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Forest preserves provide only some of the recreational opportunities in this southwest suburb. Read more about Oak Forest, IL.
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Colleen Nevin
Longtime Lead resident Colleen Nevin, 82, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital in Deadwood following a recent illness. Bettie Colleen Burt rum was born July 23, 1930, at Galena, Kan., to Harry and Wanda (Cure) Burtrum. She...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism, U.S. Army, Christianity, American Legion
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Glass art work honors donors at Silver Cross
Donors aren't the only ones being touched by a recently created cut-glass donor wall featuring wind-swept leaves at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox. The creative work of art commissioned by Sheri Law Art Glass Ltd. in Homer Glen is engaging the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Lobbying, Career and Workplace, Hospitals and Clinics
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Orland Park, Homer Glen police blotter: April 16
The following items were taken from Orland Park and Homer Glen police records. Orland Park A 52-year-old Crown Point, Ind., man was charged with felony theft March 22 after he allegedly returned a stolen engagement ring to a restaurant on the 16100...
Tags: Orland Park, Crimes, Trials, Criminals, Prosecution
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Oak Forest teen faces DUI charge in accident that left one paralyzed
Tribune reporterAn Oak Forest teenager has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence after she hit another car head-on, paralyzing the other driver. Erica Gallardo, 19, was given a $50,000 bond by Judge Laura Sullivan in Cook County bond court on...Tags: Justice System, Juvenile Delinquency, Crime, Law and Justice, Steger, Lawyers
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Teen inventor eyes entrepreneurship
As early as 12, Jonny Cohen was called an inventor. Now, at 17, he's already headed toward a new title: entrepreneur. As a seventh-grader, the Highland Park resident conceived GreenShields — a curved wing atop school buses to decrease drag and...
Tags: Engineering, Invention and Innovation, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Illinois Department of Transportation, Science and Technology
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Tinley Park, Orland Park homes standing strong despite housing crisis
A recent study shows that Tinley Park and Orland Park homes have retained more value than other cities through the housing crisis although the suburbs continue to struggle after the market crash. "It's a little bit of good, a little bit of not so great,...
Tags: Orland Park, Services and Shopping, Real Estate, Frankfort, Mokena
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Markham man charged in Tinley Park shooting
Tribune reporterA fatal shooting outside a Tinley Park convenience store last week stemmed from a Craigslist website transaction to swap electronics goods that turned into an argument when the victim and assailant met to close the deal, Cook County prosecutors said...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Apple iPhone, Oak Park, Prosecution
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Oak Forest man, 76, charged in Orange Line fondling, lewdness cases
Tribune reporterA 76-year-old Oak Forest man arrested this week for masturbating on a CTA Orange Line train was linked by Chicago police to the fondling of a 15-year-old girl as she rode the same line earlier this month, Cook County prosecutors said today. William...Tags: Justice System, Chicago Restaurants, Crimes, George Halas, Maywood (Cook, Illinois)
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Autopsy shows woman found dead in fire was strangled
Tribune reporterA 40-year-old nurse and mother of three died of strangulation, not the fire that ravaged her Oak Forest home this week, police said this afternoon. Erica L. Rodriguez’s death has been ruled a homicide after an autopsy by the Cook County medical...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Hazel Crest, Murder, Hospitals and Clinics, Oak Lawn
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School cashier credited with catching thieves now charged with stealing deposits
Tribune reporterA high school cashier who helped police catch three women after a theft from the southwest suburban school last month has herself been charged with stealing nearly $10,000 in bank deposits from the school, authorities said. Cheryl L. Becker, 54, of Oak...Tags: Orland Park, Carl Sandburg, Theft, Banking, Prosecution
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Authorities: Motorcycle crash kills Alsip man in Oak Forest
Tribune reporterA 34-year-old Alsip man on a motorcycle died last night after a crash in Oak Forest. A man identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as Matteo Manueli was northbound on Oak Park Avenue approaching a curve at 147th Street about 8:45 p....Tags: Oak Park, Alsip
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Man dies 4 days after car accident in Tinley Park
An Oak Forest man died early this morning following a traffic crash in Tinley Park earlier this week, authorities said. David Vanheel, 50, of the 15100 block of Spruce Lane in Oak Forest, was in a vehicle involved in a crash at 159th Street and Oak...
Tags: Palos Heights, Oak Park, Tinley Park, Accidental Death
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