Mangialardi Juters Trial Opens With Drug Corruption Claims
In Chicago Heights the Mangialardi case unfolds as prosecutors label him a corrupt officer who took $10,000 monthly bribes from Otis Moore Jr and laundered funds. Defense counters portray him as a veteran cop aiming to shed corrupt peers and remove Moore from the streets.
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Chicago Heights
Sam
Mangialardi
Otis Moore Jr
John Gallo
Police Department
Gallo
Moore
Governor Edgar advances Peotone airport study with advisory committee
Gov Jim Edgar asked South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association to pick a member for the Policy Advisory Committee to guide the south suburban airport project. Meanwhile a regional planning group plans to report as SSMMA members threaten to withhold dues if the commission opposes the airport.
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Jim Edgar
Peotone
South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association
Edgar
Meanile
SSMMA
Suburbs Brace for 500 New Section 8 Certificates
Cook County Housing Authority will release 500 Section 8 certificates in April and officials in the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association warn many will flow into the area. SSMMA contemplates action through politics or courts to curb the influx as East Hazel Crest Mayor Tom Brown notes lack of county disclosure on recipients. Brown adds that local housing authorities cannot fully block movers into towns. a study shows 70 to 80 percent of Section 8 recipients come from South Suburbs.
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Cook County Housing Authority
South Suburban
SSMMA
Cook County
Tom Brown
East Hazel Crest
Brown
Bloom Trail students protest tax hike defeat at Star Newspapers
Several hundred students marched from Bloom to Chicago Heights businesses including Star Newspapers to protest the election day defeat of a 1.99 dollar per hundred rate hike referendum. Earlier, dozens left Bloom Trail as administrators intervened. Principal Gerald Lauritsen said many were reluctant to stay in class.
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Cree Gate Ot
Bloom
Chicago Heights
Star Newspapers
Bloom Trail
Gerald Lauritsen
Restaurants sue after Lansing liquor license shortage
Rosemarie's German Kitchen, 2446 Ridge Road, Lansing plans to close after 18 years and reopen as White Rose Inn in Lynwood. Owner cites lack of liquor licenses in Lansing as prompt. Pipes and Pizza already licensed. Cafe Borgia denied license spurs potential lawsuit.
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Lansing
Rosemarie
Ridge Road
Lynwood
Road
Torrence Avenue
Rosemarie Lotspich
Lotspich
Pipes and Pizza
Machgin
Torrence Ave
Cafe Borgia
Karen Jesso
Borgia
Jesse
Harvey Park District implements austerity plan layoffs and pay cuts
Harvey Park District has laid off two full time workers and trimmed weekly schedules to three days for others. Administrative salaries were reduced by 25 to 30 percent. Director Ruben Williams said the measures ensure operation funds through September and a regular summer program, though grass cutting may be slower.
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Harvey Park District
Ruben Williams
Parks and Recreation
Williams
Remains of Orland Park Man Identified in Forest Preserve
Willis A L Prasek, 63, was identified by officials on Tuesday as the man whose skeletal remains were found Sunday in the Orland Grove Forest Preserve at 199th Street and 108th Avenue. The body, not fully intact and covered by a blanket, was taken to the medical examiner in Chicago for autopsy and cause of death tests. Police say the investigation will proceed within the village limits, with results pending medical findings and further inquiries. Prasek, a former Bedford Park Rheem operator, lived in the Catalina subdivision and was described as a homebody who never married.
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Jet Rietsma
Cook County
Orland Park
Willis AL Prasek
Orland Grove Forest Preserve
199Th Street
108Th Avenue
Orland Perk
Jim Dowling
Forest Preserve
Dowling
Prasek
Bedford Park- Rheem Manufacturing Co
Catalina Subdivision
Harlem Avenue 151St Street
Memory loss man found wandering in Hobart Walmart
The Lake County Indiana Adult Protective Service Unit seeks help identifying an elderly man found March 3 wandering in a Hobart Walmart. He is at Hobart Mercy Hospital, speaks Spanish, and cannot state his name or address. He mentioned the words Manuel Garcia. unclear if a name or someone he calls. Call (219) 755-3720 ext 60 with information.
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Lake County
Indiana
Bernard Carter
Adult Protective Service
Wal-Mart
Hobart
Hobart Mercy Hospital
Manuel Garcia
Adult Protective Service Unit
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