By Bob Bong Oak Lawn welcomed a new business to town last week that has taken America by storm over the past decade. Amazon opened one of its new Amazon Fresh stores last Wednesday at the site of a f…
Sears to close last south suburban store at Chicago Ridge Mall
By Bob Bong Once mighty Sears, the store founded in Chicago in 1892 and for years America’s retail giant, announced last week it would be closing its last south suburban store in the Chicago Ridge Ma…
Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School teacher scores with Bears
By Kelly White Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School teacher, Heather McCarthy’s devotion to teaching has scored her quite the educational touchdown. McCarthy, who teaches seventh-grade English Language Ar…
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…
Palos Hills residents are warned about increase in scams
Courtesy of the Palos Hills Police Department Palos Hills police and city officials are warning residents about a rise …
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…
