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Week in Review: 50 Years of Pizza and No Headlights

Stories about generous contributions, cutting youth smoking, Klan recruitment and more in Mokena and nearby.

News

Rosati's Celebrates 50 Years of Pizza
A free appetizer helped propel an Italian restaurant into a Chicago pizza mainstay for the last half-century, including a location in Mokena.

No Headlights at Night Leads to DUI Arrest: Blotter
A Lockport man first denied drinking but then admitted to doing so before driving, according to a Mokena Police report.

Generous Patch Users Inspired to Give to These Local Causes
After reading these stories on Patch, many members of the Patch community were inspired to donate to help others in need.

Frankfort Cops Stamping Out Youth Smoking: Frankfort Police Blotter
If this isn't cut off quick there's sure to be 2-year-olds smoking two packs a day. It could turn into another Sumatra.

Baggies With Klan Fliers, Candy Canes Found in Tinley Park
Plastic bags with fliers from the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were found over the weekend in the neighborhood between Harlem and Oak Park avenues, south of Hickory Street.

Will County Sheriff Mum on Courthouse Official’s Alleged Past as Felon & Disgraced Summit Cop
Will County Sheriff Paul Kaupas refused to discuss whether his courthouse services coordinator—who committed suicide last week—had pleaded guilty to felonies he committed when he was a Summit police officer.

Joliet Herald News to be Sold to Shaw Media, ChicagoBusiness.com Reports
Could be first of a few suburban titles the Chicago Sun-Times gives up.


Blogs

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