President rejects GSU incinerator proposal
President Leo Goodman-Malamuth II rejected the Governors State University medical waste incinerator plan after a faculty staff committee review and public concern. He cited safety gaps and a broader county and regional study as essential before any project moves forward.
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Matt Kaufman
Governors State University
Leo Goodman-Malamuth II
Goodman-Malamuth
GSU
South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association
SSMMA
Will County
GOP NRCC poll hints at Fourth District candidate slate
A National Republican Congressional Committee survey of Illinois Fourth District voters shows three definite contenders and interest from Manny Hoffman Loleta Didrickson and Chris Robling. The poll sampled about 300 residents across Cook Will Kane and Kendall counties and explored name recognition issues and motives for a 1990 bid against Democrat George Sangmeister. Hoffman Robling say results bolster a possible race and RNCC support is viewed as an asset for a GOP victory.
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National Republican Congressional Committee
GOP
NRCC
U.S
George Sangmeister
D-Mokena
Homewood Village
Manny Hoffman
Loleta Didrickson
R-Flossmoor
Chicago
Chris Robling
Hoffman
Robling
RNCC
Cook County
Will
Kane
Kendall
Sangmeister
Fourth District
George O’brien
Jack Davis
District 159 eyes tax hike for school repairs
District 159 plans a 5 cent per $100 tax rate increase to fund urgent repairs at Marya Yates Sieden Prairie and Neil Armstrong elementary schools. Architects estimate 254664 dollars needed for roofs and safety upgrades, with 71000 targeted from the new rate to cover immediate work, pending approvals from county and state authorities.
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Mary Sue Penn
Marya Yates
Sieden Prairie
Neil Armstrong
Charles “Buzz” Loughlin
Fox & Fox Architects and Engineers
Sieden Prairie School
Mullins
Armstrong
Yates
Second rock throwing murder trial set for November
The third Steger youth, Matthew Taylor, 20, seeks a Nov. 6 trial before Will County Circuit Court Judge Michael Orenic for murder in the I 57 overpass rock attack that killed Chicagoan Charles Layfield, 57, near Monee last November. Co-defendants Kevin DeLorenzo and Leon DeRouin have pled guilty or been convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
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Ruth Thomas
Steger
Chicago
Will County Circuit Court
Michael Orenic
Matthew Taylor
Timothy Szwed
Orenic
Joliet
Taylor
Kevin DeLorenzo
Leon DeRouin
DeLorenzo
DeRouin
Charles Layfield
Stuenkel Road
Monee
Layfield
Kankakee
Will County Crimestoppers
Village approves bonds for water and sewer projects
Richton Park trustees authorize up to 1 million in waterworks and sewerage bonds to fund improvements and new ion exchange facilities at two wells. An advisory referendum backed water treatment. old 1964 bonds may run out, allowing new borrowing at current law. Resignation from Planning Commission accepted. resurfacing of Richton Square Road and ongoing tree trimming in Lakewood noted.
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Pete Reynolds
Richton Park Board of Trustees
Kurt
Froehlich
Champaign
Illinois
David Dorgan
Hawkins
Richton Park
Banovich
Dorgan
Richton Square Road
Sauk Trail
Richton Square School
Lakewood
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Dave
Governors Highway
Loughlin
Woodgate School
Tom Mullins
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