Abby Kasch to headline opening night at Taste of Orland Park
By Bob Bong Palos Park’s favorite country singer Abby Kasch will be the headliner at Friday night’s opening of this year’s Taste of Orland Park at the Village Center, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave. Kasch will…
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Let them play: IHSA lays out amended plan for 2020-21 athletics
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor High school athletics in Illinois are set to return this fall, with modifications to the sports calendar and notice from…
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Abby Kasch to headline opening night at Taste of Orland Park
By Bob Bong Palos Park’s favorite country singer Abby Kasch will be the headliner at Friday night’s opening of this year’s Taste of Orland Park at th…
Let them play: IHSA lays out amended plan for 2020-21 athletics
By Jason Maholy Sports Editor High school athletics in Illinois are set to return this fall, with modifications to the sports calendar and notice from the IHSA’s executive director that the matter as …
Abby Kasch to headline opening night at Taste of Orland Park
By Bob Bong Palos Park’s favorite country singer Abby Kasch will be the headliner at Friday night’s opening of this year’s Taste of Orland Park at the Village Center, 14700 S. Ravinia Ave. Kasch will…
Fire levels Don’s Dogs in Orland Park
By Bob Bong A fire early Wednesday morning heavily damaged Don’s Hot Dogs in Orland Park. Orland firefighters responded to a call about 1 a.m. of a fire at the restaurant at 7245 W. 151st St. Upon arr…
Rooftop Tap temporarily closed over COVID-19 scare
By Bob Bong Rooftop Tap, which had just reopened last month at 12231 S. Harlem Ave. in Palos Heights, has been temporarily closed since last week because of possible COVID-19 contamination. On July 15…
Orland Park sisters organize Roberts Road protest march seeking racial equality
By Dermot Connolly Two Orland Park sisters organized a protest march on Saturday afternoon against police violence and racial inequality on Roberts Road in Palos Hills that drew a small but vocal grou…
Palos Heights woman robbed of purse in garage
By Dermot Connolly Palos Heights police are investigating a strong-armed robbery of a woman in her garage in the 11900 block of South 71st Avenue about 5 a.m. Tuesday. An unidentified man knocked the …
Police Blotter for July 23
PALOS HEIGHTS Suspended license Creiesha B. Jones, 28, of Chicago Heights, was charged with driving with a suspended license after a traffic stop at 12:10 a.m. July 12, in the 11800 block of South Har…
Car show cruise night wows ’em in Palos Heights
By Dermot Connolly The 17th annual Palos Heights Classic Car Event last Thursday was a little different this year—a cruise night rather than the usual car show along Harlem Avenue. Bob Starczyk, who h…
Orland Park declares Aug. 2 as Chief McCarthy Day
By Dermot Connolly To a standing ovation, Sunday, Aug. 2, was declared “Chief Timothy J. McCarthy Day” in Orland Park, in honor of the man who is retiring after serving the village as police chief for…
Palos Heights reopens community pool
By Bob Bong The Palos Heights municipal pool reopened this week with a few changes from years past thanks to COVID-19 precautions in place this summer. The biggest change is that admission to the pool…