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Nov 10, 2014

Tinley Park plays host to Sister City guests from Budingen, Germany

Over the past 25 years, hundreds of Tinley Park residents, village officials and business people have traveled to Budingen as part of the...

Oct 28, 2014

Invested in the Southland…

Gov. Pat Quinn with Lynwood Mayor Gene Williams and Richton Park Mayor Rick Reinvold and other Southland officials at a July 2014...

Oct 22, 2014

Tribune to buy Post-Tribune, Southtown Star and other suburban papers

Veteran media reporter Robert Feder reported Wrapports LLC would sell off the Post-Tribune, the SouthtownStar, the Aurora Beacon-News,...

Sep 17, 2014

North Riverside suit could have big impact for south suburbs

The lawsuit, filed by Evergreen Park attorney Burton Odelson on behalf of the village, contends that North Riverside no longer can afford...

Aug 29, 2014

Times editorial: Officials should seize Pullman park opportunity

That’s why a move is afoot in some political and historical preservation circles to transform the former Pullman Palace Railcar Co. and...

Aug 27, 2014

Lynwood hopes to pay tribute to local player on Jackie Robinson champs

Photo courtesy of Little League World Series Village President Gene Williams said Tuesday he hopes to pay a proper tribute to the Jackie...

Aug 26, 2014

Tribune and Sun-Times editorials weigh-in on national park status for Pullman

There are finally some signs of life there, and now one really promising opportunity. It — he — arrived in Chicago last week in full park...

Aug 25, 2014

Maimon: First freshmen making GSU a ‘lively’ place

This is the year GSU converts from an upper-division college to a four-year university, which means it welcomed its first freshman class....

Jul 31, 2014

Century-Old Pipe Break Points to National Problem

Photo: AOL.com The rupture of a nearly century-old water main that ripped a 15-foot hole through Sunset Boulevard and turned a swath of...

Jul 29, 2014

Lincoln exhibit opens at tollway oasis

Photo from Panoramio With “Abe Lincoln” cutting the bright blue ribbon, Illinois tourism and tollway officials on Monday morning opened a...

Jun 27, 2014

Illinois village seeks private fire department

The village of North Riverside pitched the cost-saving proposal before state regulators Thursday at a Chicago hearing after being...

Jun 26, 2014

Cook County Land Bank Authority RFPs & Employment Opportunities

RFPs & Employment Opportunities Request for Proposals (RFP) Real Estate Broker Services for CCLBA Cook County Land Bank Authority...

Jun 20, 2014

June 21: “Driving the Dixie” scavenger hunt

Photo courtesy of the Chicago Heights Historic Preservation Advisory Committee If you are in the Southland this weekend and you happen to...

May 29, 2014

U.S. Census Bureau Needs Interviewers

The Census Bureau’s Chicago Regional Office is currently seeking Field Representatives in Cook County, IL to interview respondents. Pay...

May 28, 2014

Tinley Park man wins insurance group award

Mike Wojcik presented Affordable Care Act information at a 2013 SSMMA breakfast. Mike Wojcik said it was a personal tragedy many years...

May 2, 2014

June 19-20, 2014: Grants Training in Glendale Heights, IL

Glendale Heights Police Department and Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grants workshop in Glendale Heights, June 19-20, 2014....

Apr 14, 2014

April 17: Seminar for tenants in foreclosure

Seminar for tenants in foreclosure “FORECLOSURE DOESN’T MEAN GET OUT NOW” All interested persons, please attend this seminar. April 17,...

Apr 10, 2014

Chicago Heights, South Holland ranked fastest growing cities in Illinois

…[Nerd Wallet’s] top 10 fastest-growing cities in Illinois ranged from diverse suburbs to college towns to regional hubs.[Their] analysis...

Mar 25, 2014

Palatine Rural Fire District may put ads on firetruck, ambulance

Voters last week rejected a tax hike that would have raised $200,000 annually for the cash-strapped Palatine Rural Fire Protection...

Feb 28, 2014

Enbridge Finalizing Crude Oil Pipeline through Sauk Village

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