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[...] Fifteen names of local veterans were added to the Orland Park Veterans Memorial, Ara Pace’ Place of Peace, on Tuesday morning. Among the names added was [...]

[...] Orland Park police say they made a big dent in residential and commercial burglaries in 2014. Mayor Dan [...]

[...] the cross from atop the structure, so it could be moved to Faith United Methodist Church in Orland Park. Those two churches and Midlothian Methodist Church merged a few years ago, and the Oak Forest [...]

[...] A year after controversy over its Internet policy put the Orland Park Public Library in the spotlight, at least five residents of the village are running for two [...]

[...] Piatanesi. “There were no weapons involved,” Chicago Ridge Mayor Chuck Tokar told the Chicago Tribune. About 7 p.m., police officers responding to the disturbance asked workers to stay [...]

[...] immediately in a bid to revamp their front office and coaching staff. [Read more at the Chicago Tribune] … [...]

[...] park,” Trustee Kathleen Fenton said at a village committee meeting Monday evening. [More at Chicago Tribune] … [...]

[...] and 2012, the village saw between 38 and 46 burglaries per year, he said. [Read more at the Chicago Tribune] … [...]

[...] About 50 opponents of the Illiana Tollway attended a rally Saturday at the Will County Fairgrounds in Peotone after processions [...]

[...] review” of costs and benefits. Rauner spokesman Lance Trover said Tuesday the planned Illiana tollway is among the projects that fall under the executive order, adding that it’s part of “ [...]

[...] to several major Southland projects, including the South Suburban Airport and the Illiana Tollway. “This letter shows a united Southland working together to improve opportunities not [...]

[...] Tinley Park is moving to purchase 280 acres formerly occupied by the Tinley Park Mental Health Center and Howe Developmental Center. In a letter to Simone McNeil, acting [...]

[...] newfound free time, said her daughter, Linda Kramer, a counselor at Andrew High School in Tinley Park. It didn’t take long for the service-driven Budding to sign on with Global Ministries [...]

[...] on by frigid weather. School districts such as Palos Heights 128, Orland 135, Kirby 140 in Tinley Park and Midlothian 143 will have school on Friday after closing Thursday due to bitter temperatures [...]

[...] For the first time since 2004, Tinley Park is bidding out its lucrative contract to print the town’s tri-annual newsletter. The village’s [...]

[...] of his family, his doctor and a host of medical staffers at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn. In their mission to blast Burkitt leukemia into oblivion, they are emboldened with hope, [...]

[...] block of East 18th Street when four men began yelling “the Bears suck” at two men from Oak Lawn, according to a police report. “The victims yelled back ‘Cowboys suck,’ “ and someone [...]

[...] The elderly driver who caused an 11-vehicle crash on Oct. 5 in Oak Lawn that killed him and two nuns had a blood-alcohol level more than two times the legal limit, [...]

[...] Franciscan St. James in Chicago Heights, at 1:17 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, and at 2:31 a.m. at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox. Crystal Childs, of Dolton, gave [...]

[...] Some folks are lifelong residents of New Lenox, others are newcomers, but they all are part of the village. And some have left their signatures [...]

[...] on time, they said. “It’s winter. We’re supposed to embrace it,” said Carolyn Matug, of New Lenox, who wore her boots for the first time this winter and was hoping her husband would buy [...]

[...] a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, and at 2:31 a.m. at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox. Crystal Childs, of Dolton, gave birth to Gialeah Eunice Whitsey at 12:31 a.m. at the Lullaby [...]

[...] SPRINGFIELD — Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner moved quickly to address Illinois’ budget mess Monday, taking the oath of office and then [...]

[...] 47-mile expressway between Illinois and Indiana is on hold after new Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner issued an executive order aimed at addressing the state’s deep budget problems. In his [...]

[...] and Republican officials from Cook, Will and Kankakee counties was sent this week to Gov. Bruce Rauner, urging him to give the green light to several major Southland projects, including the South [...]

[...] in the form of frigid temperatures and possible snowfall by Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. “We have high confidence that very cold air will be moving in,” said Ricky Castro, a [...]

[...] teens by evening Sunday, then drop to 3 to 7 below zero in the suburbs, according to the National Weather Service, which declared a wind-chill advisory for northern Illinois through noon Monday. Wind [...]

[...] to drive wind-chill readings as low as 40 below zero overnight Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The high on Wednesday may not get past zero, with gusting winds again driving wind [...]

[...] case murder of a woman in Bedford Park. Steven Podkulski, 40, was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder for the death of 27-year-old Jennifer Boyd, according to court records. He was ordered held [...]

[...] men nearly two years ago. A Will County judge last month convicted Joshua Miner, 26, of first-degree murder in the deaths of Eric Glover and Terrance Rankins, both 22, who were lured to a house in [...]

[...] about 10:40 p.m. in the 10100 block of South 86th Court shortly after it departed from Midway Airport. [...]

[...] crashed into a field in a Palos Hills neighborhood a few minutes after having taken off from Midway Airport, authorities said. The twin-engine plane did not send a distress signal but “fell off the [...]

[...] the aircraft narrowly missing one home. The twin-engine Beechcraft Baron had taken off from Midway Airport just about five … [...]