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Feb 9, 2016

Closing of Chicago Heights hospital stirs protests

Arnie Kimmel, Franciscan St. James Health’s CEO, says it’s too expensive to continue to operate hospitals in Chicago Heights and Olympia...

Feb 3, 2016

Employment opportunity: Woodridge police information management supervisor

Please click here for the full job posting. Application and Testing Process Applications may be obtained on the Village website:...

Jan 29, 2016

Grant opportunity: Powering Safe Communities Program

The Powering Safe Communities grant program specifically seeks to: Enhance the quality of life in cities, villages, and towns in the...

Jan 27, 2016

Privacy, safety issues spur drone ordinances and regulations

Referred to variously as “multicopters” or “unmanned aerial vehicles,” but generally lumped together under the term “drone,” the tech...

Jan 19, 2016

Will County offers to build $5 million regional 911 center

Will County Executive Larry Walsh, D-Elwood, and County Board Speaker Jim Moustis, R-Frankfort Township, have offered to build a third...

Dec 23, 2015

9-1-1 System consolidation grant opportunity

Please submit Grant Proposals no later than March 31, 2016. The anticipated date for the announcement of successful applicants is June...

Dec 7, 2015

Grant opportunity: Assistance to firefighters

The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, (Pub. L. 113-76) provides $306,000,000 in AFG Program funding to assist fire...

Dec 7, 2015

Jan 21: Illinois Commission on Diversity and Human Relations’ Martin Luther King breakfast

Prospective ICDHR Interactive Symposium Breakfast Attendee, We would like to inform you of an opportunity to attend a upcoming breakfast...

Dec 3, 2015

Suburban leaders upset over plan to close/tear down most of Chicago Heights hospital

And they’ve joined with state legislators and large social service agencies from suburbs such as South Chicago Heights, Ford Heights,...

Nov 23, 2015

Public Safety Committee meeting

Jeanine Chiappano, Executive Director of E-Com SSMMA’s Public Safety Committee meeting was held Nov. 17, 2015 with presentations by...

Nov 23, 2015

Retiring Homewood police chief to be replaced by deputy chief

Burnson will officially retire on March 11, 2016, after having served as chief for 14 years. Burnson was on the Matteson police force for...

Nov 20, 2015

Southland public works crews ready for winter’s punch

And although long-range predictions suggest that this winter could be milder with less snow than the last two winters, municipal...

Nov 12, 2015

Orland Park gets FAA approval for police/fire drone use

Six officers are undergoing training to pilot the drone, which the department sees as being useful in situations such as helping locate a...

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