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Bulldog Company, NHS unload 3,000 pumpkins for church pumpkin patch
When First United Methodist Church needs help, they know who to call. The Oak Lawn church traditionally sponsors a pumpkin patch and, with 3,000 pumpkins to unload, needs some helping hands. Both the U.S. Navy Junior ROTC program and National Honor Society from Richards High School volunteered to help church members with the work. Community…
Read MoreOak Lawn officials discuss alleviating traffic jams due to water main project
By Joe Boyle An increase in traffic congestion has brought on a series of complaints that Oak Lawn officials plan to address. The Oak Lawn Village Board on Tuesday morning approved an ordinance directing the installation of a temporary barricade just south of 108th and Cook Avenue. The board also authorized a traffic engineering study…
Read More6th District changes do not bother Pekau or Casten
By Jeff Vorva The Illinois 6th Congressional District has been re-aligned but that doesn’t bother the two guys running for Congress. The district includes all or parts of Orland Park, Palos Heights, Palos Park, Oak Lawn, Hickory Hills, Evergreen Park, Worth, Chicago Ridge, Palos Hills Bridgeview, Bedford Park, Willow Springs, Countryside, Hodgkins, and portions of…
Read MoreBrookfield Zoo’s animals receive Halloween treats
This week, several animals at Brookfield Zoo received pumpkins for enrichment. The sulcata tortoises; goats; PJ, a prehensile-tailed porcupine; and Hani and Kartik, the zoo’s two sloth bears all seemed to enjoy their Halloween treats. Pumpkins given to Brutus and Titus, the zoo’s African lions, were filled with bones and meat. Animals also will be…
Read MoreWestbound Tri-State Tollway ramp to 95th Street closes Friday night
Weekend-long lane closures, including a detour of the ramp carrying the southbound Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) to westbound 95th Street, are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Friday, October 21, for work to shift traffic on southbound I-294 between 87th Street/Roberts Road and 95th Street. Once the new traffic pattern is in place, southbound I-294 traffic will be in a counterflow…
Read MoreAll is good for ‘mayor’ Alligood during Palos Heights mock meeting
By Jeff Vorva Independence eighth-grader Paige Alligood isn’t scared when she pole vaults 10 feet in the air during track meets. But to preside and run a Palos Heights city council meeting? “It was scary,” she said minutes after she played the role of mayor Tuesday night after winning a Mayor For A Day contest…
Read MoreRainbow Cone coming to Orland Park
Trustee Radaszewski’s return highlights cheery meeting By Jeff Vorva Rainbow Cone is coming to Orland Park. So is Steinhafel’s Furniture. And Silver Cross Hospital wants to being in a medical office building. Oh, and Trustee Joni Radaszewski returned for her first in-person meeting since suffering injuries in a horrific accident in July that took the…
Read MoreNew Palos Heights park in Coyne’s name is gold
By Jeff Vorva Olympic hockey standout Kendall Coyne Schofield said some of her success comes from growing up in Palos Heights. “For me, growing up in the city of Palos Heights was a dream,” she said. “There are so many things that make this such a special place. But most importantly, it’s the people in…
Read More‘Pumpkin Patch Church’ welcomes in Halloween season
By Kelly White First United Methodist Church has created a small-town fall festival feel right in the heart of the Oak Lawn Community. The church, 100th Street and Central Avenue, is having a pumpkin patch now through Halloween. It is open every weekday from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until…
Read MorePalos Heights RAB changes made after heated debate
By Jeff Vorva Changes will be made to some of the duties and responsibilities of the Palos Heights Recreation Advisory Board but before the final vote, two city council aldermen had a heated disagreement. The council voted 7-1 at the Oct. 3 meeting to approve the changes, which originally had RAB members concerned. But the…
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