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Apr 4, 2017

April 5: Tourism, visitors and fiscal impacts in the Calumet area

Mar 17, 2017

Mokena conducts special census to capture state-shared revenues provided to communities on per capit

Have you moved into one of Mokena’s newer subdivisions over the past several years? If so, it will soon be time for you to stand up and...

Mar 7, 2017

April 22: 20th Anniversary Diversity Dinners

On Saturday, April 22, the Diversity Dinners of the South Suburbs will celebrate its 20th Anniversary. This year’s dinner will be held...

Mar 3, 2017

Cross-sector collaboration is a critical tool for city leaders

Single-sector inadequacy There seems to be consensus from leaders across sectors and issues that the critical challenges facing our...

Feb 24, 2017

Long drive contest offers opportunity to play with an LPGA star at Women’s PGA Championship in

The PGA of America will host a long drive competition at the Chicago Golf Show on Friday through Sunday at the Donald E. Stephens...

Feb 21, 2017

Thousands of slaves traveled through south suburbs to freedom

Illinois and the south suburbs also were popular resting sites — but not final destinations — for blacks seeking freedom, local...

Feb 8, 2017

National Park Service seeks public input on development of historic Pullman Factory site

The agency has offered case studies on a few different redevelopment scenarios for the site, with everything ranging from simply...

Feb 6, 2017

Will County residents encouraged to participate in survey

The survey, conducted by Mobilization for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP), takes about 10 minutes, county officials...

Jan 30, 2017

Matteson’s swing for Little League baseball should notch a Southland home run

Image courtesy of Little League Central Region Litttle League International, the predominant kids baseball organization worldwide, is...

Jan 30, 2017

Tickets now available for the 2017 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Olympia Fields

2017 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Starts: 06/27/2017 07:30 am Ends: 07/02/2017 2800 Country Club Drive Olympia Fields, IL 60461

Jan 18, 2017

New casino licenses back on the table in Springfield

In case you missed it, the state legislature is once again kicking around the idea of expanding casino gaming into the south suburbs and...

Jan 17, 2017

Matteson to make pitch for Little League headquarters

Image courtesy of Little League Central Region Matteson wants to be considered among the communities vying to be the new home of Little...

Jan 17, 2017

Memorial set for Olympia Fields Trustee Robert Waite

Waite, 79, died of a heart attack Dec. 29. He had served for six years as a trustee on the village board. Waite also was CEO of Proko...

Jan 11, 2017

Longtime Park Forest Park finance director and treasurer stepping down

Besides the workaday stuff, there are personal items; the little trinkets from her travels and a small University of Nebraska figurine....

Jan 10, 2017

Calumet Heritage Partnership seeks public comment on proposed Calumet National Heritage Area

Take the survey here. The public comment period will last for 30 days, from January 4, 2017 through February 13, 2017. Before submitting...

Jan 9, 2017

Balmoral Park transformation underway

Image courtesy of Horse Shows in the Sun More than a year after Balmoral Park hosted its final harness races, the storied track’s...

Dec 19, 2016

Editorial: Tinley’s mental health center campus needs a plan

This is a story we’ve all been hearing for the better part of five years, since the mental health center was closed in 2012 by the state...

Nov 10, 2016

Orland Township unlikely to follow secession path

He said that while township voters “sent a message” to Cook County officials regarding their feelings about taxation, they had “not sent...

Nov 2, 2016

Transforming Pullman into a national park

An artist’s rendering of the Pullman visitors center at night – ADRIAN SMITH + GORDON GILL ARCHITECTURE The Positioning Pullman project...

Nov 1, 2016

Calumet Heritage Area promoters say ‘now is the moment’

Added to that is the rich diversity of the Calumet Region’s residents, the result of waves of migration that built a population totaling...

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