Fatal crash linked to intoxication and license history
Police blame the high speed Geo Prizm collision on alcohol influence. Marcus Blue, 23, was driving without a valid license when his car collided with Caren Perozzi's Ford Tempo, killing Perozzi and injuring four others. Leavitt, 22, remains in critical condition. two other passengers were treated and released. Blue posted a $25,000 signature bond after a Bridgeview hearing, with prosecutors seeking a substantial D bond due to his prior license failures and multiple traffic violations. Funeral arrangements for Perozzi are planned. burial at Assumption Cemetery in Glenwood.
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Blue
Perozzi
Jason Leavitt
Olympia Fields
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center
Leavitt
South Suburban Hospital
Hazel Crest
Christ Hospital
Oak Lawn
Christ
Cook County
Bridgeview
Sandi Johnson-Speh
David Perozzi
Caren
Illinois
Wanda Taylor
Illinois Secretary of State’s Office
Taylor
Johnson-Speh
Marcy O’boyle
O’boyle
Assumption Cemetery
Glenwood
Anti-crime Night proclaimed in village
Village President Rudolph Banovich proclaims August 4 Anti-crime Night aligning with the 15th National Night Out. Police Commander Len Czaplewski notes three host sites and urges residents to host or at least light porch lights to show support for crime prevention and neighborhood unity.
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Rudolph Banovich
National Association of Town Watch
Len Czaplewski
Czaplewski
Banovich
NATO
NATW
Village residents discuss traffic and youth center plans
Meeting resident Richard Strom voiced concern over rising traffic on Richton Square Road due to a nearby day care. Village engineer Bob Matthey noted a Richton Road traffic study funded by the daycare applicant, while questions about a community center revealed no budget or park district authority to fund it without a taxpayer referendum, which has previously failed.
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Richard Strom
Richton Square Road
Strom
Sauk Trail
Bob Matthey
Richton Road
Matthey
Anthony Young
Kim Riddering
Parks Department
Young
Banovich
Parks and Recreation
CenterPoint to convert Joliet arsenal site into transport hub
CenterPoint Properties Trust announced plans to buy 1,826 acres at the Joliet arsenal for a major Midwest distribution hub. The deal aims to secure tenants within 12 to 18 months and develop the site over five to ten years, with no incinerator or quarry plans.
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Midwest
Joliet Arsenal
Oak Brookne Company
Monay
Center Point Properties Trust
Arsenal
CenterPoint
Mike Mullen
Mullen
Transport Development Group
CenterPoint Properties
Chicago
California
Detroit
National Veterans Cemetery
Prairie Park
Midewin
Transport Development
Lou Pauly
Steffes
Pauly
Center Point
John Gates
U.S
Jerry Weller
R-Morris
Weller
JADA
Richard Kwasneski
Local university graduate dies in Tinley Park crash
Daren Perozzi 22, a May Illinois graduate and NSH Outstanding Senior, died after a car crash near White Mountain Recreation Center in Tinley Park. The Rich Central High School alumnus, a cellular biology major and future medical student, is survived by his parents, three siblings, and friends who remember him as a devoted student and athlete. A memorial fund was established in his name via Hirsch Funeral Home Chicago Heights.
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Daren Perozzi
University of Illinois At
Champaign-Urbana
Perozzi
Rich Central High School
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center
University of Illinois
David Perozzi
White Mountain Recreation Center
179Th Street
Tinley Park
Caren
Carol
Daren
Olympia Fields
Rich Cen
Dave Perozzi
Dion Perozzi
Steger
Deanne Perozzi
Hirsch Funeral Home
Chicago Heights
APC
Church zoning petition denied in Country Club Hills
Aldermen unanimously denied New Wine Church's request for a special-use permit to use a vacant Heritage Plaza bowling alley as a place of worship. The action followed a brief meeting with no public presentation, citing the city’s commercial zoning and the 183rd Street corridor aims and TIF investments as key factors.
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Country Club Hills
Heritage Plaza
New Wine Church
Elizabeth Kiss
5Th Ward
Dwight Welch
Victor Watts
4Th Ward
Watts
Roger “Smokey” Smith
183Rd Street
Pulaski Road
John Mauck
Mauck
the Star
Chicago
Richton Park
St. John’s Lutheran Church
City rejects Heritage Plaza church site prompting possible lawsuit
The New Wine Church faces denial of a special use permit to convert the vacant Heritage Plaza bowling alley at 183rd Street and Pulaski Road into a sanctuary. Aldermen's vote blocks dialogue, cites plans for 183rd Street commercial development, while Mauck argues First Amendment protections and equal treatment for church uses, warning of litigation.
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APC News Service
By Eileen Hansen
Murphey
Crawford Avenue
Coopers Grove
TIF Fund
City Hall
LaGrange Road
Halsted Street
Cicero
Pulaski
Jesus
City Zoning Board of Appeals
Reggie’s
John Murphey
Roofing, Inc
Holbrg US RD
the Star Park Forest
Star Publications
159Th St
Ian A. Rosinski
Nklin Shuftan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
U.S.P.S
Ates
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