Week in Review: Court Moves and Heart Starting

MONDAY

Orland Fire Seeking to Lower Heart Attack Deaths Through AEDs and CPR Training

Orland Fire Protection District supervisors are building a program to increase the number of Automated External Defibrillators throughout the community, and get more people trained in CPR to help sudden cardiac arrest victims.

Business Comings & Goings: Chamberlain College of Nursing Opens Tinley Campus

Firehouse Subs holds grand opening • Blackberry's reopens in Tinley • Vera Bradley eyes Orland store.

TUESDAY

A police search for a robbery suspect forced a soft lockdown in area schools Tuesday, following a bank robbery at 167th and 80th Avenue.

Nearly one-fifth of the town’s population is 65 or older.

WEDNESDAY

Orland Park Man Charged with Palos Heights Home Invasion

Bail for Ralph Grajek, 46, was set at $200,000 on Wednesday. He is accused of striking a woman and ripping out a telephone line after pushing his way into the home.

Orland to Spend $1.13 Million on La Grange Widening Prep

This will make over $3 million dollars total invested in power line burial by the village of Orland Park.

THURSDAY

Mayor Dan McLaughlin's State of Village Address (Live Blog)

Join us Thursday morning for Patch's live updates from the mayor's recap of the past year.

Sequestration Budget Cuts Data: Which IL Counties Have the Most Federal Employees?

See how Cook County—which has nearly 25,000 federal employees—compares to the rest of Illinois.

FRIDAY

Orland Fire Lieutenant Claims Gender Discrimination in Lawsuit

An Orland Fire Protection District lieutenant claims that she was treated unfairly, with hostility and requests for intervention were ignored, though a fire district attorney said a state human rights commission previously dismissed the same claims.

Child Porn Case Going to Closed-Door Negotiations

Attorney for an Orland Park man accused of possessing pornographic images of children on a computer requested a conference with the judge and prosecutor during a court hearing Tuesday.

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