Worth
LTHS announces honor roll for first semester
Lyons Township High School announces its first Semester Honor Roll for the 2016-2017 school year: FRESHMEN Margaret Abbs Thomas Abbs Joseph Abrahamson Natalie Adkins Isabelle Ahrens Elena Ainalakis Diego Alamo-Morales Anthony Ales Victor Aletich Elizabeth Allan Danielle Almase Evie Anagnos Sarah Arenas Samuel Arney Alexander Arquilla Grace Asleson Mikayla Auriene Yna Austria Heather Auwerda Abigail…
Read MoreLTHS announces honor roll for first quarter
Lyons Township High School has announced its first quarter Advisory Honor Roll for the 2015-2016 school year. The Advisory Honor Roll is based on quarter work only, including mid-term examinations. Listed are freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior students who have achieved a grade point average of 3.125 or higher. Honor rolls are determined using an…
Read MoreComings & Goings: Indian Springs School District to demolish building
Big things are coming to Indian Springs School District 109. The school district is seeking bids to tear down a building the district acquired last year at 8000 S. Roberts Road in Bridgeview. “I’m hoping we can tear it down by May, but nothing is certain,” said Supt. Jon Nebor. “It will make for some…
Read MoreRidge Central School celebrates book program with cereal dominos
By Kelly White Students in Chicago Ridge School District 127.5 have been reading together through the One District One Book Program. The selected book this semester was “The Lemonade War” by Jacqueline Davies. One District, One Book was an initiative the entire district adopted this year. Every student and staff member were given the same…
Read MoreOrland Park police reports
DUI Mateusz Wojcich Szwajnos, 28, of Worth was arrested on Feb. 5 and charged with DUI and three other offenses on 143rd Street. Police said they stopped his car after receiving a complaint that a car was driving into oncoming traffic. Police said there was a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and his…
Read MoreObituaries for April 22
FRANCIS ‘FRANKIE’ BLANDA Francis “Frankie” Blanda, 57, of Justice, passed away April 10. Devoted son of Lydia (nee Volmer) and the late Daniel A. Blanda Sr.; dearest brother of Julie (late William) Dahlke, Suzanne Kelly, Jennifer Kolodziejczyk and the late Daniel A. Blanda Jr.; fond uncle of Michelle, Michael, Stephen (Lindsay), Suzanne (Cory), Joshua, Jacob,…
Read MoreBridgeview promotes firefighter, second female police officer
By Steve MetschÊ Personnel moves were on the agenda at the latest meeting of the Bridgeview Village Board.Ê The board unanimously approved promoting a firefighter to the rank of lieutenant, and making a part-time police officer a full-time officer.Ê Firefighter Jason Yerkovich, with the department for 11 years, is now a lieutenant. After the April…
Read More‘Midnight Terror’ expands frightful presen
Anyone wanting to get in the spirit of Halloween and scare up a good time may visit haunted houses in Oak Lawn, Worth, and Orland Park. In Oak Lawn, the Midnight Terror Haunted House is operating for the second consecutive year in the former Beatty Lumber property at 9531 S. 52nd Ave., but it has…
Read More‘Huge shock’ in Palos Hills: Longtime pastor dies hours before Sunday’s service
Pastor Roger Disque gave a 47-minute sermon on July 12 at the First Baptist Church in Palos Hills about the evil in the world. In the middle of the sermon he spoke of constant change faced by people every day. “You know, when you look at our world, it is on shaky ground,” Disque told…
Read More‘Coffee with the Mayor’ program starting in Worthcoffee
Worth Mayor Mary Werner would like to share a cup of coffee with residents. During the Worth Village Board meeting on Tuesday, Werner said a new initiative has been introduced called “Coffee with the Mayor,” which she plans to hold on the first Saturday of each month. The first session is scheduled from 9 to…
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