By Joe Boyle An Oak Lawn trustee said that backers of legislation calling for police reform have forgotten one important group — the victims. “I don’t know about you, but it concerns me t…
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COVID relief brings windfall to school districts
By Bob Bong School districts throughout the southwest suburbs stand to gain millions of dollars from the COVID relief packages passed in response to the pandemic. Local school districts from Orland P…
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery seeks annexation into Worth
By Joe Boyle Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago has asked the Worth Village Board to consider a request to annex the western section of Holy Sepulchre Cemetery into the village. A repre…
Worth Park District gives streets back to village
By Joe Boyle A recent review of local village boundaries resulted in quite a discovery by members of the Worth Park District. The survey of streets in the Village of Worth raised some eyebrows when i…
Oak Lawn girl dies from injuries in car crash
Courtesy of Blake-Lamb Funeral Home Cire Robinson, 12, a sixth-grade student at Simmons Middle School in Oak Lawn, died of injuries suffered in…
Oak Lawn and other communities struck by Dunkin’ Donuts robberies
By Dermot Connolly Police in Oak Lawn, Palos Heights, Chicago and elsewhere are investigating a string of armed robberies of local Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants that appear to be related. In all the case…
Oak Lawn’s 911 regional center will relocate
By Dermot Connolly The Oak Lawn Village Board has approved plans by the Oak Lawn Regional Emergency Communications Center to relocate from Village Hall to a new site in the 9800 block of South Massaso…
