Roads Projects Span Will County and Nearby Towns
Illinois and Will County IDOT plans detail highway work across towns including Country Club Hills, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Lansing, Harvey, Calumet City, Blue Island, South Holland, Tinley Park, and Crete. Projects cover bridge replacements, signal timing, resurfacing, guardrails, lighting, and land acquisition with multi‑million dollar investments on routes such as I‑80 I‑94 Illinois 43 Harlem Avenue US 6 159th Street and Illinois 394 50 and more.
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Illinois 83
Tororo Avenue
Bernice Avenue
Lansing
Kingery Expressway
I-94
Calumet Expressway
Burnham Avenue
Harvey
U.S. 6
159Th Street
Dixie Highway
Park Boulevard
Calumet City
Sibley Boulevard
River Oaks Drive
Carol Avenue
Blue Island
Riverdale
Illinois 1
Halsted Street
South Holland
Vincennes Avenue
State Street
South Park Avenue
Chicago Road
163Rd Street
Tinley Park
Illinois 43
Harlem Avenue
191St Street
Will County
IDOT
Crete
Richton Road
Union Avenue
Illinois
Monee
Mill Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois 50
Kankakee County
Unincorporated
Governors Highway
Pauling Road
Peotone-Joliet Road
New Lenox
U.S. 30
Maple Avenue
Cedar Road
William Street
Wolf Road
80Th Avenue
Crowding Declines as Rich South Faces New Homes
Crowding at Rich South remains a concern due to two new housing developments in Rich ton Park adding 280 single family homes within the school’s attendance area. District leaders say finances, not enrollment, are the main ongoing challenge, with overcrowding tied to growth from the developments.
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Rich South
Richton Park
Matteson festival sponsors food, rides, and contests
Matteson Township District 227 and New Faith Baptist Church Youth Chorale host a festival with hot dogs ribs pizza corn and ethnic foods plus non alcoholic beer for designated drivers. The event features an ice cream social karaoke contests dunk tank 5k race square dancing magic shows Caribbean music and more with arts and crafts vendors and a shuttle from New Faith Baptist Church to Memorial Park.
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New Faith Baptist Church
Rich Township
Matteson Community Relations Commission
Chicago
Matteson Parks and Recreation
Central Avenue
Memorial Park
Sharp
Matteson
Parkways
Creekside
Cleanup effort aims to recruit students for graffiti cleanup
Martinez discussed last month the cleanup drive at Cleanup Elementary School and expressed willingness to help. Herrera plans to recruit summer school students to expand the effort and tackle graffiti with murals on storefronts. Pat Armour of the Illinois Migrant Society supports more murals to curb graffiti and cites a mural on 220 E. 22nd St as an example of positive impact.
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Martinez
Herrera
Pat Armour
Illinois Migrant Society
E. 22Nd St
Richton Admission and Pricing for May Event Tent
Richton charges 50 cents per item or 12 dollars for a sheet of 30. A 2 dollar cover applies to the entertainment tent on May 19 and 20. From May 21 to 23 after 5 PM a 3 dollar gate fee grants free admission to the tent, with children under 12 admitted free when accompanied.
Convicted killer of her children dies by own action
Law enforcement says the case centers on Mrs. Fields amid marital strain and a pending sexual assault case. A note found in the death by own action vehicle cited debilitating mood and financial distress as factors. Prosecutors credited Laura Sullivan for the long pursuit leading to Wayman Fields’ conviction.
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Livan
Wayman Fields
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