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16 | April 13, 2017 | The Lockport Legend NEWS<br />
lockportlegend.com<br />
From APRIL 4<br />
No injuries in structure fire<br />
Max Lapthorne, Editor<br />
There were no injuries reported<br />
following a structure<br />
fire the afternoon of Monday,<br />
April 3, in the 1000 block of<br />
North Street, according to a<br />
press release issued the next<br />
day by the Lockport Township<br />
Fire Protection District.<br />
The fire appears to be accidental<br />
in nature, according<br />
to the release.<br />
The Lockport Township<br />
Fire Protection District was<br />
dispatched at 2:37 p.m. to<br />
a pole building on fire, and<br />
crews arrived to find smoke<br />
coming from the front of a<br />
metal storage building in the<br />
rear of the residence. The fire<br />
was brought under control<br />
within roughly 20 minutes,<br />
according to the release.<br />
Crews reportedly spent<br />
about an hour-and-a-half<br />
overhauling the contents of<br />
the building to ensure the<br />
fire was completely extinguished.<br />
Lemont, Northwest Homer<br />
and Homer Fire Protection<br />
Districts also responded<br />
to the scene.<br />
For more on this and other<br />
Breaking News, visit Lock<br />
portLegend.com.<br />
22ND CENTURY MEDIA AND PLANET FITNESS PRESENT<br />
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE<br />
Keith Pekau to be Orland Park’s next<br />
mayor; McLaughlin out after 24 years<br />
Keith I. Pekau is to be the Village of<br />
Orland Park’s next mayor.<br />
After campaigns that got heated in<br />
the closing weeks, it all came down to<br />
Election Day.<br />
When the numbers were tallied<br />
April 4, Pekau, the Republican challenger,<br />
earned 6,958 votes (54.37 percent),<br />
while incumbent Mayor Daniel<br />
J. McLaughlin counted 5,840 (45.63<br />
percent), with 51 of 51 precincts reporting<br />
across Cook and Will Counties according<br />
to unofficial results from both<br />
county clerks’ offices.<br />
“It felt great,” Pekau said of seeing<br />
the results tallied. “I’m relieved. I’ve<br />
been on the go since 4 in the morning.<br />
It really hasn’t set in yet.”<br />
The decision by Orland Park taxpayers<br />
ended McLaughlin’s 24-year reign<br />
as mayor, after the Village Board recently<br />
voted to make the position fulltime<br />
with a $150,000 salary for the next<br />
four years.<br />
“They clearly didn’t like what the<br />
mayor did,” Pekau said of residents’ response<br />
to the increase.<br />
McLaughlin said he did not see it as<br />
something that impacted the decision.<br />
“I think most people thought the<br />
mayor was already full-time, so I don’t<br />
think that was it,” he said.<br />
Reporting by Bill Jones, Editor. For more,<br />
visit OPPrairie.com.<br />
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON<br />
The 4 Homer Township slate sweeps on<br />
election night<br />
In the aftermath of a heated election<br />
season, 4 Homer Township reigned supreme.<br />
The 4 Homer Township slate swept<br />
the Feb. 28 Consolidated Republican<br />
Primary, and it repeated its dominance<br />
in the April 4 Consolidated Election,<br />
again seeing all of its candidates win.<br />
The group defeated the Homer Township<br />
Independent Party, led by supervisor<br />
candidate James Orban.<br />
In the April 4 election, with all 18<br />
precincts reporting, incumbent Homer<br />
Township Supervisor Pam Meyers tallied<br />
2,219 votes, good for 58.97 percent.<br />
Orban, meanwhile, had 1,544<br />
votes for 41.03 percent, according to<br />
unofficial results from the Will County<br />
Clerk’s Office.<br />
The leader of 4 Homer Township<br />
said she and her slate were thankful and<br />
grateful to supporters.<br />
“It’s always been about our residents<br />
and our community. It’s time to put this<br />
all aside and bring everyone together<br />
