Inside ae Football Returns to Local High School Stage
Local high school football returned with a contested Friday and yesterday schedule. Full coverage appears in Sports Section D.
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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1986
Page
1
Local high school football returned with a contested Friday and yesterday schedule. Full coverage appears in Sports Section D.
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Motorists face delays on Route 30 from Matteson to Chicago Heights during a two year widening and resurfacing project. IDOT engineers say winter will bring near completion with landscaping and minor concrete work remaining into spring. The Indiana avenue to Hilltop avenue stretch is nearly done with only landscaping and final resurfacing near the Western avenue and Lincoln highway intersection.
In Springfield, housing the incarcerated remains chronically tight as lawmakers face limited options to ease overcrowding. John Howard Association's Michael Mahoney cites three levers: who goes free, how long they stay, and available prison capacity. He stresses length of stay drives the rise, noting reforms over the past decade, removal of merit time, and a 6,362 to 17,649 inmate jump by June 1985.
Matteson village trustees approve 3000 for Hancock Engineering to gather data for FEMA to reassess flood plain limits in Lincoln Terrace where no homes have flooded. Administrator Dubruiel cites outdated maps and potential negative effects on home sales and insurance.
Local politics briefly surfaced during a police and fire commission hearing into charges against Richton Park Sgt. Richard S. Haltek. Chief Kla man’s attorney called the political angle a red herring, while Mary Schilaci a parks official and former trustee candidate was a potential witness not called. Witnesses Joseph Schilaci and Jerry Adcock testified about seeing Haltek and a woman in a car on Bretz drive, with inconsistent accounts.
Richton Park trustees reviewed water problems after residents reported strange smells and low pressure. They discussed testing sections with pigs to locate blockages, replacing mains, and possible costs ranging from 1,100 to 70,000 dollars per block. They also debated a salt barn bid and an emergency generator for the system.
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