Prior to joining the Patch team, I worked as a freelance copywriter and wrote news articles for Sun-Times Media in the western suburbs.
From social media privacy in the workplace to a ban on shark fins (no, really) and stricter rules for firearms card applicants, more than 150 new laws that took effect in Illinois on New Year’s Day.
Mayor Bob Straz will speak at a Chamber event next month.
If your New Year’s resolution is to get your finances in order, these guidelines will help you get started.
Palos Heights police reports, Dec. 22-26.
Feeling a bit tipsy after the New Year's Eve party, why not call for a free limousine ride.
There are warrants out for the arrest of accused criminals who were last known to be in Palos Heights, Palos Park or Palos Hills. Patch highlights a few of them today.
If you insist on driving after a few drinks, here's what you should know about how alcohol affects your system -- and your criminal record
Find a place to celebrate New Year's Eve at one of these neighborhood hot spots.
Scams are popping up all the time. Police want you to be safe and not fall prey.
The community college in Palos Hills is scheduled to open up the facility in 2014.
Toni Bazon, of Darien, traveled to Newtown, CT, with nine K-9 Comfort Dogs to Newtown, Connecticut after 20 children and 6 adults were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. One dog from a Palos Heights school was among them.
Got bored kids? Here are some ideas to help keep your kids happy over winter break.
Big Pappa's Gyros serves and delivers 1,840 to local residents in need on Christmas with help of 100 volunteers.
Reginald Taylor, 47, of Chicago has pleaded not guilty to felony charges in two separate armed robbery cases and was given a $500,000 bond.
Palos Hills' police chief says heroin is entering the southwest suburbs at an 'alarming rate.'
Local Editor Nick Swedberg picked the biggest, most important stories from 2012. Here they are, in no particular order.
Bits of quirky crime often emerge from the more serious criminal activities covered. Here are some of the most unusual stories found from this past year.
If you got a new smart phone this holiday season, be sure to add these apps to help make life a little easier while you're on the go around town.
Catch the big headlines you might have missed from last week.
The owner of a Palos Hills-based home health care business will go to prison and has to pay restitution.
