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Cal City to pay tribute to Pallick with flower planting

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | City officials will pay tribute Saturday to former Alderman Cynthia "Cindi" Pallick by planting a flower garden in her former ward.

Cal City wants video poker, riverboat casino

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | Mayor Michelle Markiewicz Qualkinbush said she doesn’t care much for gambling but is pleased to know of government actions that…

Cal City kids get moving at park district

CALUMET CITY | The Calumet Memorial Park District offers a variety of activities for residents' health and fitness.

Semi slams into Cal City home, killing driver

By Lauri Harvey Keagle lauri.keagle@nwi.com, (219) 852-4311

CALUMET CITY | A 37-year-old Georgia man was killed early Thursday when the semi he was driving slammed into a Calumet City home.

D.215 to students: Pull up those pants

By David P. Funk Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | Students in Thornton Fractional High School District 215 may have to adjust their sense of fashion.

Markham woman sentenced to prison in fake car accident

By Times Staff

HAMMOND | An Illinois woman was sentenced to serve four months in federal prison after staging a car accident and pocketing insurance money fr…

Calumet City celebrates Earth Day

CALUMET CITY | The city hosted a Recycling Day on April 28 in honor of Earth Day, which was April 22.

Cook County to review contract for collect calls from jail

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CHICAGO | With bills in some cases going as high as $10 per minute, Cook County government officials want to review the contract they have wit…

D.155 chief says cuts on way if schools assume pension costs

By Paul Czapkowicz Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | Pension reform is an issue of concern for Calumet City Elementary District 155.

Of softball, fundraisers and more in Calumet City

By George Grenchik Times Columnist

It seems the weather this week has gotten back to the balmy temperatures we had for a good part of March. Yes, spring is in the air and summer…

2 shot, 1 fatally; police seek blue van in Hammond

By Times Staff

HAMMOND | Two people were wounded, one fatally, after a shooting Wednesday, police said.

Communications professionals host meeting

For The Times

LANSING | The Illinois Woman's Press Association met recently at the home of member Marlene Cook.

Madigan pension fix could take local tax dollars

By Kurt Erickson Lee Springfield Bureau

SPRINGFIELD | An Illinois House panel is scheduled to discuss a plan today that could divert more than a billion dollars from local government…

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Cal City legislator urges officials, residents to push for day care centers' funding rescue

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | A south suburban state legislator wants the governor to do what he can to ensure day care centers receive all of the state fund…

Calumet City to host health and wellness fair

By Times Staff

CALUMET CITY | Alderman Leni Wosczynski and Health Commissioner Dr. Juan Tellez will sponsor a health and wellness fair from 1 to 3 p.m. today…

Cal City awards contracts for street resurfacing projects

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | Gallagher Asphalt Corp. received two contracts from Calumet City to resurface two major streets this summer.

Sadness and joy, along with touch of bitterness, expressed at City Council session

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | Jacob Pallick Horvath was the “junior mayor” for Calumet City on Thursday night, with actual Mayor Michelle Markiewicz Qualkinb…

Green Lake Family Aquatic Center to open May 26

By Times Staff

CALUMET CITY | The Green Lake Family Aquatic Center, at 1100 River Oaks Drive, will open for the 2012 season from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 26.

Cal City man pleads not guilty in Hammond bank robbery

By Bob Kasarda bob.kasarda@nwi.com, (219) 548-4345

HAMMOND | A Calumet City man pleaded not guilty Thursday to a federal charge of robbing the Hohman Avenue branch of Citizens Bank in Hammond o…

Longtime Cal City business to close

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | For Terry Mikolajczak, his family's business has already undergone significant change and lasted far longer than he ever expected.

Heavy rains, but region escapes severe flooding

By Times Staff

Heavy thunderstorms dumped at least 2 inches, and in some cases many more, across central and southern Lake and Porter counties early Monday.

