Ted Slowik

Tinley Park's 80th Avenue Metra Train Station features a clock tower, stone, brick, arches and other architecturally appealing features.

Column: Harvey Historical Society wants transit agencies to fix ugly design of proposed transportation center

March 15, 2023 at 6:52 p.m.

The Harvey Historical Society wants Metra and Pace to spare commuters the pain of having to use an ugly train and bus station for the next 100 years. The group...

The runway at Bult Field in Monee, a possible site for the South Suburban Airport.

Column: Third airport plan gains traction, but skeptics seek commitment from cargo carriers

March 14, 2023 at 9:29 p.m.

Business leaders hope to seize surging momentum for the South Suburban Airport and clear political hurdles that have kept the project grounded. The project gained traction last week when a...

Signs and voting booths at a Chicago Board of Elections' Loop Super Site in June 2022.

Column: Ballots for April 4 municipal races take shape as Cook County clerk lists candidates

March 11, 2023 at 11:15 a.m.

The Cook County clerk's office has posted names of candidates who will appear on ballots April 4 for municipal elections. While not every name is listed due to electoral board...

People wait to enter Blake-Lamb funeral home Wednesday in Oak Lawn for the visitation for Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso who was fatally shot in Chicago last week.

Column: Police, prosecutors should find common ground on policies to reduce gun violence

March 9, 2023 at 8:37 p.m.

Chicago TV stations broke into regular programming Thursday to broadcast the funeral procession and services for fallen police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso. An 18-year-old man is being held without...

Two men move boxes and materials used Tuesday to pack items donated by vendors at The Inspired Home Show presented by the International Housewares Association at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Column: Volunteers collect home show donations to help charities serving southwest suburbs

March 8, 2023 at 9:43 p.m.

Volunteers this week mobilized to accept donations of housewares from a major trade show at Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center. Tinley Park-based Together We Cope and Alsip-based Sertoma Centre are...

Stanley "Stan" Brown, a candidate for Dolton Village Board in the April 4 municipal election, holds campaign literature while he addresses the audience during Monday's Village Board meeting.

Column: Election prompts surreal scene in Dolton as mayor, trustees battle over legal bills

March 7, 2023 at 8:19 p.m.

Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard appears to be using preliminary vote counts from last week's election to unleash a fresh round of attacks on her political foes. A spectacle that unfolded...

Mark Kuehner said the group Southsiders for Peace will continue to protest in Oak Lawn.

Column: Oak Lawn protests show how both sides can be right and wrong in police misconduct debate

March 3, 2023 at 9:10 p.m.

Graphic images that showed Oak Lawn police officers beating a suspect shocked viewers when videos of the arrest circulated last July. "Why are they beating him like this, he's just...

A 2019 file photo show an entrance sign at Bult Field, site of the proposed South Suburban Airport near Monee and Peotone.

Column: Boosters support bill that would require state to seek proposals to develop South Suburban Airport

March 2, 2023 at 8:11 p.m.

An impressive collection of lawmakers, municipal officials, civic leaders, businesses and others are rallying to show newly unified support for the proposed South Suburban Airport. Planners have proposed a so-called...

Hazel Crest Mayor Vernard Alsberry greets members of the Phi Delta Kappa sorority who were honored Tuesday during a Village Board meeting at the village's administration center.

Column: Residents vow to fight for green space as Hazel Crest says it needs development to survive

March 1, 2023 at 7:37 p.m.

Some residents of Hazel Crest, Homewood and Flossmoor are vowing to fight to preserve open space in the wake of Hazel Crest's annexation of the shuttered Calumet Country Club. Village...

An image of former president Donald Trump phoning into a Fox News interview is shown June 23, 2022, on a screen during the fifth hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack.

Column: Fox case shows how fake news makes money, but peddling lies can be costly

February 28, 2023 at 8:02 p.m.

Twice-impeached former President Donald Trump seems to be having a tough time accepting the fact that Joe Biden beat him by about 7 million votes in the 2020 presidential race....

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