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Concert-Goer's Fatal Hit-and-Run / Fists Fly at Church Fashion Show / Oak Lawn Cooper's Hawk Sets Records

Catch up on Southland news, including an Orland Park couple's Slurpee wedding pix and a husband cleared in wife's embezzlement case.

Miss a day, miss a lot. This is your week in headlines:

Bail Set at $150K for Oak Lawn Woman Charged in Fatal Tinley Park Hit and Run

  • Prosecutors say driver was making a call on her cell phone when her Jeep Cherokee fatally struck a 54-year-old woman.

Cooper’s Hawk Setting Records at 111th and Cicero

  • New restaurant in Oak Lawn’s Stony Creek Promenade on pace to become most successful location in company, COO says.

Ugliness After Church Fashion Show as 2 Women Brawl: Cops

  • One woman punched another after arguing about the music played at the fashion show, police said.

Former Oak Forest Deputy Fire Chief Cleared in Embezzlement Case

  • A judge had his doubts about whether Charles Sopko knew of its wife theft from a Palos Heights Fire Protection District.

Orland Park Couple Make ‘Cool’ Request on Wedding Day

  • Andrew High School teacher and her hubby wanted a small wedding—but found a n(ice) way to share the fun.

Taylor Swift Touches Crowd with Tribute to Late Mt. Greenwood Girl

  • Green and purple costumes, and matching light-up bracelets—all for the plucky fighter who inspired #EmilyStrong.

D210 Board Member: ‘Numbers Speak for Themselves,’ School Closing Only Way Out

  • Board members voted to table further pursuit of a tax hike and cutting extracurriculars, saying neither would ultimately be enough.

Director of New Lenox Animal Rescue Heartbroken Over Claims of Animal Abuse

  • A social media post from a volunteer claimed abuse to animals. Director says she is wrong.

Party Bus Ride to Country Music Show Interrupted by Fight, Arrest on I-80: Cops

  • A man was taken off the bus and carted off to the county jail before he got to the country music concert.

Doughs Guys Bakery Coming Soon to Palos Heights

  • Chicago Ridge favorite moving into former Baumann’s Bakery space.

Top 20 Chicago Suburbs for Ashley Madison Affairs

  • Who’s No. 1 in the cheating heart department? Where do Orland Park, Oak Lawn, Frankfort and Homewood rank?.

New Lenox Proud American Days Opens Thursday

  • See what activities are in store for the four-day festival.

Armed Marine Veteran Stands Watch Outside Recruiting Center

  • “They’re Marines. They’re the toughest people walking,” says Tom Willoughby. “But somebody needs to be out here to show they care.”

Taste of Orland Set to Return July 31

  • Twenty local restaurants will dish out eats.

Top 15 Hospitals in Illinois: Who Made the Cut?

  • U.S. News and World Report ranked Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn among the state’s best hospitals.

Tinley Park Public Works Director Resigns

  • Dale Schepers may have been a major player in the village’s water meter woes.

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