Eight Suburban Towns Form Joint Gang Task Force
Eight towns including Country Club Hills East Hazel Crest Flossmoor Glenwood Hazel Crest Homewood Lynwood and Thornton join to form Operation Knockout a multijurisdictional task force to deter organized and street gang crime. The group aims to gather intelligence and support efforts to curb gang activity across the South Suburbs.
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Country Club Hills
East Hazel Crest
Flossmoor
Glenwood
Hazel Crest
Homewood
Lynwood
Thornton
Calumet City sells bonds to fund strip search settlement
City officials announced a bond issue totaling 9.95 million dollars to settle a civil suit over police strip searches and to cover unrelated judgments. About 3.8 million will fund settlements and other legal costs, with remainder used to replenish the motor fuel tax fund and retire older debt.
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Calumet City
Paramedic EMS Fee Plan Draws Little Response in Lansing
Fire Chief Ralph Schauer Jr says a mailed letter explaining Lansing's EMS User Fee program NOOPE drew minimal reactions at fire stations and the village clerk's office. The plan funds paramedic service through patient insurance, with bills waived if uninsured or not covered.
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Lansing
Ralph Schauer Jr
Frankfort Clinic plans expansion with Cross Hospital team
More than 100 residents from Creekview and Connecticut Hills attended a Chelsea School meeting about expansion of Heages Clinic at 222 Colorado Ave. Partners seek to add a larger medical facility. neighbors fear more traffic but agree staff aims to be good neighbors.
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Heages Clinic
Frankfort
Win Ouver Cross Hospital
Colorado Ave
Creekview
Connecticut Hills
Chelsea School
Colorado Avenue
Joanne Desmond
Woman Bloom named principal for Bloom High School
Bloom High School will have Lynda Byrd, a 32 year veteran, as principal starting July 1 next year. The Bloom Township School District 206 board unanimously approved Byrd at a special meeting. Superintendent Felicetti called her the most outstanding candidate and an excellent choice.
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Bloom High School
Lynda Byrd
Bloom Township
Chicago Heights
Board of Education
Byrd
Richard Felicetti
Car theft probe ends in shooting in South Suburbs
A three week investigation into a car theft operation ended Friday with police shooting a Harvey man after he drove toward a state officer in Chicago Heights. Efrain Gonzales, 21, was shot in the torso and underwent surgery at St James Hospital in critical condition. The officer was attempting to stop Gonzales and another Harvey man in connection with the theft ring.
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Harveys
Efrain Gonzales
Chicago Heights
Ron Janota
Gonzales
St. James Hospital
Janota
Harvey
Matteson Library Moves to New Home in Matteson
Matteson Public Library will close its Oakwood Community Center facilities on November 6 and open a new building at School Avenue and 207th Street on November 22 at 10 am. The move expands space from 8,000 to 23,000 square feet. The Matteson Historical Society plans to move into the former library space starting November 8, while deciding about possible Oakwood Center remodeling this week.
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Matteson Public Library
Matteson Historical Society
Oakwood Community Center
Joyce Willis
School Avenue
207Th Street
June Staackman
The
Historical Society
Oakwood
Staackman
Hispanic Committee Targets Blue Island Police
The newly formed Hispanic Committee in Blue Island aims to address alleged discrimination by the Blue Island Police Department. About 30 people attended the second meeting to discuss suspected mistreatment, while police chief Gilbert Grantman said some concerns are not justified and the group plans to meet with the Police and Fire Commission, the mayor, and Grantman to air their complaints.
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Blue Island
Luumanee
Donald Peloquin
Grantman
Netsch taps Oak Forest man for campaign operations
Illinois Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch has chosen Oak Forest resident Brian Hopkin to run campaign operations outside Chicago. Hopkin, 31, will oversee suburban and downstate field work and outreach, including press contact development and field organizing.
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Canusuate
Windy City
Ilinois
Dawn Clark Netsch
Oak Forest
Brian Hopkin
Hopkins
Chicago
Pres
Weue
Downstate
Eight candidates seek Ford Heights School Board seats
Eight candidates appear on Ford Heights District 169 ballot for four board positions. Voters will consider issues of financing, staff morale, truancy, instructional programs, bilingualism, and Saturday school concepts as candidates pledge reforms and community involvement.
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Ford Heights
Dave Hillstrom
J.T. Cole
Annie R. Coulter
Mary Elizabeth Elmore
Ellis Franklin Jr
Betty Jackson
Ladell Jones
Leon Shanman
Joe Sherman
Cole Cole
Cook County Housing Authority
Whisten
Cole
Police and Fire Commission
Community Service Center
Annie R. Coulter Coulter
Community and Economic Development Agency
CEDA
Chicago State University
Bryan and Stratton Business College
Prairie State College
State Teachers Certification Board
Coulter
Betty Jackson Jackson
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Tuskegee Institute
Albany State College
Jackson
Sue
Leon Shannon Shannon
It 169
Shannon
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Mary Elizabeth Elmore Elmore
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Bloom Township High School
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Trict
Mary Elmore
79Th St
Irving Park Blvd
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Lawrence Ave
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Harlem Ave
Star
Linda Evans
Gloria Vanderbilt
Dana Kaye
Nintendo
Sears Utralight
Vernon Hills, IL Hawthorne Mall
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Orland Park
Orland Square
Age Ison
Ford City
Payee
Errillville
Fouthlake Mall
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Clarquette Shoppinghrers
Schaumburg
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Park Forest Plaza
Shicago Ridge
Cago Ridge Mall
Jourbonnail
Northfield Square
West Dundee
Joliet, IL
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