Crete Monee District Shows Mixed Test Gains Across Grades
Crete Monee High School sees 70 percent of tenth graders above state average with a 1 percent year over year gain in some areas. Reading and writing scores rise at various levels, while Park Forest-Chicago Heights District 163 reports declines in reading despite above state averages overall. District 162 notes declines in reading, with 75 percent above state in some grades, and Steger District 194 records an 13 percent rise in eighth grade reading.
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Crete-Monee High School
Prentiss Lea
Crete-Monee
Park Forest
Chicago Heights
Alex Boyd
Boyd
Matteson
Sandra Lynne Schmutzler
Schmutzler
California
AIDS Activist Speaks on Living with HIV and Prevention
A HIV positive activist, Lewis Thornton, discusses denial, testing, and safer sex practices in candid testimony. She emphasizes the high infection risk among African Americans, the lack of a cure, and the need to challenge stereotypes while urging universal testing and responsible protection.
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Aljo
Lewis Thornton
Lewis-Thornton
Sioux City
Iowa
Appellate ruling demands public hearing for wood to energy project
The Illinois Appellate Court overturned a lower court ruling on a Cook County wood burner project. It states a public hearing is required to decide whether a zoning permit exists, amid opposition labeling the facility an incinerator needing extra permits. County officials and residents expect a public hearing to shape the project’s fate.
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Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals
Burn
Develoers
Polsky Energy Corporation
Kenetech Energy Systems Inc
Bill Nielsen
Polsky
Barclay
Bud” Fleming
Rlynwood
Fleming
Ainute
Cook County Board
John Stroger
Cook County
Bloom Township
Stroger
Cook County Building and Zoning Department
Maureen Crankiewicz
Lynwood
Drankiewicz
Election Contests and Referendums Plague Prairie State College District
Incumbent Judith Lohr faces Don Passmore for a two year term in Prairie State College District 515 while other incumbents James H Griffith Robert J Hirsch Diana L Grossi Thomas J Martello and Jesse J Ivy seek seats. Richton Park voters face two referendums on a community center tax and $3 million bonds. Crete voters weigh merging Crete Park and Crete Rural Park District to form a larger district with tax changes.
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Judith Lohr
Sangamon
Park Forest
Don Passmore
Boston
Chicago Heights
Prairie State College
James H. Griffith
Richton Park
Ford Heights murder probe widens over officer conduct
Public records show Illinois State Police investigating after a Ford Heights case where 19 year old Will was found beaten and set on fire. Ford Heights officers involved face questions over a traffic stop and the delay before notifying authorities. A grand jury may be considered as officials seek accountability amid alleged bias and internal probe developments.
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Knott
Wily
Chicago Heights
Berkeley Avenue
Ford Heights
Wardell McClain
Michael Armstrong
Ford Leights
Smatey
Will
Cook County
Cottage Grove
Lincoln Highway
Cecil McCool
McCool
Will Ford Heights
Afrcan
Ameri Ford Heights
Star
DeAngelis
Community Center Site Near Cicero Preferred Over Glaeser Park
Officials considered building the center near Glaeser Park or south of the library with Cicero area favored by the board. Glaeser Park would be a costlier option, but no extra tax requests were planned. Homeowners would pay about $70 annually per $100,000 home, with $53 toward construction and $17 for operations.
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Richton Park
Richton
Park
Cook County
Ois
Cicero Avenue
Imperial Drive
Lakewood Subdivision
Crete Area
Crete Park District
Crete Rural Park District
Glaeser Park
Ryan
Enter Committee
Board of Trustees
Cicero
All-Consolidated Auto Body Paint Experts
All-Consolidated AutoBody in Harvey for over 28 years offers expert paint matching across metallics solids and multi stage finishes. The shop emphasizes up to date techniques, training, and customer discussions to ensure safe, value driven refinishing with environmental respect.
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All-Consolidated AutoBody
Harvey
All- Consolidated Auto Body
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Humphrey
Reading
FDA
Crete Park
New Park
Ark
Crete
Lutheran Church
Cpa
Yaneapotes
Luter and
Penash
Edial
Muse
Serace
Star Clastiloew Business
the Audit Bureau
Malley
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