Saturday, May 19, 2012
A weekly roundup of police blotter items from around the area.
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The Woodridge Police Department is investigating an incident in which gunshots were fired Wednesday night in the 8000 block of Janes Avenue. Police said they responded to the area around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday. Witnesses said a shot had been fired into the air after an argument broke out between two groups of people, according to reports. They soon after found a suspicious car nearby around Natural Falls apartment complex and detained the vehicle's occupants for investigation, according to reports. A Chicago man is behind bars after police said he set fire to his mother’s garage earlier this month in Bolingbrook. Bolingbrook police said Scott A. Rokita, 41, was arrested Tuesday on charges of residential arson, criminal damage to property, and…
News briefs submitted to Patch by the Village of Lemont.
Welcome to "Community Corner," a column dedicated to announcements and important information straight from Village Hall. All items included in this post were provided by officials and administrators from the Village of Lemont.
Hazel and Runner are two affectionate cats up for adoption at the West Suburban Humane Society.
Names: Hazel and Runner Age: 3 Gender: Hazel is female, Runner is male. Breed: Hazel is a tri-colored tabby. Runner is black and white domestic short hair. Personality: Hazel and Runner are both playful and affectionate. Hazel will rub her face in your hands. They love to cuddle with each other and will even wrap their legs around one another. Both cats have FIV, which is a disease that can only be given cat-to-cat, no cat-to human. As a result, they must be adopted together and not be around other non-FIV cats. They live in the humane society director's office, so ask for these cats by name. Good with other cats? No Interested? Contact the West Suburban Humane Society at (630) 960-9600 or at 1901 W. Ogden Avenue in Downers Grove.
Friday, May 18, 2012
The Bengals beat the Indians 4-2 on Thursday to capture the South Suburban Conference title.
More than 50 homes will host garage sales in Lemont on Friday and Saturday for Century 21 Olsick's third annual community event.
More than 50 homes are expected to participate this weekend in Lemont's third annual community-wide garage sale. The sales run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and are sponsored by Century 21 Olsick and Co. For more information, call 630-257-7100 The following homes are holding garage sales: Abbey Oaks 1248 Notre Dame Drive 1389 Notre Dame Drive 1872 St. Vincent Drive Athen Knolls 411 Jane Keepataw Trails 12756 Chieftain Court 12757 Marian Drive 12803 Marian Drive 12848 Falcon Court Chestnut Crossing 1390 Chestnut Crossing 1479 Chestnut Crossing Covington Knolls 1111 Berkley 1271 Durham Lane Hillview Estates 525 Keepataw Drive 526 Keepataw Drive 806 Hillview 1007 Hillview 1131 Gillian 308 Rosehill Timberline Estates 89 Doolin 91 …
The following arrest information was supplied by the Lemont Police Department for arrests made April 16-22. It does not indicate a conviction.
Gregory J. Zalud, 38, of the 8000 block of Newland in Burbank, was arrested at 10:52 p.m. near Archer Avenue and 131st Street. He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and improper lane usage. He was issued a May 18 court date in Bridgeview. Vitalijus Sapizemka, 34, of the 800 block of Warner Avenue, was arrested at 5:47 p.m. in the 900 block of State Street. He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, no vallid driver's license, illegal transportation of alcohol and improper lane usage. He was issued a May 18 court date in Bridgeview. Sandra C. Gilva, 44, of the 10600 block of Oxford Avenue in Chicago Ridge, was arrested at 7:11 a.m. following a traffic stop at Archer Avenue and Derby Road. He was …
A proposal by the state pension committee to shift the costs of teacher pensions from the state to local school districts could be "catastrophic" to districts 210 and 113A in Lemont, officials said.
A proposal by the state pension committee to shift the employer costs of teacher pensions from the state to local school districts could cost Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A as much as $735,000 each year, according to Interim Superintendent Robert Madonia. Last month, District 113A board members directed administrators to analyze the potential impact of the proposal, which has been floated by legislators as a way to address Illinois' $83 billion unfunded pension liability—$44 billion of which is from the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS). The state has to come up with $5.1 billion for pensions next year, according to reports. TRS pension covers certified employees including teachers, administrators, social workers and …
The rising senior offensive tackle standout offensive tackle has yet to pick a college, but has already received offers from nearly every major football program in the country.
Lemont High School junior Ethan Pocic—a 6-foot-6, 285-pound offensive lineman—is one of seven Illinois high school football players to be nominated for the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, the Chicago Tribune reports. The seven rising seniors were among 400 players across the country nominated for the team. The nominating commitee will ultimately select 90 players to participate in the game on Jan. 5. Pocic is considered one of the top offensive recruits in the state, and has already received offers from nearly every major college football program in the country. In February, the Chicago Tribune reported that Pocic's top choices, in alphabetical order, are: Auburn, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, …
The musical will run Thursday, May 17, through Saturday, May 19, at the school's Performing Arts Center.
Lemont High School students will bring the corruption and intrigue of the Prohibition era to the stage this weekend in their spring musical, Chicago. The show will run Thursday, May 17, through Saturday, May 19, at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, 800 Porter St. Chicago satirizes the Prohibition-era corruption of the criminal justice system, as well as the phenomenon of celebrity criminals. The musical—made famous by the music of John Kander and choreography of Bob Fosse—originally debuted on Broadway in 1975, and is based on a 1926 play of the same name by Chicago Tribune reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins. She based her story on the criminals and crimes on which she reported. The Chicago of the 1920s featured hot jazz and cold-blooded …
House Speaker Michael Madigan introduced a plan Friday to use the Corporate Personal Property Replacement Tax to address a massive shortfall in the Teachers' Retirement System.
A proposal by House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) to divert billions of dollars from local taxing bodies to the massively underfunded Teachers' Retirement System did not go to vote Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. Madigan added three amendments to House Bill 3637 on May 11, which would allow the state to tap into the Corporate Personal Property Replacement Tax to help cover teacher pensions. Under the proposal, local governments—including municipalities, schools, libraries and park districts—could lose as much as $1.4 billion from the CPPRT, a 2.5 percent tax on corporations that is collected by the state and earmarked for local governments. The amendments were scheduled to be discussed during a House Executive Committee …
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