Tinley Park increases animal shelter fees

The Tinley Park Village Board voted for puppies and kittens Tuesday as it threw needed dollars to the local animal shelter. The board gave preliminary approval to a two-pronged agreement that would turn over all animal impound fees collected by the village to the PAWS …

Orland Hills, Tinley Park police blotter

ORLAND HILLS

THEFT: Shenise Drake, 22, 133 W. Deerpath Road, Matteson, was charged with theft Jan. 19 after surveillance cameras caught her stealing $1,200 from cash registers between Jan. 3 and 17 while she was employed at Wal-Mart, 9245 W. 159th St., police said.

MARIJUANA …

First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre news

FYI on FMBA has news about First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre’s 2012 season in Tinley Park.

Recent updates at blogs.southtownstar.com/fmba included:

◆ Iron Maiden headlining a July concert with Alice Cooper . This article includes comments from Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson.

◆ FMBA accepting summer job …

Your Pets for Feb. 23, 2012

We want your pet photos. Whether it’s you with your dog, cat, bird, fish or lizard, please email a jpeg photo with your name, your pet’s name and hometown to Jason Freeman at jfreeman@southtownstar.com .

‘Business unwrapped’ at Orland library

Briefly: ‘Business unwrapped’ in Orland, Palos chamber members to gather for networking.

Churches prepare for Ash Wednesday

The Lenten season begins this week with Ash Wednesday, and many churches have been preparing by burning palm branches.

At St. George School in Tinley Park on Tuesday, students took part in the burning of the palms, which were blessed by the Rev. Father Frank …

For Tinley Park girl’s ‘Army,’ battle goes beyond her fight vs. leukemia

It won’t be long until many schoolchildren are counting down the days until the start of summer vacation — if they haven’t started already. Abby Skarbek, meanwhile, hopes for more class time than she has gotten lately. She just wants to be healthy enough to …

Q-and-A with Nicole Botich, Andrew basketball

Nicole Botich, 18, of Tinley Park, has completed her second full season on the Thunderbolts varsity for Andrew basketball.

PWN to hold Tinley talk

Briefly: Time management in Tinley, resume workshop at Orland Township.

He’s filling essential needs, one cargo  container at a time

John Shattuck is the man behind the stuff. The stuff that will cure the sick, educate the young and heal the despondent. From his Frankfort home, he organizes campaigns to send essentials, and some extras, to various locations in Haiti. On behalf of Nuestros Pequenos …

Dekker: Girl Scouts celebrate 100 years of scouting

March will mark the 100th year of Girl Scouting in America. In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low established the first Girl Scout troop in her hometown of Savannah, Ga. While living in Great Britain in 1911, Low met Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts …

Tinley woman named campus director

Northwestern College recently named Mary Reynolds, of Tinley Park, as the new campus director for the College’s Naperville campus. Reynolds had been serving as the interim campus director since January of 2011 when she was appointed to fill the post temporarily. After nearly a year …

CJB team places 2nd

Twelve eighth-graders from Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School in Orland Hills recently participated in the sixth annual St. Ignatius Junior High Scholastic Bowl in Chicago. One CJB team placed second in the event, which included teams from 24 schools throughout the Chicago area. Members of …

Doolin: Bremen Township power play leaves bad taste

Funny how you can think you’re on one side of an argument and then very quickly find yourself on the other side. The question is, how did you get there?

Take, for example, the controversy over the Bremen Township School Board’s spending and membership and …

Around Town (Central) for Feb. 19, 2012

Here is a look at events in the SouthtownStar’s Central region, which includes Crestwood, Frankfort, Manhattan, Midlothian, Mokena, New Lenox, Oak Forest, Orland Hills, Orland Park, Homer Glen, Lockport, Lemont and Tinley Park.

Kadner: Chicago pols expand grip over fate of Southland

Chicago Democrats are poised to extend their control over Southland state legislative seats in unprecedented fashion this year. Typical of the makeover created by House Speaker Michael Madigan’s remap is the Democratic primary election for the 35th House District seat. “The Democratic Party picked the …