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Pro Soccer Report | Milazzo goal forges draw, helps keep Red Stars’ slim postseason hopes alive
By Jeff Vorva Staff Writer The Chicago Red Stars’ playoff chances are sliding from slim to nearly non-existent, but Orland Park’s Tatumn Milazzo is helping to keep hope alive. The defender from Orland Park scored her first goal of the season — the fourth of her career — in the 23rd minute. Her successful header…
Read MoreArea Sports Roundup | Local artists win BMW Championship mural contest
By Jeff Vorva Staff Writer Miley McCullum is a member of Lyons’ varsity golf team. Kaylee Davenport of Mother McAuley doesn’t play golf at all. But the two have a common bond in the golfing community. They both had their artwork ideas on display at the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship, held in Olympia Fields Aug.…
Read MoreArgo’s Patrick Greda is learning the ropes
By Jeff Vorva Staff Writer Argo senior Patrick Greda said that prior to three years ago, he had never punched anyone. He has more than made up for it since. Greda has been boxing for three years and is affiliated with the Chicago Heights Boxing Club. The Justice resident has racked up an amateur record…
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. Crime reports courtesy of swchicagopost.com. Police report information is provided by law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken, and people charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Teen slain in Back of the Yards A 17-year-old boy…
Read MoreHeadaches at Hancock
. Teachers, students, parents protest principal’s ouster By Tim Hadac Almost exactly two years ago, Hancock College Prep High School Principal Vanessa Puentes stood with then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other elected and appointed officials to celebrate the opening of the school’s new building at 5437 W. 64th Place. Two years later, Hancock’s Local School Council…
Read MoreA penny for their thoughts
. SW Sider to walk 80 miles to prevent police suicides By Tim Hadac For the third year in a row, Southwest Side native Robert Swiderski will walk 80 miles across the city—visiting all Chicago Police Department district stations–to help prevent suicide among law enforcement officers. This year, the avid runner plans to start once…
Read MoreSt. Nick’s school year takes flight
Southwest Airlines pilot Nick Caulfield (left), a 1973 graduate of St. Nicholas of Tolentine School, returned to his alma mater last Friday to ring in the West Lawn school’s 114th year of providing a Catholic education to area boys and girls. Caulfield was the centerpiece of this year’s opening day theme (Learning Takes Flight), and…
Read MoreThe ones that got away
The fish weren’t biting earlier this month for Boy Scout Troop 1441 (sponsored by St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish) at a fishing derby sponsored by the Iron Horse District of the Pathway to Adventure Council at Tampier Lake. But for their efforts, Scouts were offered the Fishing Merit badge with counselors teaching the…
Read MoreCasten to hold Town Hall on Thursday at Moraine Valley Community College
Congressman Sean Casten (D-6th) will host a town hall in Palos Hills at Moraine Valley Community College, 9000 College Parkway, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 24. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Since being elected to Congress, Casten has made it a top priority to be accessible and in constant communication with constituents—holding over…
Read MoreSchools are back already?
. By Peggy Zabicki Your correspondent in West Lawn 3633 W. 60th Place • (773) 504-9327 I can’t believe that school is back in session already. I wish all the schools would wait until after Labor Day. It is technically still summer. School should start in the fall. Summer goes so quickly for kids and their parents. St. Nicholas…
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