Posts by Tim Hadac
Fishing derby returns to McKinley Park
. Revitalized lagoon to be stocked with 2,000 fish By Tim Hadac Six years after the McKinley Park lagoon saw its first fishing derby in about 40 years, the popular event is set to return later this month. McKinley Park resident and attorney Steve Demitro is sponsoring the catch-and-release fishing derby from 9 a.m. to…
Read MoreWe’re never too old to create beauty
. By Peggy Zabicki Your correspondent in West Lawn 3633 W. 60th Place • (773) 504-9327 Did you know that artist Georgia O’Keeffe was 77 years old when she created her wonderful painting “Sky Above the Clouds”? This enormous painting is 24 feet long. O’Keeffe was inspired by the view from a plane. Her painting was gifted…
Read MoreFat Johnnie’s to be in the TV spotlight
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 I am reasonably sure that most of us watch a little bit of television from time to time. If that is true for you, and if you have had WGN on recently, you may have heard about…
Read MorePolice Reports
. Crime reports courtesy of swchicagopost.com. Police report information is provided by law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken, and people charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Two shot in Back of the Yards Two men…
Read More‘Welcome’ has limits, some say
. By Tim Hadac As city government continues to struggle with the flow of migrants from the nation’s southern border, at least two Southwest Side aldermen are calling for changes to Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance. The call has come in response to reports of some migrants breaking laws as they remain temporarily housed at city…
Read MoreCTU chief’s school choice not so private
. By Rich Miller The last two Chicago mayors took some news media heat for not sending their kids to public schools, as did Chicagoan Barack Obama when he pushed for education reforms. So, this particular issue is obviously not out of bounds in that city and nobody in public life there should expect otherwise.…
Read MoreSmall biz relief headed to SW Side
. Restaurants, bars, motels get state grants By Tim Hadac The Southwest Side is pocked with vacant storefronts once home to small businesses that went belly up during the pandemic. But newly announced state aid aims to prevent another wave of shutdowns among small restaurants, food trucks, food carts, bars, breweries and other food and…
Read MoreReaders get red carpet treatment at St. Sym’s
Faces filled with anticipation and even excitement, students at St. Symphorosa School step out of a blue hallway and onto a red carpet laid out especially for top readers at the school. The 80 or so students were honored recently for their reading achievements at a “red carpet readers breakfast.” Located at 6125 S. Austin,…
Read MorePrayer in the park? Believe it
. By Tim Hadac Editor Clear-Ridge Reporter & NewsHound . Jennifer New grew up in a small town in South Carolina. The granddaughter of a Baptist preacher—the Rev. Darrell M. New—she was no stranger to things like tent revivals, a summertime phenomenon where the faithful take Gospel values out of churches and into the public…
Read MoreCalling out a ‘war hero’
. By Ray Hanania Most people have come to know Orland Park Village Board meetings as a distasteful bully pulpit where Mayor Keith Pekau belittles his critics, lies and portrays himself as the victim of a vast conspiracy. Pekau claims everyone against him defames him and asserts he and his family are victims of deranged…
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