Oak Lawn’s annual Fall Music Festival returns this weekend to the Village Green at 95th Street and 52nd Avenue.
Author Archives: Bob Bong
Posted inPeotone
Eight masked offenders rob Peotone Travel Center, damage poker machines
Eight masked offenders robbed the Peotone Travel Center early Sept. 3, damaging six poker machines and stealing an unknown amount of cash before fleeing in two unregistered Acuras, police said.
Posted inRegional Business
Comings & Goings: Zachary’s Grill closed in Palos Heights
Zachary’s Grill in Palos Heights is closed until further notice, according to a sign taped to the restaurant’s front door.
Posted inClear Ridge Reporter New News
Challenger emerges in 23rd Ward aldermanic race
Challenger emerges in 23rd Ward aldermanic race
By Bob Bong
A challenger has emerged to take on Ald. Silvana Tabares in the 23rd Ward in next February’s aldermanic elections.
Leonardo Rojas-Banda is collecting signatures to be on the ballot. He will be holding two campaign kickoff events this weekend in West Elsdon.
Rojas-Banda grew up in West Lawn. He graduated from Hubbard High School in 2016.
An attorney, he most recently served in the Illinois Governor’s Office, starting as a Freedom of Information Act Officer and earning a promotion to Assistant General Counsel.
“This campaign is about bringing someone deeply invested in this neighborhood, Southwest Side through and through, into City Hall,” he said on his website. “It will be my mission to ensure that every neighbor feels heard, supported, and represented. I truly believe that when our neighbors succeed, our entire community succeeds. Every alderman should remember that we serve because the community has placed its trust in us. I would be honored to earn that trust and have the privilege of serving you all.”
Posted inClear-Ridge Reporter Mayhem
Update: Mark Twain shooting victims identified
Two school custodians were fatally shot Monday afternoon, August 10, at Mark Twain Elementary School in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood.
Posted inClear-Ridge Reporter Mayhem
2 dead in shooting at Mark Twain Elementary School
Two school custodians were fatally shot Monday afternoon at Mark Twain Elementary School in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood in an apparent murder-suicide, police said.
Posted inClear-Ridge Reporter Business
New leases expected to bring $150M in investments to Midway Airport
City Council approval of new lease agreements is expected to bring at least $150 million in private investments at Midway International Airport.
Posted inRegional New News
Former substitute teacher pleads guilty to battery of a child
A former teacher with a long history of child abuse allegations and convictions pleaded guilty earlier month to aggravated battery of a child after he was accused of inappropriate behavior with a 9-year-old boy he was hired to tutor in Orland Park.
Posted inDVN Mayhem
4 teens killed when pickup flies off overpass and crashes into box car
Three victims were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. A fourth victim died after she was transported to an area hospital in critical condition.
Posted inDVN New News
Ex-Summit police chief John Kosmowski sentenced to 3 years in federal prison
Former Summit Police Chief John Kosmowski was sentenced last week to three years in federal prison for accepting money from a local businessman to help grease the transfer of a liquor license.