Olivia Stevens
News Reporter at Daily Southtown News
Reporter @dailysouthtown/@chicagotribune, forever Minnesotan🌲| @UMN_HSJMC ‘23 | send tips to [email protected]
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Olivia Stevens
Thornton Township trustees approved a tentative budget for 2025-26 during their second meeting since Tiffany Henyard left office, acknowledging kinks they’re still working out while remaining a united front. New Thornton Township Supervisor Napoleon Harris said a forensic audit approved under Henyard’s administration was never initiated and said he is considering “rebuilding and revisiting” the website to better communicate services to residents.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Olivia Stevens
Years before a former Bloom Trail High School teacher was charged with sexual assault of a student, District 206 fielded complaints of his inappropriate conduct, according to records obtained by the Daily Southtown. Ronald Giglio, of Cedar Lake, Indiana, was charged last year with felonies in both Indiana and Illinois after being accused of starting a long sexual relationship with a former student when she was 17.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Olivia Stevens
More than 1,200 people lined La Grange Road near Orland Square Saturday morning and early afternoon, joining in more than 2,000 No Kings protests nationwide, including one in the Chicago Loop. A steady stream of supportive honks from vehicles passing along the busy roadway in Orland Park was the prevailing sound during the peaceful demonstration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. that extended from 147th Street past 149th.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Olivia Stevens
More than four years after 85-year-old Sandy Brooks died under the care of Landmark of Richton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, his family received news that a jury awarded them $5.5 million in a wrongful death lawsuit brought on his behalf. Brooks was an honest, hardworking husband, father and grandfather who wore his heart on his sleeve, said his daughter Andrea Brooks, 59.
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2 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan |Olivia Stevens
Natural gas is the suspected cause of a house explosion in Crestwood that killed one person Thursday afternoon, fire officials said Friday. Responders arrived at the 1 1/2 story home at 14105 S. Kenneth Court at about 2 p.m. and extinguished the fire by 4 p.m., Crestwood fire Chief Jonathan Newton said in an emailed statement.
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