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Jason House and team announce candidacy for Dolton Village Board with ‘Clean House 25’ campaign
DOLTON, Ill. (July 22, 2014) — Senior Trustee Jason House officially announced his candidacy for Mayor of the embattled Village of Dolton. A news release emailed to The Lansing Journal said an announcement event is scheduled for Sunday, July 28, at 2 p.m. at the Free-N-Deed Food Pantry located at 14200 MLK Drive in Dolton.
'An additional $6,000?': More Cook County residents confront assessor about property tax hike
COOK COUNTY - South suburban residents are expressing frustration and anger over soaring Cook County property taxes. Adrienne Hatton, who has been a resident of Markham for 17 years and currently finds herself surrounded by abandoned homes, is now struggling to meet her tax obligations. Hatton was one of 700...
Grand 'FURnale' | Indiana's Mascot Hall of Fame is closing
WHITING, Ind — Indiana's Mascot Hall of Fame is closing. The museum is holding a celebration on Sept. 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its building in Whiting, Indiana. The museum opened in 2019, to celebrate the wild and wacky world of mascots. The Pacers' Boomer and Colts' Blue were both part of the inaugural Hall of Fame class.
Things to do in Lansing this week – July 22, 2024 edition
LANSING, Ill. (July 21, 2024) – The items in the Things To Do calendar below are public events compiled from a variety of community sources. They represent a diversity of ways to be involved this week. Click on each item to see additional details:. If your business, school, church,...
'My tax bill increased 86%': Cook County homeowners confront assessor about property tax hike
COOK COUNTY - Homeowners in Chicago's south and southwest suburbs are reeling from a dramatic increase in property taxes, with some expressing their frustrations directly to Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi on Saturday. "When my wife saw the tax bill, the first thing she said, like the gentleman said earlier,...
City Launches West Side Door-Knocking Campaign To Combat Overdose Deaths
AUSTIN —The city is launching a new outreach program on the West Side in response to a spike in overdose-induced deaths at the hands of the city’s opioid epidemic. The program, dubbed the Summer Overdose Safety campaign (or Operation S.O.S), will deploy “trained outreach workers with a goal of covering the nearly 1,300 blocks of the West Side that experienced at least one overdose-related EMS response [in 2023],” according to a press release from the Chicago Department of Public Health.
Residents of Calumet City say they're drowning in record property taxes
CALUMET CITY, Ill. (CBS) -- Calumet City residents packed a town hall meeting Monday night to complain about a record increase in their property taxes."I used to pay $3,500, but now I have $9,000 due," one man said. You tell me who's going to help me pay this bill."A woman said the consequences of the tax spike could be dire."We're on the verge of losing our house by the end of this year," she said. "How am I supposed to come up with an additional $6,000 in two months?"The homeowners pleaded for relief as the bills are due in just...
River Crossing Clean-Up Day in Crestwood
This past weekend, Saturday July 20, local residents from Crestwood volunteered their time to clean up the River Crossing along the Cal Sag Road and adjacent to the Cal Sag Channel. All types of garbage was discovered and it was quickly removed during a three hour session. Commissioner Theresa Flynn...
Lansing Journalists receive state and national awards from Illinois Women’s Press Association
LANSING, Ill. (July 23, 2024) — Lansing Journal writers Carrie Steinweg and Marlene Cook recently won several journalism awards from the Illinois Women’s Press Association (IWPA). In May, the 2024 IWPA Mate E. Palmer Professional Communications Contest awards were announced, with Steinweg and Cook sweeping the board. A...
Approved 2025 budget represents $1.3 million increase over 2024
LANSING, Ill. (July 23, 2024) – The Village Board has given final approval to an ordinance that establishes a budget and appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025. The ordinance was approved by a vote of 5-0 (with Trustee Leo Valencia absent) at the Village Board’s July 16 meeting, which followed a public hearing on the matter that included a presentation by Finance Director Brian Hanigan.
Chemical release from Will County plant prompts large emergency response
The release of a volatile chemical led to a large emergency response on Saturday at a plant in unincorporated Will County, authorities said. At around 11:38 a.m., the Channahon Fire Protection District was called to INEOS Styrenics for a hazardous material incident, the fire district said in a news release. Fire crews arrived to facility employees attempting to cool a large container of approximately 5,000 gallons of styrene. Styrene is a liquid used to create polystyrene, a solid plastic.
Chicago expands historic lawsuit against Glock to go after parent company, local retailers
CHICAGO - The City of Chicago expanded its "first-of-its-kind" lawsuit against Glock to include the gun manufacturer's parent company and two Chicago-area gun retailers. The lawsuit, filed in March, claimed Glock "unreasonably" put Chicagoans in danger by manufacturing and selling guns that could easily be converted into illegal machine guns with a cheap device known as a "Glock switch."
Will County to Host Public Information Meeting on Mills Road-Cherry Hill Road Study
The Will County Division of Transportation (DOT) will hold a Public Information Meeting to share improvement options and hear public input for the Mills Road-Cherry Hill Road Phase I Study. The meeting will be held from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 in Rooms C and D at the Nowell Park Recreation Center, 199 Mills Road, Joliet, IL 60433.
As the attorney general’s deadline passes, most of Indiana’s ‘sanctuary cities’ appear unfazed
As the attorney general’s deadline passes, most of Indiana’s ‘sanctuary cities’ appear unfazed. Although the July 1 deadline that Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita set has passed, only one of four municipalities threatened with legal action if they did not rescind what he called their “illegal sanctuary city” policies appears to have made changes to comply.
Will County, IL – Joliet Slammers Transform into Ghostbusters-Inspired ‘Slimers’ for One Night Only
Joliet, IL – The Joliet Slammers will honor their new ownership and the classic Ghostbusters films by rebranding to the Joliet Slimers for one night during their game on Thursday, July 25, against the Gateway Grizzlies. The special edition jerseys, featuring a unique slime-drip design, will be auctioned off...
Challenger Learning Center receives Community Project Funding
The Challenger Learning Center received $963,000 in federal funding to upgrade its Mission Control Centers, helping students simulate space travel. The post Challenger Learning Center receives Community Project Funding appeared first on Northwest Indiana Business Magazine.
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