By Bob Bong and Carol McGowan Summit Trustee Karen Wasko was killed Friday night when the car she was traveling in was struck head on by another car at 64th Street and Harlem Avenue in Bedford Park. Her husband, Robert Wasko, was badly injured in the crash and was in critical condition but improving at […]
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Justice junior officials run board meeting
By Carol McGowan Village officials in Justice took a step back at their last board meeting and handed the reins over to students from Indian Springs School District 109. The February 27 village board meeting observed the yearly tradition of Honorary Junior Official Day, as students had the honor of sitting in the seats of […]
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Queen and court named for Saturday’s Countryside’s St. Paddy Day Parade
By Steve Metsch When the seventh St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off at 1 p.m. Saturday in Countryside, Colleen Ramicone will have a great view. Ramicone, a junior at Nazareth Academy and a Countryside resident, will ride atop a float as queen of the parade. Her appointment was announced at the Countryside City Council meeting […]
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Longtime Lyons Trustee Pat Alonzi resigns for health reasons
By Steve Metsch Longtime Lyons Village Trustee Pat Alonzi has decided to resign as she faces mounting health issues. Mayor Christopher Getty read her letter of resignation, dated Jan. 3, into the record when the village board met on Feb. 7. Alonzi, 85, had been a trustee for 12 years, Getty said. Her letter to […]
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Roberts Road, 87th Street closures this week
Overnight local road closures with detours will be scheduled on Roberts Road and 87th Street this week to accommodate mainline bridge beam removal on the Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) Project. The temporary closures are necessary to safely to complete removal of bridge beams on I-294 over Roberts Road and 87th Street. Electronic message signs […]
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Del Galdo honored by Super Lawyer Magazine for 13th straight year
“Super Lawyer Magazine,” a national publication published by Thomson Reuters and which serves professional attorneys across the nation, has named Michael Del Galdo in its list of the state’s Best Lawyer for 2023. Approximately 85,000 lawyers from Illinois are evaluated by the legal industry’s top publication, but only selects the top 5 percent to honor […]
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Countryside’s 342 water valves to be inspected
By Steve Metsch Water valves and fire hydrants were on the agenda when the Countryside City Council’s Infrastructure Committee met on Jan. 25. With 342 valves in the Countryside water system, the City Council’s Infrastructure Committee wants to make sure there are no surprise problems. That’s why every other year, the city pays a company […]
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Man dies after crashing into Bridgeview Park District pool
By Bob Bong A 71-year-old man died after he suffered an apparent health episode and crashed his pickup truck into the Bridgeview Park District pool, which was empty at the time. Police said the man was driving a 2011 Chevy four-door pickup near 81st Street and Beloit Avenue about 6 a.m. on February 8 when he […]
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Bridgeview hires four part-time police officers
By Steve Metsch The Bridgeview Village Board hired four part-time police officer – each with backgrounds in law enforcement – at its most recent meeting. “We’re adding to our staff, a way to help the community,” Police Chief Ricardo Mancha told the board on Feb. 1. The four new part-timers are Joseph D. Keeter, John […]
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Exclusive Interview: Casten reaching out to mayors and people of the 6th District
By Jeff Vorva Congressman Sean Casten doesn’t want to waste time learning about the new communities in the 6th District. Casten beat out Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau in the November election and was sworn back into office in January. But the district had been re-jiggered and had changed. In addition to some of his familiar […]