Local News in Palos Park, Illinois
'Big boys' deliver for Tinley Park
Tinley Park quarterback Kyle Sheridan knows he and the Titans offense will go only as far as the "big boys" up front take them. That was evident Friday night as host Tinley Park rolled to a convincing 47-12 victory over Ag Science. The Titans' front seven opened gaping holes all night, making Sheridan's job much easier. "Our O-line did a great job tonight," said Sheridan (4-of-6 passing, 98 ...Orthopaedic Surgeon David Butler, MD, Opens Orland Park, Illinois Office David Butler, MD, a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with fellowship training in arthritis and hip and knee replacement, has opened an office in Orland Park, Illinois, minutes from Chicago. Butler Orthopaedics has convenient hours six days a week, and offers expert bone and joint care, with x-rays, CT scans and physical therapy available under one roof.
Stagg outlasts Queen of Peace Stagg sophomore Jill Conrad certainly misses the four three-year starters who graduated from last year's successful team. But the experience she gained playing with them as a freshman on the varsity already is paying big dividends for the Chargers in 2010. Conrad did a lot of just about everything in Stagg's 25-17, 15-25, 25-22 victory Tuesday over visiting Queen of Peace. The sophomore setter ...
Unwelcome mat rolled out for seniors At first blush, a retirement community of mainly retired priests and nuns in Chicago's Mount Greenwood neighborhood would seem a harmless enough way to help meet the need for senior housing in the area.
Manhattan homeowners fighting lien Owners of more than 130 townhouses in Manhattan's Leighlinbridge subdivision have been saddled with a $1.7 million mechanics lien that many believe is a scam. A subcontractor is claiming he has not been paid for work on theproperties, and real or not, until the lien against the properties isreleased by the lien holder or declared invalid by a court, propertyowners will be responsible for the debt.
Community Sports Calendar BASEBALL Alsip: The Alsip Crunch 10U and 11U travel teams are seeking players. Information: contact Chris Marinec at (708) 371-8141. Chicago: The Chicago RedHawks 14U team is having a tryout at 6 p.m. today at Marist High School, 4200 W. 115th St. Information: contact John Murphy at (708) 372-1486 or (815) 806-9965. Evergreen Park: The Evergreen Park Hitmen 14U team is looking for two pitchers ...
Judge: Deaf murder suspect's rights clear Since a killer slashed her deaf kid sister to death in 1981, Heather Hunziker has grown accustomed to pushing - and waiting - for justice for 15-year-old Dawn Niles. Niles, a spirited blue-eyed blonde, had recently learned she was pregnant when she was stabbed more than 30 times on St. Patrick's Day in a Cook County forest preserve in Palos Township. "It changes who you are," said Hunziker, who ...
Crime Report TINLEY PARKCops say woman lied about home invasion A homeowner who claimed that two armed men broke into her house has been charged with filing a false police report, a felony, according to police. Officers responded about 1 p.m. Tuesday to a call of a home invasion in the 16300 block of 76th Avenue and were told by Rachelle Joy Campbell that two masked men forced their way in - one armed with a ...
School? Some kids just ready for lunch, recess When the doors open this morning on a new school year at Orland Park Elementary School, 6-year-old Geena Hausner will be lining up with her fellow first-graders. But Monday, she was savoring her last few hours of summer break at Orland's Frontier Park, doing something she knows teachers can't do. "They can't play," Geena said. "They're too busy to play. Only kids play in the park." Her friend ...
Palos Meltdown gets another spin There are meltdowns - Ozzie Guillen, a Venezuelan, referring to himself in a rant against his perceived critics as "this crazy (bleeping) Mexican." And there are Meltdowns. Four of them, to be precise, out in the Palos woods near Argonne Lab's old atomic stomping grounds. And they keep getting bigger. Not to worry. They won't soon be pulling any three-eyed carp out of Bullfrog Lake. We're ...