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  • 5 days ago | forestparkreview.com | Bill Dwyer

    A joyful chatter rose over the corner of Roosevelt Road and Troost Avenue late Saturday morning, as a large crowd turned out to honor both a brick-and-mortar Forest Park institution and the flesh and blood man who oversaw it for nearly half a century. More than 200 people gathered to pay thanks to McGaffer’s Saloon proprietor J. Patrick Malone, who operated McGaffer’s for 48 years until injuries from a fall inside the business led to its closure.

  • 2 weeks ago | forestparkreview.com | Bill Dwyer

    Any critique of the two-part NBC 5 expose, “Who Killed Momo?” must come with a caveat. The criminal case into the murder of deposed Chicago mob leader Sam “Momo” Giancana is technically an open case. So both Oak Park and federal law enforcement will not officially release any documentation related to it. But for years there has been a slowly growing body of public facing documentation released through official and unofficial channels.

  • 3 weeks ago | forestparkreview.com | Bill Dwyer

    McGaffer’s Saloon, a fixture in Forest Park that welcomed everyone and anyone who walked through its door for nearly half a century, didn’t get the sendoff it deserved or it’s many patrons wanted, following its sudden closing after proprietor JP Pat Malone was seriously injured in a fall last October. Plans were to re-open the business within a month or two, but it remained shuttered, and Malone said the building has been mostly cleared out. The building went on the market several months ago.

  • 2 months ago | chronicleillinois.com | Bill Dwyer |Kevin Beese

    Once deep red, DuPage County has been trending Democratic for nearly a decade. On Tuesday, that trend culminated with a jarring thud, as Democratic candidates swept all but one of 49 contested DuPage township offices – although several races remain close with some mail-in ballots still to be counted.

  • 2 months ago | chronicleillinois.com | Bill Dwyer |Kevin Beese

    Four years after she made history by defeating a longtime incumbent to become Belleville’s first female mayor, Patty Gregory was ousted from the mayor’s chair by a former political supporter and sitting city clerk. Voter turnout was only about 15 percent, but the ballots cast went overwhelmingly for challenger Jenny Gain Meyer. According to results from the St. Clair County Clerk’s Office, Meyer had garnered 3,399 votes (63 percent) to Gregory’s 1,972 votes.

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