In the Rear View: Government Clarity and Places to Call Home

MONDAY

Judge Alexander White will hear objections made by tenants’ attorneys, if they are filed, at a hearing in October. One of the main bones of contention is language in the settlement between the village and Orland Plaza landowners that allows the village to walk away from the deal all the way until Feb. 2012. Tenants’ attorneys say that makes it difficult for tenants to sign new leases when they might be stuck with their old space if the village walks.

Images of the food, festivities and fun during Orland Park’s feasting-focused festival.

TUESDAY

Allan Kustok's defense lawyer worries testing of pillow, pillowcase, clothes and the gun will destroy the blood evidence. But Judge John J. Hynes says the prosecution can move forward with testing blood samples anyway, and that the tests are "common."

The Cook County Clerk’s Office assembled an Internet database of all Cook County officials’ contacts with lobbyists, and Gorman had the second highest number of communications. The 17th District Cook County Commissioner called taking money from lobbyists "fair game."

WEDNESDAY

A few long time members of the Orland Park church look back at ways the religious institution helped them feel at home, amidst serious struggles.

An Orland Park mother felt U.S. soldiers overseas deserved some gratitude in the form of care packages and homemade cards by area children.

THURSDAY

It seems government bodies all over Orland are touting their various efforts to become more transparent. Let’s see if they actually stick to it.

Dominick's says its Orland Park store is not profitable and will close the doors at the beginning of October. The company also said it would relocate all of the employees who work at the store.

FRIDAY

The U.S. Army specialist said he missed his friends and family the most while serving in Afghanistan. He was welcomed back to Orland Park with a motorcade led by the Orland Park Police Department and the Orland Fire Protection District.

The Illinois Policy Institute, a non-partisan non-profit organization, used a 10-point checklist that looked at the availability of public information, as part of a large project to make Illinois government bodies more accessible by citizens. Orland Park was the first to get a 100 percent, according to the institute.