🌱 How Palos Heights Trinity students can finish degrees after the closure

Coffee in hand, Palos Heights? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Palos Heights Trinity students can finish degrees after the closure

Also on today's calendar: "A Soulful Christmas" Choir Cantata and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Windy with periods of rain, with a high of 48 and low of 15 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Breezy and much colder, temps: high: 27, low: 24.
• Saturday: Breezy and not as cold, with a high of 43 and low of 20 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lewis University Offers Teach-Out Agreement To Trinity Christian College Students (patch.com) — Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights will close after the 2025-26 school year, and Lewis University has stepped in with a formal teach-out plan. Palos Heights students in key programs like education, nursing, social work, and counseling can finish at Trinity, then transition smoothly to Lewis starting as early as January 2026.
   

📸 Around Palos Heights

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Palos Heights

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 21

• "A Soulful Christmas" Choir Cantata
  Lighthouse Church, 4501 W 127th St, Alsip
  11:00 am
• Flipside Bazaar: Last Chance Holiday Shopping & Burgers!
  Flipside Brewing, 7144 183rd St, Tinley Park
  11:00 am

Wednesday December 31

• Noon Year's Eve
  6601 W 127th St, Palos Heights
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• Worth Watching
  Worth Public Library District , 6917 West 111th Street , Worth
  1:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Donuts with Grownups with Community Helper Special Guests!
  Worth Public Library District , 6917 West 111th Street , Worth
  10:30 am
• Starlight Sapphic: Ornament Making Class
  Franklins Pie Company , 12306 S Harlem Ave Suite 103 , Palos Heights
  3:00 pm

Monday December 22

• No School Matinees
  Worth Public Library District , 6917 West 111th Street , Worth
  11:00 am

Tuesday December 23

• Scrabble Club
  Palos Heights Public Library , 12501 S 71st Ave , Palos Heights
  10:00 am
• Public Safety Committee Meeting
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  6:30 pm
• Water & Sewer Committee Meeting
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  6:30 pm
• Planning & Zoning Committee Meeting
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  7:00 pm

📣 Palos Heights Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Classics & Coffee
  Lemont Public Library - Event Space
  10:00 am
• Not Quite Ready for Storytime (Ages 0 - 5 with caregiver)
  Lemont Public Library - Children's Activity Center
  10:00 am
• HMT - Winter Concert
  Hometown School -1-HMT-Gym (100)
  2:00 pm
• Teen Volunteer Squad (Volunteer Opportunity)
  Lemont Public Library - Children's Activity Center
  4:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Palos Heights PatchAM possible:

• Las Islas Marias — (708) 741-7364
  The Original Las Islas Marias is now in Chica Ridge!
• Palos Hills Christian Assembly — (708) 233-1268
  A Bible Believing Church that meets each Sunday morning.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Chicago police chase armed robbery suspects from DuSable Lake Shore Drive onto the Dan Ryan and into West Lawn, with two in custody.
  12:11PM on Dec 17: Chicago police chased a car full of armed robbery suspects from DuSable Lake Shore Drive onto the Dan Ryan Expressway and into the… (Nextdoor )
• Chicago police are searching for a third suspect following a high-speed chase that ended in a crash near 69th and Kedvale, with two suspects in custody.
  11:39AM on Dec 17: Multiple suspects bailed from a vehicle that crashed following a Chicago Police Department chase. (Nextdoor )

• Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Palos Heights. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Alsip. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Palos Heights here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oak Lawn

• Oak Lawn Girls Wrestler Nataly Romero Opens Season Undefeated 'By Way Of The Pin' (patch.com)

Orland Park

• Orland Park switches to new alert system Everbridge (southwestregionalpublishing.com)
• Orland Park Police Department Launches Cruise Lights Pilot Program (patch.com)

Ok Palos Heights! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I haven’t heard the last report.
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