Our bond was alphabetical: Miller, Messerich, McGrath. As high school sophomores at St. Joseph’s Franciscan Seminary in Westmont, we lined up together in class, sat in the same church pew and at the same cafeteria table, and slept in the same row of dormitory bunks.
There is an unwritten but permanent bond that links the police to a fallen comrade. It was on display as more than 200 police personnel of all ranks and departments lined the hospital halls in a silent tribute as Park Forest officer Timothy Jones was wheeled in.
Dr. Shelley Amuh, of Flossmoor, an obstetrician and gynecologist who founded The Puddle Project, a mentorship program for pregnant teens and teen parents, received the Cook County 2024 Peggy A. Montes Unsung Heroine Award for the Sixth District.
Term limits for our elected leadership is critical and eight years is a reasonable term limit for any elected official. After all, not even the president of the United States serves more than two terms. I will be voting no to the referendum.
Former Park Forest Mayor Jon Vanderbilt remains determined to keep working for a new vocational high school facility at the shuttered Rich East High School campus, possibly linked to a manufacturing plant west of the L3VEL-3 facility.
Halloo, hallay, from the Bean to Union Station, here comes a day, or citywide celebration. On this March 4, by proclamation of the mayor; Chicago adds a year, while I simply turn grayer. You’re a windy 187, Me, a century-plus less, we have the same birthday, but not the same noblesse.
Township Supervisor Calvin Jordan said the Shirley Green Senior Center on Liberty Street in the downtown area will relocate to a 5-acre site near the Matteson Village Hall.
Students are introduced to 24 trades and get training in mathematics for the trades, job site readiness, concrete flatwork, blueprint reading orientation, first aid/AED/CPR, introduction to tools and forklift operation
Last year, Chicago recorded 617 murders, compared with 696 in 2022. I guess the mayor considers that a downward trend.
It seems especially true to homes adjacent to the forest preserve and, in some cases, the homes bordering Park Forest’s Central Park, where they are known to eat birdseed from backyards.