Week in Review, Jan. 30 - Feb. 6: Snowpocalypse, Lemont Cheerleaders Make History

Headlines from last week:

• Last week was one for the history books as the third biggest blizzard to ever hit Chicago dumped more than a foot of snow on the area. Patch kept up with the storm with our , and got plenty of to document the aftermath around the village. We also paid tribute to the , which cleared the roads in record time, and one reader to thank a local business owner for helping her elderly mother after the storm.

• The Lemont High School varsity cheerleading team also made history over the weekend as they captured their at the IHSA Championship in Bloomington, Ill. The squad is the only team in school history to win a state title. For more on the girls, be sure to check out our feature story.

• With all the snow coverage, you may have missed a ton of new features that we debuted Wednesday and Thursday. Fortunately, we put together a with descriptions of the new content.

• Janet Hughes, a current member of the District 113A Board of Education, Monday to become a write-in candidate for the April 5 consolidated election. Though she originally filed a nominating petition in December, she was removed from the ballot Jan. 4 after the District 113A Electoral Board upheld two objections claiming Hughes failed to properly bind her documents.

• The Lemont Police Department with strategic security firm Hillard Heintze, whose consultants will analyze current policies and operations in order to enhance the department's effectiveness and cost efficiency.

• District 113A officials announced the formation of a , which will draft spending policies for a proposed $20 million working cash bond referendum. The committee, which was organized by District 113A Board President Lisa Wright, was formed to ensure financial accountability, district officials said.

• Mayor Brian Reaves formally announced dates for an — both of which will be devoted to discussing the state of public education in Lemont.