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The Lincoln-Lansing Drainage District maintains 27 miles of ditches that prevent flooding in Lynwood, Sauk Village, and Lansing south of 186

Three Southland Catholic schools will soon mark the end of their educational runs, but farewell events are expected to honor their legacies among the communities they served for decades. The schools will close June 30, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced in late January.

By Bob Bong  School districts throughout the southwest suburbs stand to gain millions of dollars from the COVID relief packages passed in response to the pandemic. Local school districts from Orland Park to Evergreen Park, which already received one batch of COVID relief bucks last year, are set to receive more than $78 million from two additional funding packages to help address the many challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic, state Sen. Bill Cunningham announced earlier this month. “I’ve been so impressed by how well our students, teachers, and other school staff have navigat...

Shares Amazon Fresh opened its third store in Illinois last week on 95th Street in Oak Lawn. (Photo supplied by Mayor Sandra Bury) By Bob Bong  Oak Lawn welcomed a new business to town last week that has taken America by storm over the past decade. Amazon opened one of its new Amazon Fresh stores last Wednesday at the site of a former Kmart at 4031 W. 95 th St. Mayor Sandra Bury, for one, was impressed. “The Village of Oak Lawn is thrilled to welcome Amazon Fresh as the main anchor at the newly redeveloped Oak Lawn Commons,” she said. “The store brings hundreds of much needed jobs, hi...

Shares Sears is closing its last south suburban store at Chicago Ridge Mall, which opened 40 years ago. (Photo by Joe Boyle) By Bob Bong  Once mighty Sears, the store founded in Chicago in 1892 and for years America’s retail giant, announced last week it would be closing its last south suburban store in the Chicago Ridge Mall. The store opened in Chicago Ridge in 1981 and featured a 25-bay auto center, photo studio, optical department and even a Sears Financial Center. The closing will leave Sears with only the Woodfield Mall location in Schaumburg in the state where it was born. The compa...