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Tip It: Village turns down Grant of One Million Plus
Village Turns Down Grant? Last year, the Village of Oak Lawn received public accolades for accepting a SAFER Grant to hire additional firefighters. Well, it turns out that the village administration's acceptance was conditioned on the fire...
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3 Batteries and an Election In Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn voters head to the polls today to cast ballots for various state and federal races, including Governor and Congress. The Democrats have two candidates running in a hotly contested Congressional race, incumbent Dan Lipinski and his...
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TIP It: Crestwood Man Uses Self Check Out For TV
Crestwood Man Nabs Television; Cops Nab Man A Crestwood man allegedly wanted a television and PlayStation 4 from the Oak Lawn Target store but his credit card was declined according to the security office at Target. Undeterred, the man,...
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Lipinski Wants to Smear Newman With Guilt By Association, Or Does He?
With his first credible challenger in years threatening his nomination for re-election, and the most recent poll showing a dead heat, Congressman Dan Lipinksi is coming out swinging with gobs of mud. Some of the mud has even found itself into the...
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Lipinski gets burnt as Newman's Campaign is Energized by "Feel the Bern"
Bernie Sanders won the Democratic primary for President in the 3rd Congressional District against Hillary Clinton by eight percentage points. Nationally, Clinton won but Sanders supporters coined the phrase "Feel the Bern" as the movement spread...
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Mayor Bury the Political Chameleon; Changing colors for politics?
Chameleons are lizards and many are able to change colors. In politics, politicians are labeled as red for Republican or blue for Democrat. However, Mayor Sandra Bury has been able to change her colors over the years. Most recently, she appeared...
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Tip IT: Mayor SB is With JB
Mayor Bury Endorses JB Pritzker for Governor In contrast to her predecessor, Mayor Sandra Bury is flexing her political muscle again by endorsing another candidate in a hotly contested Democratic Primary election. Bury previously had endorsed...
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TIP It: Why did Fire Chief Resign?
Why Did Fire Chief Resign? The official reason for the resignation from George Sheets was that he and his family had decided that after nine years as the Chief of Oak Lawn and 36 years of fire service, "it was time". The timing was suspicious...
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