D.215 to buy equipment for air conditioning upgrades at T.F. North

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | Officials for Thornton Fractional North High School approved a contract last week for equipment to upgrade the air conditioning…

Lawmaker: Legislature to consider bill to restore day care funding

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

The Illinois General Assembly will consider a measure in coming days that would restore funding for a state program that provides assistance t…

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Cal City kids celebrate Mexican history, culture

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | The Cinco de Mayo holiday commemorated at Lincoln Elementary School may be based on an event of Mexican history, but the studen…

Local day care operators plan to join in statewide protests

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | Operators of day care centers in the south suburbs angered over the fact Illinois state government has cut their funding for th…

Prairie State College honors graduates who served in military

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Prairie State College officials Thursday paid tribute to the members of the upcoming graduating class who served in the U.S.…

PUC students make presentation to Chicago museum officials

By Carmen McCollum carmen.mccollum@nwi.com, (219) 662-5337

HAMMOND | A group of Purdue University Calumet engineering students may play a role in renovating parts of the Chicago Museum of Science and I…

TF North student is first to earn study trip to France

By Kimberly Cheek-Stanley Times Correspondent

Thornton Fractional North High School student Cherelle Sykes will be spending six weeks in France this summer through the Indiana University H…

Right to assembly exercised at airport 'blessing'

By George Grenchik Times Columnist

Two weeks back I did a little exercising of my First Amendment rights and engaged in a little nostalgia.

D.215 offering driver ed for private school students this summer

By Times Staff

Any parochial or private school student who is 15 years and three months of age by June 1 and who resides in Thornton Fractional High School D…

'Grease' rocked at South Suburban College

By Jennifer Pallay Times Columnist

The audience bopped along to the sounds of the 1950s last week during performances of "Grease" at South Suburban College.

Cal City 'boycott' upsets alderman

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | Monday was the day activists said they were boycotting businesses in this south suburb as a protest against local officials for…

Police: Alcohol a factor in wrong-way crash that killed Dolton man

By Lauri Harvey Keagle lauri.keagle@nwi.com, (219) 852-4311

CHICAGO | A wrong-way driver killed a Dolton man on the Bishop Ford Freeway early Monday morning in an alcohol-related head-on collision, forc…

D.215 board to find out if it's absolutely necessary to elect officers yearly

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | A member of the Thornton Fractional High School District 215 wants officials to study state law to see if the district is requi…

Cal City to let unused bond authority go to surrounding communities

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | The City Council gave its support last week to a resolution that would give some bond authority to the South Suburban Mayors an…

T.F. high schools boast of number of students going to college

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | To listen to officials with the Thornton Fractional high schools, you'd think one of their athletic teams managed to win a stat…

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Cal City may expand its summer youth employment program

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | Teenagers who live in Calumet City who want a summer job may find their opportunity with city government, as the City Council o…

Comcast hosts Care Days in Calumet City

For The Times

CALUMET CITY | State Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, joined more than 140 volunteers and Comcast employees on April 21 to send 125 care p…

School honors Watts with computer lab in his name

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

TINLEY PARK | The Easter Seals Autism Therapeutic School that attracts students from across the south suburbs has a new computer lab with gian…

Fees increase for driver education, credit recovery in D.215

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | Students who wish to take driver education at a Thornton Fractional high school, or who must partake of the "credit recovery" p…

Police searching for group who attacked priest walking his dog in Calumet City

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | Police said Wednesday they are searching for five young people who assaulted the pastor of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish while …

Calumet City man and juvenile arrested in alleged garage burglary

By Times Staff

CALUMET CITY | Officers arrested a 24-year-old man and a juvenile in connection with a garage burglary Tuesday, police said.

Cal City hosts recycling day on Saturday

By Times Staff

CALUMET CITY | Alderman Leni Wosczynski will host a recycling drive Saturday in honor of Earth Day, her office has announced.

Cal City hires PR consultant with past political ties

By Gregory Tejeda Times Correspondent

CALUMET CITY | The City Council on Monday hired a politically connected consultant to handle public relations for city government.

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