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Hundreds of children, aged kindergarten through third grade, composed letters to Santa on Discovery Center computers and received an immediate response from the North Pole! LTa s Holiday Write Night hosted a story room, coloring room, face-painting room, and cookie decorating room all staffed by LT elves.

Hickory Hills may restructure its water billing to include an additional charge on residents' monthly statements.

Lipinski Secures $3.65 Million for Nine Local Projects that Will Create Jobs, Aid Law Enforcement, Improve Public Transit, and Promote Education Congressman Dan Lipinski announced his success in obtaining $3.65 million for nine local public safety, transportation, education, health, and technology projects under legislation that passed the House of ...

The Bridgeview Police Department launched an event this week that is the first of its kind.

Illinois' general primary election will be held Feb. 2, when voters will determine which candidates will represent their respective parties on the ballot in the general election to be held next November.

You don't have to tell Richard Meade how troubled the U.S. banking industry is these days.

They set up a cocaine "command and control" center in Chicago, according to U.S. drug agents, to distribute multi-thousand kilo quantities for one of Mexico's most notorious cartels.

Underground smoke testing intended to find broken water pipes and rotted pipe joints in Hickory Hills is nearly complete, according to the city's public works director.

Robb A. Rybicki has been appointed Director of Catering at the Eaglewood Resort & Spa in Itasca - IL, United States.

Share + Oct 29, 2009 5:23 pm US/Central Reporting Suzanne Le Mignot HICKORY HILLS, Ill.

" Performing David Meyer comedies has become an autumn tradition for the Village of Orland Park Theatre Troupe with this year's fare being the Meyer comedy, "Sound Effects." "The cast and the audience always enjoy David Meyer's shows because they're very clever and always include plays on words," said Executive Producer Irene Buikema, program ...

Future tobacco retailers in Hickory Hills will not be allowed to light up a cigarette or have their patrons try cigars indoors under an amended ordinance approved last week by the City Council.

A Hickory Hills man who has demanded the city station uniformed crossing guards near Conrady Junior High School believes he is being denied because such an action would diminish ticket revenue generated by the intersection's red light cameras.

A man and woman tried to use a cane to rob a gas station Tuesday night, police said.

A Hickory Hills man who has requested a crossing guard be stationed near Conrady Junior High School said he is not putting away his protest signs, despite the Hickory Hills Police Department's and North Palos School District 117's attempts to meet his demands.

Joe "Kozy" Cantele, a Hickory Hills man who has been crusading for a crossing guard at 95th Street and Roberts Road, may have stirred up some more controversy with the marquee at his Palos Hills business, Kozy Koffee and Ice Cream Parlor, 9700 Roberts Road.

A man struck Sunday evening by a Humvee when he reportedly made a drunken attempt to cross a busy street in Hickory Hills died Monday, police said.

Hickory Hills should hire a crossing guard to escort students across a busy intersection near Conrady Junior High School, or at the very least provide a legitimate reason for not doing so, according to one resident.

A federal infrastructure grant recently secured by Hickory Hills will allow the city to improve both commuter and pedestrian safety around a local junior high school.

If a barbecue, raffle prizes and the possibility of helping save a life are not enough, perhaps a friendly wager between mayors will boost donations at Hickory Hills' summer blood drive.