Barbara Dargis

Convinced that mixed up and untimely mail delivery could be improved, Village Trustee Tom Collins is working to bring a post office to Alsip. Collins has traveled to Springfield to...

With the help of a federal grant, village police will be outfitted in improved bulletproof vests. The department's 5-year-old Level II vests are in need of replacement because the fabric...

Even though the project is four years behind schedule and nearly triple its original estimated cost, three blocks of sidewalk is about to be installed along the west side of...

For the second time, village voters can weigh in on a proposal to build a new aquatic center with borrowed money. A referendum question would ask for $4.2 million to...

The search is on for a new police chief. Trustees plan to authorize a national search to replace Chief Richard Dalzell, who will leave the department in January after 28...

Voters will have their say in November on a proposal to hike the sales tax rate by 0.5 percent. Retail purchases within the village now carry a 7.75 percent sales...

Fines that violators pay for skirting the law in Park Forest are translating into funding for youth programs. Village officials expect to award two $500 scholarships for college-bound students Thursday...

The Village Board is considering a trolley that would be used to take village residents to and from Westfield Shopping Center. Mayor Eugene Siegel said he got the idea from...

Village officials are trying to figure out how to keep motorists from speeding through residential streets. Residents on Lawler Avenue and Avers Street between 111th and 115th Streets have registered...

Trustees have given final approval to a 23-acre retail development at West 120th Street and South Cicero Avenue, which village officials hope will lead to a local shopping destination and...