Mr. William Graffeo, of Minooka, formerly of Palos Heights, Ill., passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, Nov.

Pat Maher, the president of the Orland Fire Protection District, is accusing Cook County Commissioner Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman with sponsoring one of his challengers.

Dr. Raymond and Julie Goga celebrated their 35th anniversary with a two week tour of Athens and the Greek Islands.

The Freeburg Midgets captured their second straight Class 2A state volleyball championship Saturday with a 25-19, 24-26, 25-17 victory over Chicago Christian in the title match at Redbird Arena.

The Mater Dei Knights and Freeburg Midgets will both be playing for state championships in volleyball today after winning semifinal matches in their respective classes on Friday at Redbird Arena in Normal.

The single Christmas Tree that will adorn Chicago 's Daley Plaza was cut down Thursday morning.

Business has been good for Frank Sorice - too good, really. Sorice runs Operation Blessing of Southwest Chicagoland, a food pantry that began 27 years ago in a trailer behind Moraine Valley Baptist Church in Palos Heights.

City contractors are on a field trip beyond the city limits so they can get Chicago's official Christmas tree.

The 60-year-old, 57-foot spruce that will become Chicago's official Christmas tree was cut down this morning in Harlan Weivoda's front yard in southwest suburban Palos Heights.

Blame this one on the Grinch. For the first time since 1955, Chicagoa TMs cutting down its Christmas tree a ' which last year rose to a towering 90 feet and was made of 113 little trees a ' to a smaller, 56-foot tall single tree.

Chicago's going to have one big Christmas tree this year. Emphasis on "one." For the first time since 1955, the big Christmas tree at Daley Plaza will actually be just one tree.

Dozens of youths in an officer commissioning program in Community High School District 218 will put their core beliefs into practice next month by honoring thousands of dead military veterans in a ceremony at one of the nation's largest national cemeteries.

J UST IN: JEWELRY GIANT Lester Lampert and his family, including his wife, Maureen, and son, David , will debut their spectacular one-of-a-kind jewelry designs at the Field Museum's Grainger Hall of Gems opening to the public Friday.

Emergency crews pulled a trapped man to safety out of a manhole in Palos Heights, Ill.

Fire crews in the south suburbs rescued a 49-year-old man who had passed out inside a manhole Wednesday morning.

Share + Oct 19, 2009 10:25 pm US/Central Reporting Jay Levine PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill.

T.J. Grinder's, the cozy Palos Heights soup and sandwich shop at the center of a rape hoax last year, is for sale.

At age 89, Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney is not ready for retirement. Rooney, who's been on a stage since his vaudeville debut when he was 17 months old, is busy as ever.

Knowing she wanted to spend her life designing clothes, Shernett Swaby launched her first collection, a line of underwear for men and women, at age 19.

Palos Heights resident Brendan Houlihan is running for re-election to the Cook County Board of Review.