Debate on Rich Township campuses lunch closure reaches climax
The Rich Township High School District 227 board will hear a recommendation July 11 on closing campuses during lunch. Board President Tony Brunson said there will be ample discussion. A petition signed by 155 residents prompted the proposal, with about 80,000 residents within district boundaries. Officials noted the plan rests on parental submission.
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Rich Township High
Board of Education
Tony Brunson
Matteson board meeting ends with protest and eviction
Monday night at Matteson Village Hall a protest over the Greenways trail system led to police escorting resident Arnie Travis from the Village Board meeting after a confrontation with President Mark Stricker. Travis and his wife complained of a high-handed attitude as opposition to the trail grew.
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Matteson
Village Hall
Mark Stricker
Arnie Travis
Travis
Oakwood Park
Bonnie
Minx alleges discriminatory enforcement of Flossmoor truck ban
James Minx expands his challenge to Flossmoor zoning law in Cook County Circuit Court claiming the village enforces the ordinance unequally. He cites three 1994 citations for parking a Mazda pickup at his home on Avers Avenue and seeks a ruling that restricting owners from parking certain vehicles on their property is unconstitutional.
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James Minx
Flossmoor
Minx
Avers Avenue
Stephen Eberhardt
Cook County
Orland Park Board backs TIF plan to save mall
The Orland Park Village Board and Tri-Land Properties reached a non-binding agreement to designate Orland Park Place as a tax increment financing district in an effort to keep the troubled shopping center open. School officials may oppose as revenues from mall sales would be retained by operators.
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Orland Park Village Board
Jim Smithberg
Tri-Land Properties Inc
Orland Park Place Mall
TIF
Frankfort residents favor annex to Frankfort village
Frankfort Square residents in a community survey show a slight majority of those preferring annexation want to join the village of Frankfort. FSHA conducted the poll with 161 responses, tabulated by FSHA President Bert Lindstrom and board member Helen Englert.
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Frankfort Square
Frankfort
FSHA
Bert Lindstrom
Helen Englert
Lindstrom
Tinley Park
Mokena
Matteson
Arts Center Boost from $300000 State Grant
Country Club Hills moves forward on a recreation and cultural arts center with a $300,000 state grant. State Sen. William Shaw presented a mock check at the park board meeting. Park Director Alan Fink says funds will cover planning and development including utilities engineering, with final decision left to residents.
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Country Club Hills
William “Bill” Shaw
Chicago
Community Park
Alan Fink
Lawsuit Filed Over 1992 Riverdale Chemical Fire Fallout
Chicago Heights residents sue Riverdale Chemical Co in Cook County Circuit Court seeking compensation for injuries from a July 2 1992 chemical fire that raged over 24 hours. A warehouse storing herbicides was destroyed, 300 to 400 residents evacuated, many treated for smoke inhalation and related symptoms, with plants and pets reported to have died from exposure.
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Chicago Heights
Cook County
Riverdale Chemical Co
Cruising waned as Tinley Park teens shifted focus
Tinley Park police chief James Wade notes a drop in mall cruising at Brementowne Mall in Tinley Park. Summer nights once saw hundreds of teen drivers circling at 15 mph past stores. Interruption of the cruisers' loop came after the mall area was redeveloped into a Menards store and storage yard.
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Brementowne
Tinley Park
James Wade
Menard’s
Wade
Back to court for Bobby Tezak in arson-for-profit case
Former Will County coroner Robert Tezak is set for sentencing in federal court Friday over his admitted role in an arson-for-profit scheme. The hearing, at 9 30 a.m., resumes in the Dirksen Federal Building Chicago, after a May 16 recess by U S District Judge Wayne Andersen.
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Will County
Robert Tezak
Barbara Lazarus
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Dirksen Federal Building
Chicago
U.S
Wayne Andersen
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