Mob boss Alfred Pilotto dies at 88 in Chicago Heights
Alfred F. Pilotto, once described by officials as a south suburban mob boss, died at his Chicago Heights home at age 88 after a life marked by gangland wars a high profile 1980s federal case and a botched 1981 hit. He survived four bullets in Crete and later served prison time before early release. He left a wife Diva a daughter Celeste and grandsons James Thomas and Scott Pinkard and was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Steger.
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Alfred F. Pilotto
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Frankie LaPorte
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Capone
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Laurence Bergreen
Chicago Heights Star
FBI
William F. Roemer Jr
Accardo
Godfather
LaPorte
South Suburbs
South
Cook County
Laborers International Union of Chicago
Laborers International Union
Anthony “Big Tuna
Chicago
James Pinkard
Union
Lincolnshire Country Club
Crete
Henry
Daniel Bounds
St. James Hospital
Bounds
Samuel Guzzino
The
Star
Guzzino
Will County
Sandstone
Minn
Miami
Albert Caeser Tocco
Tocco
Fort Worth
Texas
Diva
Celeste
James, Thomas
Scott Pinkard
Calvary Cemetery
Steger
Fund-raiser for Chicago Heights officers with brain tumor diagnoses
A benefit event for Lt. Michael Stowers and Officer Brian Foley runs August 8 from 3 p.m. to midnight at Jim Shooze in Cost is 20 dollars per person. Tickets available at the police station or Olympia Plaza station, with food, entertainment, and a cash bar. All proceeds include a portion of cash bar intake. Donations by mail accepted to Foley Stowers Benefit Fund. Entertainment includes karaoke, Anthony Gomes Band, Phil Guy, Chicago Blues Machine, and Stan Skibby.
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Chicago Heights
Michael Stowers
Brian Foley
Jim Shooze
Joe Orr Road
Olympia Plaza
Wanda Rodgers
Rodgers
Jan Ciccotelli
Alessandro Pellizzeri
Dwight Lockwood
Foley
Stowers
Lockwood
Chicago Heights Police Department
Foley- Stowers
Pellizzeri
Anthony Gomes
Phil Guy
Chicago Blues Machine
Stan Skibby
Dual Paths Converge in Book Authors Speak to Teens
Victor Woods and Earl Caldwell, a former convict and an attorney, spoke to 50 youths in Chicago Heights about their book A Breed Apart. They urged aimed life choices, noting potential regardless of poverty, and stressed discipline and goal focus amidst negative pressures.
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Victor Woods
Earl Caldwell
Woods
Caldwell
Bloom Township
Chicago Heights
Northwestern University
Northwestern
Georgia Selmon
Caldwell and Woods
Plan outlines long range village park goals and sites
The plan presented to the board at month end aims to guide residents’ long range goals for parks. It identifies grants and funding for a recreation facility and programs, analyzes population characteristics, and proposes site maps for parks between Interstate 57 and Harlem Avenue with future sites in Farm Trace and Greenfield subdivisions.
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Zito
Interstate 57
Harlem Avenue
Farm Trace
Greenfield
Senior Games registration due Friday
If you are at least 50 and seek friendly competition, the Southland Senior Games run August 9 to 21 at multiple South Suburbs locations. Registration is due Friday at Oak Lawn Park District, 4625 W 110th St, with events in Oak Lawn and neighboring communities. call 708-857-2200 for details.
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110Th St
Oak Lawn
Tinley Park
Olympia Fields
Midlothian
Chicago Heights
Dalton
Park Forest
Palos Hills
Seventh annual Community Night Out Against Crime
Alliance residents will join Mat teson for the seventh annual Community Night Out Against Crime Tuesday from 7 to 10 p.m. Neighborhoods host block parties youth activities and visits from police as residents turn on porch and outside lights to spend the evening with neighbors and law enforcement.
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Matteson
Star Corrects First Day Of School Date
The Star corrects the first day of school date to August 17 for Rich Central High School in Olympia Fields Rich East High School in Park Forest and Rich South High School in Richton Park from the previously reported Sunday edition.
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Rich Central High School
Olympia Fields
Rich East High School
Park Forest
Rich South High School
Richton Park
The
Star
Unity Day celebrates diversity across Rich Township area
Unity Day aims to show communal unity amid racial hate crime concerns. The coalition plans a regional celebration with Hands Across Southland, featuring ceremonies in Olympia Fields and Matteson, a Fall Family Unity Day, a bridge dedication, and a multi cultural performance at the new Matteson Village Hall. The Old Plank Road Trail marks its second anniversary with related events.
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Sokol
The
Coalition
Robin Kelly
Matteson
Southland
Olympia Fields
Bicentennial Park
205Th Street
Kelly
Village Commons
Old Plank Road Trail
Hiley
Lincolnnet.net
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