Yearly Archives: 2024
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Area College Report | SXU, Trinity men’s volleyball getting ready to roll

by Jeff Vorva

By Jeff Vorva Correspondent While basketball has dominated the area college scene this winter, men’s volleyball is just around the corner. Practice is in full swing and matches start later this month. Saint Xavier wants to keep its best stretch of winning in program history going. Excluding the shortened 2020 pandemic season, the Cougars have […]

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Girls Hoops Wrap | Young and older have fun in Oak Lawn

by Jeff Vorva

By Jeff Vorva Correspondent It was a little of the old and new mixing together at Oak Lawn. The current Spartans beat Crete-Monee, 54-42, in a nonconference game on Jan. 7. In the crowd were players from the 2013-14 Oak Lawn squad that finished 28-2. After the game, alumni players engaged in a game of […]

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U.S. hypocrisy never in short supply

by Tim Hadac

. By Ray Hanania . Under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, America began to build up its reputation as the leader of the free world. One of the most important aspects of carrying that title was to lead the fight to champion freedom and to speak out against human rights violations, injustices and government-sanctioned crimes, especially against innocent […]

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Lopez is new director for Lyons Township mental health services

by Bob Bong

By Steve Metsch Jazmin Lopez has been training for her new job the past three years. Lopez, 36, is the new executive director of the Lyons Township Mental Health Commission. She started on Dec. 12. Lopez replaces Ron Melka, who retired. She had been Melka’s administrative assistant the past three years. The Bridgeview resident is […]

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Hodgkins cites police officers for exceptional service

by Carol McGowan

From staff reports Hodgkins Police Chief Joseph Klotz presented awards to five police officers for exceptional commendations throughout the year at the December village board meeting. The five officers were Sgt. Natassia Miller, Officer Frank White, Officer Alan Garcia, Officer Desmond Handson, and Officer Ryan Johnson. In June, Miller and White were dispatched to a […]

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Area Sports Report | Kendall Coyne Schofield part of history as PWHL game sets attendance record

by Jeff Vorva

By Jeff Vorva Correspondent Add a new chapter to the Kendall Coyne Schofield story. The Palos Heights native and Sandburg graduate, who has won gold and silver Olympic medals in women’s hockey, helped launch the new Professional Women’s Hockey League and is a team captain for the Minnesota franchise. Minnesota and the league’s five other […]

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Lady Blue Devils Battle to Tourney Championship

by Arline Adamsick

By Jim Piacentini In tournament competition, after beating Southland College Prep on December 27 (45-13) and Reed-Custer (45-22) on Thursday, December 28, the Peotone Lady Blue Devils faced Plainfield South in the tourney championship game on Friday, December 29. It was a tight game, but Peotone prevailed and took the championship, 47-45. The game started […]

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Beecher Community Library News

by Arline Adamsick

Call the library at 708-946-9090 for programs that require registration. The library’s Penfield Street parking lot entrance is closed until spring, but the Maxwell Street entrance is still open. Turn north on Maxwell from Indiana Avenue to get to the library. Youth Services A new take-and-make craft is available for January! Pick up any time. […]

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Clove Alliance Offers Workshop Combatting Familial Trafficking

by Arline Adamsick

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and Clove Alliance invites community members to learn more about familial trafficking, a highly prevalent form of human trafficking by attending their upcoming workshop. The workshop will be held at Kankakee Community College on Wednesday, January 24, from 10 a.m. – noon. Registration fee is $10, and CEU and […]

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CSU Receives Funding to Address Student Homelessness

by Arline Adamsick

Thanks to support of State Sen. Elgie R. Sims Jr. With support from State Sen. Elgie R. Sims Jr., Chicago State University will receive $200,000 to address student homelessness and help provide necessities many students lack. “When students lack basic necessities, such as food or housing, they lack the stability to allow them to reach […]

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