again and move forward,” Meyers said.<br />
Orban’s party ran on a platform of<br />
finding ways to streamline and consolidate<br />
the Township government to become<br />
more efficient to lessen costs for<br />
residents’ benefit.<br />
Reporting by Thomas Czaja, Editor. For<br />
more, visit HomerHorizon.com.<br />
FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION<br />
Vandenberg named mayor of Tinley<br />
Park; Concerned Citizens for Tinley<br />
Park sweeps election<br />
On the evening of Tuesday, April 4,<br />
the Village of Tinley Park voted in a<br />
new mayor for the first time in 36 years.<br />
Jacob Vandenberg, a two-year village<br />
trustee, has been elected mayor after<br />
claiming 53.43 percent (677) of the<br />
votes in Will County and 62.32 percent<br />
(4,686) in Cook County, according to<br />
the unofficial results from each of the<br />
county clerks.<br />
Incumbent Tinley Park Mayor Dave<br />
Seaman, who was appointed to the<br />
position, followed closely behind Vandenberg,<br />
as he captured 46.57 percent<br />
(590) of the votes in Will but trailed<br />
by more in Cook, earning only 2,833<br />
votes, or 37.68 percent.<br />
“I feel extremely humbled and excited<br />
for the future of what Tinley Park<br />
has in store,” Vandenberg said of his<br />
win.<br />
Reporting by F. Amanda Tugade, Editor.<br />
For more, visit TinleyJunction.com.<br />
VENDORS WANTED<br />
ONLY 15 BOOTHS LEFT!<br />
9am - 1pm<br />
Saturday, April 29<br />
Tinley Park Convention Center<br />
Vendors needed for shopping, fashion,<br />
beauty, health, food, home decor and more!<br />
DEADLINE: APRIL 13, 2017<br />
For more information, call (708) 32608170 or<br />
visit www.22ndcenturymedia.com/lady<br />
Police Reports<br />
Man charged with possession of a controlled substance<br />
Jeremy Crockett, 26, of the 21000<br />
block of Mattox Court in Shorewood,<br />
was charged with possession of a controlled<br />
substance by Lockport police<br />
March 24 after officers responded to a<br />
suspicious vehicle complaint in the area<br />
of Strawberry Drive and Peachtree Lane.<br />
The driver of the vehicle was discovered<br />
to be Crockett, and during the officers’<br />
investigation, it was determined Crockett<br />
was in possession of a controlled substance,<br />
police said.<br />
Lockport Police Department<br />
March 29<br />
• James Dunworth, 19, of the 100 block<br />
of State Street, was charged with burglary<br />
to a motor vehicle after officers located<br />
Dunworth allegedly going through vehicles<br />
on the 1100 block of Ashley Court in<br />
Lockport at approximately 2 a.m.<br />
April 1<br />
• Nicholas Nixon, 27, of the 1100 block<br />
of Lockwood Avenue in Chicago, was<br />
charged with driving with a suspended<br />
license and disobeying a traffic control<br />
device after his vehicle was stopped for<br />
allegedly disobeying a stop sign in the<br />
area of Division Street and Briggs Street<br />
at approximately 1 a.m.<br />
Will County Sheriff’s Office<br />
March 16<br />
• Person(s) unknown stole a tan 2014<br />
Toyota Corolla from the driveway<br />
of a residence on the 1300 block of<br />
Highland Avenue.<br />
March 18<br />
• Edward D. Dus, 22, of 2104 Mobile<br />
Ave. in Chicago, was charged with<br />
driving under the influence, speeding<br />
and operating an uninsured motor<br />
vehicle near the intersection of W.<br />
Renwick Road and S. Independence<br />
Boulevard.<br />
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Lockport Legend’s<br />
Police Reports are compiled from official<br />
reports found online on the Will County<br />
Sheriff’s Office or Lockport Police Department’s<br />
website or releases issued by the<br />
department and other agencies. Individuals<br />
named in these reports are considered<br />
innocent of all charges until proven guilty<br />
in a court of law.
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