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This case could have turned into another ugly showdown, a discussion about traditions that would be defined by the extremes on either side.

This case could have turned into another ugly showdown, a discussion about traditions that would be defined by the extremes on either side.

Oak Lawn Fire & Police Commission Chairman John Rolence urged the audience not to yell or use profanity, and the commission later voted to adjourn due to “a lack of order."

After being sworn in Monda and appointing a new city administrator, Blue Island Mayor Fred Bilotto talked during a wide-ranging interview about fixing streets, how state Rep. Bob Rita will influence his administration and Bilotto’s involvement in the 2010 drowning death of a Calumet Township trustee at a public pool when Bilotto was park board president.

There was plenty of noise as cars and trucks drove by the busy intersection and honked in support of this Black Lives Matter protest.