Park Forest Shooting Report and Related Incidents
A 17 year old Park Forest youth was shot during an attempted robbery in Richton Park at 3906 Tower Drive. He drove to the Richton Park station for help with a superficial arm wound. The attackers were two youths about 16 or 17. Police report the incident followed an argument with the victim’s former girlfriend in Harvey where a separate battery incident occurred.
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Park Forest
Richton Park
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center
Leonard Czaplewski
Lioncrest Tower
Tower Drive
Cedar Ridge
Gardner
Harvey
Chicago Heights
Taiaun Crockett
Glenwood Road
Halsted St
Azanda Gardner
Finch
Chicago Heights Man Sentenced in Drug Conspiracy Case
Artie McCree Jr. 25 of 1423 5th Ave. was convicted in Cook County 6th District Court in Markham of possession with intent to deliver and sentenced to 20 years. Police said a December investigation yielded more than $3000 in drugs two weapons and about $5000 in cash.
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Chicago Heights
Joseph Robustelli
Artie McCree Jr
5Th Ave
Robustelli
McCree
Paul Nealis
Cook County
Markham
Prairie Friends State Sept 9 Meeting Date
The Friends of the Indian Boundary Prairies hold a Sept 9 meeting at 7 p m in Markham Public Library open to the public with no charge Four speakers include George Derkovitz Helen Mitchell John Sarpalius and Cheryl Main They will discuss prairie education recruitment and biology activities in the Markham area
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Prairie Friends State
The
Friends of the Indian Boundary Prairies
Markham Public Library
Friends
Eastern Illinois University
George Derkovitz
Helen Mitchell
John Sarpalius
Cheryl Main
Eastern Botany Club
Jan Graden
Dropseed Prairie
Markham
Pat Brownlow
Prairies
George Perkovitz
Friends of the Prairie
Markham Garden Club
Markham Beautification Committee
School zone caution urged for motorists
The secretary of state’s office urges drivers to slow in school zones and follow bus stop rules. It explains 20 mph limits from 7 am to 4 pm when children are present, requires stopping for loading buses, and notes penalties of 30 days loss of license for a first offense and 60 days for a second within three years.
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Secretary of State
Glenwood Two charged in gas station heist
Two Harvey men Andre Bibbs and Bruce Powe were charged with armed robbery for taking about 600 dollars at Minute Man in Glenwood last week. Police said they were captured on videotape and bond was set at 75000 dollars each while a third suspect remains at large.
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Harvey
Minute Man
S. Halsted St
Glenwood
Andre Bibbs
Myrtle
Bruce Powe
Marshfield
Bibbs
Powe
Hillcrest High School boiler room fire halts classes
A boiler room fire at Hillcrest High School in Country Club Hills cut power and forced an extended Labor Day break. Fire Chief Jack Scanlan said smoke filled basements and classrooms, firefighters worked about three hours, and one firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation. Investigators pursue the cause as 1,400 students await classes to resume next Tuesday.
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Hillcrest High School
Country Club Hills
175Th Street
Pulaski Road
Jack Scanlan
Scanlan
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Ron Panzer
Illinois Nature Conservancy
Hillcrest
Hazel Crest
Oak Forest
Ake
Lincoln Malls
Mort
Disney World
Illinois Philharmonic Brass
Lincoln Mall
Lincoln Highway
Cicero Ave
Hollywood Beach Resort
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