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Mayor James Sexton returns to the village board in 2012 after being sidelined by West Nile Virus. (Patch File Photo)
EVERGREEN PARK, IL Wishing to derail social media rumors, James Sexton, the mayor of Evergreen Park for 20 years announced his retirement in a letter to constituents. Sexton also endorsed State Rep. Kelly Burke, also a village trustee, for mayor in the April 6, 2021 election.
Although rumors of his retirement had been swirling around for the past month, Sexton s announcement Thursday surprised some people. Forty years ago, I decided to get involved in Evergreen Park government and serve the people; here I am, forty years later, with an extremely heavy heart to let you know that I will be stepping down as Mayor in April.
UpdatedFri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:28 am CT
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Downtown Joliet s Catrinas Mex restaurant is donating all sales Saturday back to its employees. (File image via John Ferak/Patch Editor )
JOLIET, IL Some restaurants are geared for indoor dining, and
downtown Joliet s Catrinas Mex is one of them. After the first coronavirus pandemic shutdown for Illinois restaurants and bars from March through June, Catrinas Mex enjoyed a summer resurgence. Lots of people began dining here, and many enjoyed their margarita Yard Cups and the outdoor patio.
Fast forward to October. Will County s coronavirus statistics were skyrocketing, and Gov. JB Pritzker decided to halt all indoor dining and bar gatherings once again. The governor s mandate remains in effect heading into the middle of December.
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Young Kavila, 30, was fatally stabbed on Nov. 30, 1999, in her apartment in Des Plaines. (via Des Plaines Police Department)
DES PLAINES, IL More than 21 years after the fatal stabbing of a United Airlines flight attendant in her Des Plaines apartment, the man accused of killing her appeared in court Thursday for the first time since he was extradited from Mexico.
Young Kavila, 30, was found by her roommate lying dead on the floor of her kitchen on Nov. 30, 1999. She had been repeatedly stabbed and beaten after a struggle, drawing blood from her attacker, authorities said.
Within 12 hours, prosecutors said her killer had hopped on a bus to Mexico with a large, untreated gash across his chest, arriving about two days later.
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Roberto s Ristorante & Pizzeria, 483 Spring Road, is planning two parking lots for its business and the next-door office building that it owns. (Google Maps)
ELMHURST, IL A restaurant in the Spring Road business district wants to build two parking lots for its business and the next-door office building that it owns.
But neighbors oppose the idea, saying it would increase traffic and flooding and hurt their property values. The matter had been set to go before the city s Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, but on Friday, it was delayed until Jan. 19.
Roberto s Ristorante & Pizzeria, 483 Spring Road, is asking the city for conditional use permits for the parking lots for the restaurant and its office building at 481 Spring Road. The lots would be on the north and south sides of Eggleston Avenue.
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The number of FOID cardholders has grown from 1.2 million to 2.2 million in a decade. (Franck Boston/Shutterstock.com)
ILLINOIS Demand for firearms permits and interest in purchasing guns are higher than they have ever been, Illinois State Police said this week.
In 1968, a law was passed that requires state residents who wish to legally have or buy ammunition in Illinois to acquire a Firearms Owners Identification card, or FOID. Since that time, the Illinois State Police Firearms Services Bureau (FSB) has been tasked with administering FOID cards, concealed carry licenses, the Firearms Transfer Inquiry Program (FTIPS), gun dealer licensing, appeals, background correlations, investigative support, enforcement and customer service for the firearms safety laws of Illinois.