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Des Plaines joins group seeking back hotel-motel taxes
Des Plaines has added its name to a growing list of communities looking to recover from online travel companies what are alleged to be uncollected hotel-motel taxes. City officials claim those online companies collect taxes based on the rate charged...
Tags: Des Plaines, Oak Brook, Hotels and Accommodations, Bedford Park (Cook, Illinois), Expedia Incorporated
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Art Van Furniture plans stores in Illinois and Indiana, distribution center in Chicago area
CHICAGO (AP) — A Michigan-based furniture retailer is planning to expand into the Chicago area, bringing about 600 jobs. Gov. Pat Quinn announced Friday that Art Van Furniture will open five new stores in Illinois and a sixth in northern Indiana....Tags: Pat Quinn, Credit and Debt, Batavia, Bolingbrook, Illinois Governor
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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: Crimes, Trials, Drunk Driving, Sears, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Fake grenade causes school bus evacuation
School buses at Sandburg High School in Orland Park were evacuated Friday afternoon as students made their way home at the end of the school day when a student found a replica grenade on the floor of a bus, police said. Orland Park police responded about...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Emergency Incidents, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Explosions
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Local Voices, Apr. 18
Letters to the editor from Orland Park and Homer Glen residents. Local roadways When it comes to the proposed improvements to 159th Street in Homer Glen, who knows best? Is it John Portman, the chief engineer from the Illinois Department of...
Tags: Homer Glen, Illinois Department of Transportation, Business, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Man sentenced to 30 years for sexual assault of woman, 83
Tribune reporterA 36-year-old homeless man was sentenced to 30 years today after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting an 83-year-old woman who gave him money and food. Dennis Dodson pled guilty to the attack in September of 2011. Dodson, who was homeless,...Tags: The Home Depot, Trials, Abusive Behavior, Sex Crimes, Cook County Government
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Man sentenced 13 years for Orland Park jewelry heist
A third man charged in a 2011 high-profile jewelry store robbery in Orland Park pleaded guilty to the crime Wednesday and will join two of his three accomplices already serving time, police said. Lance Vaughn, 33, of Chicago, entered a guilty plea to...
Tags: Crimes, Theft, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
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Orland voters deliver a few Election Day surprises
Only a few sitting local officials appeared to have gained the support of Orland Park residents who took to the polls Tuesday. While three village trustees will retain their seats, it appears all incumbents in three other local races are getting the boot....
Tags: Judges, Elections, Voting, Local Government, Justice System
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3 incumbents, 1 challenger vying for 3 trustee seats in Orland Park
Voters in Orland Park next week will need to decide if they want to support three longtime village trustees for re-election or support the lone challenger, whose election would surely change the dynamics of the Village Board. Trustees James Dodge, Kathy...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Elections, Local Government, Business, Politics
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Orland Park steps up protection of pedestrians
Three years after the Illinois General Assembly passed a law intended to make stepping off street corners safer, police reports indicate some Orland Park pedestrians still prefer crossing in the middle of the block. Orland Park officials hope to...
Tags: Politics, Government, Safety of Citizens, Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois General Assembly
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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: Mokena, Real Estate, Homes, Foreclosures, Tinley Park
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Local Voices, Apr. 04
Nutrition education The story "Nutrition off many doctors' plates; Too few physicians doing enough to watch what you eat" (Page 1, March 26) contained a contradiction that baffled me. The content of the story describes doctors of being ignorant of...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Rentals, Elections, Health and Medical Professionals, Springfield
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