Marilyn Thomas

Etel Billig of Park Forest serves as the producing director for the Illinois Theatre Center, whose home stage is in the Park Forest Library. She's also an actress and teaches...

Be prepared: What you know could save someone's life, so firefighter/paramedics Jeff Floyd and Charlie Sopko of the Oak Forest Fire Department and John Vogel of the Orland Park Fire...

The City Council last week agreed to rezone properties in its industrial parks in an effort to stimulate commercial development. The rezoning from limited manufacturing to highway-oriented commercial zoning means...

Water rates in Oak Forest are going up 4 percent, effective Jan. 1. The 11-cent increase boosts the rate to $2.88 per 1,000 gallons. The last rate increase was in...

Decades old laws that no longer apply to Oak Forest's operations will be dropped when the city begins a one-year recodification project with Book Publishing Co. of Seattle. The program,...

With a $131,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the city has begun planning for a bike path and pedways that will offer recreation and a safe path...

A promise of reduced overtime expenses was enough to convince aldermen they should hire a new firefighter. Fire Chief Lindsay Laycoax said the department's budget is now nearly $7,000 overdrawn...

Aldermen have approved an ordinance amendment to declare themselves city employees for retirement benefits. The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, or IMRF, is usually open to full-time and part-time employees. Aldermen...

A good deed: Color will burst forth this spring at the Oak Forest City Hall when more than 150 flowers bloom thanks to the special efforts of 14 Brownies. Members...

Aldermen who were happy to see Finn's Bar close in fall 1996 are welcoming a new restaurant in its place at 159th Street and Laramie Avenue. The City Council voted...