Mike Nolan

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan

Hazel Crest officials are studying avenues for providing some measure of property tax relief, including tax rebates and not increasing the village’s property tax levy next year. Tax rebates of $250 or $500 could be offered to residents of single-family, owner-occupied homes, according to one option. Rebates would apply just to the village’s portion of a homeowner’s property tax bill.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan

An auction that seeks to find a possible buyer for Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in Dolton has been extended a month while a federal judge Wednesday declined to block the village from its own attempt to acquire the property. Lavelle Redmond, a former Dolton employee, had asked the judge for a temporary restraining order stopping the village from using taxpayer money to buy the home, where Robert Francis Prevost lived with his parents and sibilings for many years.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan

The state has provided another $18 million to the Tinley Park-Park District to clean hazardous materials and demolish buildings on former state-owned land the district wants to use for recreational purposes. Park officials announced the additional funding Tuesday, which comes on top of $15 million previously earmarked by the state, and said they expect no additional funds will be needed to finish the job.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Mike Nolan

The state has provided another $18 million to the Tinley Park-Park District to clean hazardous materials and demolish buildings on former state-owned land the district wants to use for recreational purposes. Park officials announced the additional funding Tuesday, which comes on top of $15 million previously earmarked by the state, and said they expect no additional funds will be needed to finish the job.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan

A Harvey man was in court Tuesday morning facing a charge in connection with a May shooting that wounded an 11-year-old girl. Graylin T. Waters, 29, of Harvey, is charged with aggravated battery with a firearm, a Class X felony, Harvey police said. A firearm believed to have been used in the shooting was recovered from his vehicle, police said. Waters was to appear at the Cook County courthouse in Markham.