The community is the hero in Tinley Park, Elgin, Joliet and many other Chicago-area towns, where alert and responsive kids and adults learned of threats to their schools and quickly reached out to authorities. “I can’t emphasize enough how important it is for the community to keep us in the know,” Tinley Park Police Chief Thomas Tilton said.
Category: Daily Southtown Opinion
Column: Are traffic scofflaws a symptom of long COVID?
Park Forest police Chief Brian Rzyski thinks COVID-19 may have changed some driving habits early on said police stops have risen.
Donna Vickroy: If only they could have ‘rock(ed) me, rock(ed) me’ a little while longer
The power of live music and the feeling it gives us transcends age and can fill you with memories and emotions you first felt years ago, Donna Vickroy says.
Column: Urban Growers Collective farms 30 acres near Lynwood
Urban Growers Collective produces vegetables, culinary and medicinal herbs and flowers, said Erika Allen, CEO and co-founder.
Donna Vickroy: How do you memorialize a special person? Carry on their cause
Robin Kassis, who helped expand the Orland Township Food and Pet Pantry from a few shelves to a 2,200-square-foot operation, died Aug. 18.
Column: Park Forest Mayor Joe Woods says he was attacked, seeks outside investigation
Park Forest Mayor Joe Woods wrote he was the victim of a violent crime in which one of the assailants had a large knife in his hands.
Column: Grant will help bring clean energy training facility to Park Forest
OAI of Park Forest will develop a clean energy demonstration site with a $100,000 check from Northern Illinois Community Initiatives.
Column: Kakadoodle farm in Matteson, Frankfort gets help to produce healthy foods
The Conservation Fund helped Marty and MariKate Thomas expand their small Kakadoodle farm in Frankfort to 74 acres in Matteson.
Column: Park Forest loses two women who contributed to the fabric of life
Suzie Brown and Jane Steinmetz both worked together on various projects through the decades to improve life in Park Forest.
Letters: Stiffer penalties for carjackers
When are we going to give carjackers stiffer penalties? This is beyond ridiculous. Another one in West Beverly. Thomas Patrick McClory, Bridgeview