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Illinois moves to legalize riverboat gambling
Two Senate passed bills would legalize paddlewheel riverboat casinos on the Mississippi Illinois and Des Plaines rivers in response to Iowa laws. Losses limited to 500 per person and boats would run from March through October. Public polls via StarPoll call lines offered yes or no votes with a 50 cent charge on monthly bills.
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Illinois Senate
Mississippi
Illinois
DesPlaines
StarPoll
Prestwick eyes annexing here in Will County
Homeowners in Prestwick subdivision in Frankfort Township consider annexation to Richton Park or Matteson. Talks with Richton Park officials began last year after annexation of EJ&E railroad right of way. Meetings with Matteson are underway as discussions remain preliminary.
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Kimberly Link
Prestwick Subdivision
Frankfort Township
Richton Park
Matteson
Prestwick Homeowners Association Annexation Committee
David Dorgan
Daniel Dubruiel
Prestwick Homeowners Association
Prestwick
Dorgan
Will County
Harlem Avenue
Frankfort
Dubruiel
Ray Rossi
Rossi
Plan to Get Out Alive educates on fire safety
Five children and their mother died in a Sauk Village fire. The program Plan to Get Out Alive, a collaboration by McDonald’s, First Alert, and WCBS, aims to teach fire escape plans. Narrator Frank Field, not a firefighter, speaks candidly from inside a real blaze, stressing no time to waste, smoke and heat danger, and the need for working smoke detectors.
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Anita Pfeifer
Sauk
McDonald's Corporation
First Alert
WCBS
New York
CBS
Frank Field
Wcbs News
Field
Illinois
Birds Die in Netting Plan at Bank Drive Through
The Bank of Park Forest installed plastic netting above its drive through to deter pigeons starlings and sparrows. A bird became trapped and died weekend. locals accuse the netting of causing harm while bank and Smithereen Exterminating defend the effort as thorough in removing nesting birds.
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Warren Skeleki
Park Forest
Barry Gantenbein
Smithereen Exterminating Company
Helen Wild
Denyse Carreras
Bank
Carreras
Housing feud over fair housing rules faces appeals
The three sides in a multi-town dispute appeal parts of a December ruling by US District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber. Realtors seek to overturn limits on real estate communications while nine south suburban towns urge broader bans on solicitation and the South Suburban Housing Center aims to overturn liability relief for the Realtors in the Park Forest Apache Street MLS case.
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Mary Sue Penn
District Court
Harry D. Leinenweber
South Suburban Housing Center
Fair Housing Group
Fair Housing
Apache Street
Park Forest
Housing Center
Country Club Hills
Glenwood
Hazel Crest
Matteson
Richton Park
University Park
Blue Island
Calumet Park
Leinenweber
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Pryce
Dimensions
Prestwick Eyes
Richton
Richard Poncin
Isaac
Mary Compton
Pants
American Legion
Legion Post
Village Hall
Memorial Park
Smithereen