Matteson to Add COPS Officers With DOJ Grant
Burnson says the village plans to hire two full time officers under the Community Oriented Policing Services program. A $150000 Justice Department grant was awarded Aug 27, expanding the COPS force from three to five. Training spans 12 weeks at Chicago Police Academy plus 15 weeks field work. The grant will be disbursed over three years.
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Board of Trustees
Community Oriented Policing Services
COPS
Matteson Police Department
U.S. Department of Justice
Matteson
Village Fire and Police Commission
Chicago
Department of Justice
Burn
Community center to install new wood floor advances
The board approved a 9380 bid from Floors Incorporated Woodstock for a new wood floor in the Community Center dance room. A joint community job fair hosted by Roy Dillard at the Matteson Holiday Inn features over 50 major companies, with Matteson and Richton Park villages participating.
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Floors Incorporated
Woodstock
Tomor
Matteson Holiday Inn
Holiday Plaza Drive
Roy Dillard
Matteson
Richton Park
Matteson schools expand intergenerational program
Matteson Elementary School District 162 extends its intergenerational links by launching a state funded project. Senior citizens will share regional knowledge with students through oral history interviews of Matteson Olympia Fields Park Forest and Richton Park. Audio video or alternative projects will showcase the towns, involving about 70 seniors in prior years.
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Matteson
Olympia Fields
Park Forest
Richton Park
Huth Middle School
Earnestine Foster
Sandra Lynne Schmutzler
Com
Munity
Area official impressed by police response to robbery
Park Forest trustee John Ostenburg witnessed a fast police response after he called 911 from his car phone to report a robbery near Currency Exchange at Orchard and Lakewood. A 15 year old Crete youth was petitioned in juvenile court for robbery. no gun was found. Ostenburg praised officers Joe Butler and the迅 police for securing the suspect and returning him for identification.
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Park Forest
John Ostenburg
Crete
Carl Kuester
Ostenburg
Currency Exchange
Jewel Food
Orchard
Lakewood
Richton Park names first official town greeter
Donna Scheffki, longtime resident, becomes Richton Park’s first official greeter as the town grows rapidly and changes demographically. She visits newcomers with welcome info, flowers, and a survey to gauge why families move there and what they expect.
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Donna Scheffki
Scheffki
Richton Park
Chicago
U.S. Census Bureau
Karen Gromala
Gromala
Rudolph Banovich
Banovich
Michael Brown
Storm knocks out power at Governors State University
A severe storm struck the South Suburbs early Monday leaving Governors State University without power for about a day. Lightning damaged both main power sources on Stuenkel and Monee Roads. ComEd crews arrived late and restored power by 3 a.m. Tuesday. Classes were canceled until 4:30 p.m. Harris noted no prior outage in five years.
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South Suburbs
Governors State University
John Harris
Stuenkel Road
Monee Road
Harris
ComEd
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