Palos Heights News

Palos Heights residents should brace themselves for rising water bills. This week the Palos Heights City Council voted to approve a water rate increase of 22 percent.

Army veteran Brad Schwarz and his dog Panzer at Pack Leader Academy in Palos Heights, IL on Monday January 9, 2012.

Markand Thakar, who is a music director candidate for the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, will serve as guest conductor of the "No Place Like Home" concerts on Feb.

SUNDAY, FEB. 5 Assault Warrant Police arrested Antonio P. Frasano, 63, of the 16900 block of New England Avenue in Tinley Park , around 3 a.m. at his home on a warrant for assault out of Palos Heights.

MONDAY, JAN. 30 DUI on Roberts Road Fred Ammerpohl, 53, of Palos Hills, was charged with driving under the influence, possession of drug equipment, possession of cannabis and driving without insurance.

Shepard High School junior Justin Reynolds is involved in JROTC and wants a career as an infantry officer in the military.

LemontA Mayor Brian Reaves is one of three area Republicans included on presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's slate of alternative delegates for the upcoming Illinois primary ballot, State Treasurer Dan Rutherford announced Wednesday.

Palos Heights Mayor Robert Straz will deliver his "State of the City" address Feb.

Recipes wanted: The Cancer Support Center's community board is putting together a cookbook to raise money for the center, which has locations in Homewood and Mokena.

The Chicago Southland Job Hunters Network will meet from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. Feb.

She has performed on stages in New York, Massachusetts and Wisconsin, but now Andrea Collier will be acting, singing and dancing near her hometown.

Lumes Pancake House and Restaurant in Palos Heights, Ill., is a huge family restaurant serving up equally huge portions for breakfast and lunch daily.

School District 218 will host its first All-District/All-Class reunion from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday at 115 Bourbon Street in Merrionette Park.

For those unfamiliar with the area, the often confusing lines between unincorporated and incorporated areas of Palos can go unnoticed.

Palos Heights, Ill. - For the second time this month, an Amos Alonzo Stagg High School student was arrested for a drug-related crime.

The following court record of charges that originated in Naperville was provided by the DuPage County Circuit Clerk's office: Keely L. Froelicher, 212 Larsdotter Lane, Geneva: possess controlled substance, other drug, any amount, imprisonment; unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, no charges.

American Family Insurance, 10600 W. 143rd St., Orland Park, will host a business after hours for the Orland Park Area Chamber of Commerce starting at 5 p.m. Feb.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4 Domestic Battery Police were called about a domestic battery in the 15000 block of Hale Drive around 6:50 a.m. A man was arguing with a woman and pushed her, police said.

Mara Heneghan, a senior at Stagg High School in Palos Hills, would like to major in political science or international relations.