Tinley mixes old, new in holiday activities
At first glance, the sepia-toned photo on Tinley Park's 2012 Village Holiday Card could be a decades-old image of residents in a horse-drawn carriage about to depart from the Old...
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No tax levy increase planned for Tinley Park
Village officials informally agreed Tuesday to freeze both the 2012 property tax levy and the actual amount levied at 2011 levels. The 2012 levy, payable in 2013, would continue the...
Retail theft rings targeting Orland Square Mall and Orland Park Place uncovered
Retail theft rings targeting Orland Square Mall and Orland Park Place were uncovered earlier this month during a coordinated law enforcement effort, officials said. Orland Park Police report the covert...
Orland Park wants to use District 135 facilities
Orland Park youngsters, for years, used the in-door recreational facilities of Orland School District 135 as part of the municipality's summer recreation program. But since 2011, when the intergovernmental agreement...
Tinley considers village-owned newspaper boxes
Village Trustee David Seaman recently used a discussion about removing "ugly, chained-up" vending boxes at Tinley Park's two commuter rail stations to wonder what makes a newsprint publication a newspaper....
Lewis University student charged in connection with drug overdose
A 21-year-old Tinley Park woman has been charged with felony obstruction of justice in connection with the drug overdose death of a Frankfort woman at Lewis University in southwest suburban...
Chicago mulling water agreement with Oak Lawn
As Tinley Park, Orland Park and 10 other suburban communities collectively negotiate a new water-rate contract with Oak Lawn, Chicago's City Council is mulling its own agreement to provide Lake...
250 Orland Park trees afflicted by emerald ash borers to be removed
An Orland Park-based company is removing more than 250 trees and their stumps from village parkways, medians, parks and pond areas in response to damage by the emerald ash borer...
Tinley Park looks to Naperville for new approach to public works contracts
Tinley Park officials are looking to Naperville for a new approach to public works projects. By piggybacking on Naperville's job-order-contracting agreement with its general contractor, Tinley Park could cut costs...
Orland Park going high-tech this winter
Orland Park is going high-tech this winter with a new program that uses satellite technology to track the location of its fleet of snow plows during bad weather, village officials...