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Chicago Heights bans hiring of officials’ relatives for city jobs
Relatives of Chicago Heights officials need not waste time applying for any future city job openings. The city council last week unanimously passed an anti-nepotism rule that bans the hiring of relatives of elected city officials, paid appointed officers and department heads. City attorney TJ …
Chicago Heights, Steger police blotter
CHICAGO HEIGHTS
THEFT: A snow blower was stolen Feb. 12 or 13 from beside a house in the first block of East Greenbriar Street.
SUSPENDED LICENSE: Casey C. Gordon, 26, 1630 Ingrid Lane, Chicago Heights, was charged with driving on a suspended license, running two …
Park Forest may up homeless shelter effort
Homewood, Chicago Heights and Park Forest are the top three contributors to an effort to construct and operate a homeless shelter scheduled to open in September in Country Club Hills, according to Mike Wasserberg, executive director of South Suburban Public Action to Deliver Shelter. Wasserberg …
What’s Going On for Feb. 23, 2012
Here’s a look at What’s Going On in the Southland including in Chicago, Oak Lawn, Oak Forest and Chicago Heights.
Crete-Monee graduate working on a well-orchestrated success story
Matthew Lipman had been playing the viola for only a few weeks before he realized how greatly he enjoyed it. Lipman, then a fourth-grader, said he found the instrument “amazing.” Now, about a decade later, others apparently find the Crete-Monee High School graduate amazing as …
Serving for Feb. 23, 2012
Here is a look at what Southlanders are accomplishing in the military including news from Sauk Village, Frankfort, Chicago Heights, Olympia Fields, Blue Island and Orland Park.
Chicago Heights, Steger police blotter
CHICAGO HEIGHTS
CAR THEFT: A 1998 Volvo 70GLT was stolen after it was left unlocked and running Feb. 3 outside Ricky’s Fine Food and Liquor, 107 E. 14th St.
GARAGE BURGLARY: Two lawn mowers and a bicycle were discovered stolen Feb. 4 from a garage …
New policy: Revelation or mirage?
If you live long enough, or if you work a long time in the news business, you think you’ve seen or heard about everything. Not that, as a journalist, you can actually report on all of it. But then along comes something that you thought …
Around Town (East) for Feb. 19, 2012
Here is a look at events in the SouthtownStar’s East region, which includes Beecher, Chicago Heights, Country Club Hills, Crete, Flossmoor, Glenwood, Homewood, Matteson, Monee, Olympia Fields, Park Forest, Richton Park, Steger, and University Park.
Chicago man charged with forgery in Frankfort
A man from Chicago’s West Side was arrested Tuesday for allegedly cashing forged checks in several suburbs.
Frankfort Police Cmdr. Kevin Keegan said the manager of MB Financial Bank, 20825 LaGrange Road, contacted police Jan. 30 after Gentle Taylor, 54, tried to cash two checks. …
Property Transfers for Feb. 19, 2012
Property transfers for Cook and Will counties. Curious about more home sales in your neighborhood? For more Chicago area transactions, see “recent sales” at www.searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/.
St. James health fair, ‘Day of Dance,’ can take a bow
A dance-themed health and wellness fair hosted Thursday night by St. James Health & Wellness Institute in Chicago Heights went so well that organizers are planning to make it an annual event.
More than 600 people signed up for the medical center’s inaugural “Day of …
Chicago Heights, South Chicago Heights police blotter
CHICAGO HEIGHTS
SUSPENDED LICENSE: Arturo Chavez, 29, 1665 School St., Chicago Heights, was charged with driving on a suspended license, running a stop sign and not wearing a seat belt after a Feb. 4 stop at 17th Street and East End Avenue, police said.
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New alderman named in Chicago Heights
A lifelong Chicago Heights resident has been appointed to replace the late Willie White as the city’s 1st Ward alderman.
Mayor David Gonzalez Wednesday appointed Walter Mosby III, a longtime pastor in town, to the seat, and aldermen approved it unanimously.
White, 1st Ward alderman …
Relive love’s near misses in PTL’s ‘Almost, Maine’
A little bit of love and a lot of laughs is just the thing to forget about the February blahs. Lewis University in Romeoville’s drama department presents, “Almost, Maine,” Feb. 17-19 and 23-26. Evening performances begin at 8 p.m., while Sunday matinees begin at 2:30 …
Casting Call for Feb. 17, 2012
Here is a look at open auditions in the Southland and beyond. This article was updated on 2/20 to note that the Spotlight Theater casting call for the North American premiere of “September” in New Lenox has been canceled.
Carpe Weekend: Don’t quit your day job
Don’t like the job you have? That’s unfortunate, but with the economy the way it is, you’d be insane to quit. That doesn’t mean you can’t live vicariously through people in other professions.
