Mangialardi gets mercy sentence in Chicago Heights case
U S District Judge Wayne R Andersen sentenced former Chicago Heights Deputy Police Chief Sam Mangialardi to 125 months in federal prison after a racketeering and drug conspiracy case. He deducted 13 months already served and cited doubts about the jury verdict. The judge noted Mangialardi’s supporters and his cooperation with investigators as factors in the lenient outcome.
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Ars
U.S. District Court
Wayne R. Andersen
Chicago Heights
Sam Mangialardi
Andersen
Mangialardi
Metropolitan Correctional Center
Chicago
Magialardi
Illinois bill would split community colleges from state board
The Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board clash over Senate Bill 549 which would place public community colleges under a separate intermediary. Gov. Jim Edgar weighs veto, worried by Balkanization and loss of statewide coordination, while college officials push for financial equity and autonomy. The dispute centers on control, funding, and preserving articulation between colleges and universities.
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Illinois Board of Higher Education
Board of Higher Education
Illinois Community College Board
Higher Education Board
Community Colleges
Ilinois
Illinois
Jim Edgar
Edgar
School funding debate stirs Oak Lawn readers and lawmakers
Column discusses education funding's complexity and its impact on South Cook County schools. Mike Hastings, an Oak Lawn educator and parent, criticizes GOP-led reform, tax caps, and the state aid formula, while urging public forums and activist engagement ahead of 1996 elections. Hastings advocates DeAngelis's proposed reform and emphasizes the high cost of quality schooling.
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Lee Daniels
Hastings
Cook County
Mastings
Bloom High
Flossmoor
Community High
Richards, Andrew and Shepard High
Republican Party
Daniels
Aldo DeAngelis
Michael Hastings
Oak Lawn
Illinois
Springfield
General Assembly
Illinois Pta
South Cook Organization For Public Education
Letters to the Editor on talk radio and public accountability
A reader criticizes elected officials for relying on harsh rhetoric about talk radio. The letter defends Chuck Harder’s For the People program as well sourced and accurate, urging accountability from leaders. It ends with a tribute to a Star delivery boy, Todd Duda, departing for Purdue University and a wish for a thank‑you gift or scholarship.
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Star
Chuck Harder
Harder
Ialso
For
the People News Reporter
Benjamin Franklin
John Green
Steger
Homewood- Flossmoor High School
Purdue University
Todd Duda
Glenwood
Todd
Ken
Betty Bednarcik Glenwooe
Bloom Trail Booster Club Announces Monthly Paper Drives
The Bloom and Bloom Trail Parent Booster Club thanks supporters of the first two drives and announces ongoing monthly paper drives every first Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at each school. Newspapers magazines catalogs white and computer paper are accepted and shredded paper can be recycled. Businesses may arrange pickups.
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Bloom and Bioom ‘Trail Parent Booster Club
Mardelle Gundlach Ways and
Bloom and Bloom Trail Parent Boosters
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