Orland Park News

A 5-year-old west suburban girl drowned in a relative's backyard pool after she entered the water without a flotation device, Orland Park police said Sunday.

A 5-year-old girl apparently drowned Saturday night while surrounded by relatives at a gathering in southwest suburban Orland Park, police said.

Police recently turned down the chance to tell the story of the Lane Bryant massacre investigation on national TV.

Cook County prosecutors plan to file suit against the county's Regional Office of Education and possibly seek removal of its scandalized superintendent, officials said Thursday.

Share + Jul 2, 2009 12:51 pm US/Central ORLAND PARK, Ill. A former southwest suburban fire lieutenant was sentenced to three years probation Thursday for bilking the department out of more than $190,000 by falsely claiming to be on military duty while actually working overseas as an independent contractor.

An Orland Park, Ill., man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling heroin to an undercover officer in Lake Station.

T im McCarthy loves Orland Park even though Orland Park is killing him. McCarthy is a retired Orland Park cop.

The Village of Orland Park is pleased to offer residents the ability to pay, as well as view water billing information, through a secure login process that allows users to safely and privately view and pay water bills with a credit card or a debit card displaying the Visa or MasterCard logo.

As Lauren Franco mentions in her Web column last week, results are posted on The Mokena Messenger Web site for the April pet of the month contest.

A Joliet man, wanted in connection with a kidnapping in McDowell County, N.C., was spotted by Orland Park police and taken into custody about 3 a.m. Saturday.

Though the case against former Orland Park Fire Protection District firefighter Larry Masa was postponed once again this week, a Cook County judge said he expects to sentence the accused man July 2. In Cook County court Wednesday, Judge Thomas Hennelly said he anticipates the Morris man will plead guilty and be sentenced in three weeks.

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Dr. Catherine Taylor Foster, pictured here with two women from Nepal, during her trip there with the Peace Corps from 1996-98. June 08, 2009 03:49 AM She spent more than two years in Nepal with natives in need of vaccines.

Plaza Cafe owner Tom Demacopoulos stands next to a poster inside his restaurant that promotes his cousin Nia Vardalos' new movie, 'My Life in Ruins.' photo: Heather Warthen .

Just as the morning sun was settling into place, bundles of fresh asparagus, cucumbers and baskets of red tomatoes were being carefully positioned on a display table.

When Kim Kuster crosses LaGrange Road she doesn't feel safe. The visually-impaired Orland Park resident described the village's major thoroughfare as scary.

Faced with a drop in sales tax revenue and development fees, Orland Park plans to cut its spending by $2.6 million.

Metra riders will be able to use credit cards to buy commuter train tickets in the coming months.

Orland Fire Protection District firefighters have been training since January to become certified through a water rescue operations class at the Carl Sandburg High School swimming pool.