jim Edgar with delay tied to Springfield budget negotiations. No new date set.
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Jim Edgar
Lake Calumet
Gary
Ind
Kankakee County
Bistate
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Beecher
Bob York
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Springfield
York
Edgar
Chicago
O’hare
Midway
Fourth of July fireworks injuries steady across area
Hospitals reported a relatively calm Fourth of July with several firework related injuries. A 14 year old girl from Country Club Hills and an 11 year old boy in Palos Heights were treated after incidents. Six people at St Francis Blue Island and multiple others at St James Chicago Heights were seen for burns and minor injuries.
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Hazel Crest
Country Club Hills
St. James Hospital
Chicago Heights
Lynn Cody
Cody
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital
Palos Community Hospital
Palos Heights
David Open
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Gail Toscano
Toscano
Jan Barnett
Christ Hospital and Medical Center
Oak Lawn
Christ
Ben Bradley
Chicago Heights Crime Scene and Arrest Summary
A Chicago Heights woman, Regina Ward, 29, was found face down in a pool of blood in her apartment and listed in critical condition after a blunt force trauma. Nearby, Abel Lopez, 28, was found dead in his car at 8 a.m. with a gunshot wound. police do not deem it homicide and await toxicology. Three men, ages 18 to 20, were arrested June 30 on cocaine delivery and possession charges. An East Chicago man, Adam Serros, 18, was charged with aggravated battery after shooting a Chicago Heights man in the leg and hand on June 29.
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Chicago Heights
Regina R. Ward
5Th Avenue
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and Medical Center
Ward
S. Halsted St
Abel Lopez
Hickory St
Paul A. Martin
Maurice J. Bruce
Concord Drive
Dallas Harper
Revere St
Indiana
Adam A. Serros
Butternut
Chicago
Vandalism strikes Flossmoor during July 4 weekend
Police reports detail widespread vandalism across Flossmoor during a Fourth of July weekend. Homewood Flossmoor High School press box windows were broken and sod torn, with repeat incidents at the North Building and Parker Junior High School. A car window and a school bus windshield were damaged, and Calvary Temple on Governors Highway was struck by a rock.
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Parker Junior High School
Calvary Temple
Governors Highway
Robbery at Matteson White Hen Pantry on Vollmer Road
Police report a lone gunman robbed the White Hen Pantry at 5605 Vollmer Road Sunday night around 9:50 PM. The black male suspect, about 5 8 and 130 pounds, forced clerks to empty the register. he fled in a blue Chevrolet Citation driven by a black woman in her 20s.
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Vollmer Road
Homewood Man Killed as Pickup Rolls in Airport Ditch
A 22 year old Homewood man Phillip C. Elliott died after the pickup he rode in rolled over into a ditch at Lansing Municipal Airport. The driver Michael P. Compton 22 of Chicago Heights was arrested on reckless driving DUI suspended license and criminal trespass charges. Another passenger sustained facial and ankle injuries.
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Lansing
Phillip C. Elliott
Western Ave
St. James Hospital
Chicago Heights
Michael P. Compton
Emerald
When You Start Counting The Savings And Advantages
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S. Western Ave
S. Cicero
Alsip, IL
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Matteson, IL
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