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12 | December 28, 2017 | The frankfort station news
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FROM THE TINLEY JUNCTION
Four charged after stolen
van wrecks car, garage
Kelly Robertson awoke
to an explosion, or so she
thought.
After rushing to her bedroom
window, she saw the
ruckus — a white mini van
had sped up her driveway
and into her daughter’s car,
propelling it through the
property’s garage door.
“It was crazy,” Robertston
told The Tinley Junction a few
hours later. “I kept thinking,
‘Oh my god, what just happened?’”
I worried about the
garage falling onto her car.”
Eventually, four individuals
from the van were arrested
by Tinley Park police,
who had followed and attempted
to pull over the van
in the Robertson’s cul-de-sac
on 66th Avenue near 182nd
Place.
Charges are pending further
investigation, and no one
was injured in the incident.
Reporting by Joe Coughlin,
Interim Editor. For more, visit
TinleyJunction.com.
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT
Retired 670 The Score radio
host brings book signing
tour to New Lenox
If you bring him, people
will come.
For the second time this
month, Terry Boers — former
670 The Score radio
personality and Chicago
Sun-Times sports reporter
— stopped in the southwest
suburbs to sign copies of his
new book, “The Score of
a Lifetime: 25 Years Talking
Chicago Sports.” And
for the second time, dozens
upon dozens of fans lined
up for their chance to talk
with the radio legend.
The latest stop on the
book tour took Boers to
Tom Kelly’s Chophouse &
Pub in New Lenox on Dec.
20. Prior to signing copies
of his book, Boers sat in for
a half-hour with current 670
host Laurence Holmes during
the opening segment of
Holmes’ evening show.
Boers said it has been
great working with Holmes
again.
“Laurence and I have
been friends for a long time,
and it’s fun,” Boers said. “I
just don’t want to horn in
on his show. The show is
so good, and it doesn’t need
me. But it’s been fun doing
a little bit of radio again. I
can only do so much, because
of my voice.”
Reporting by Jon DePaolis,
Freelance Reporter. For more,
visit NewLenoxPatriot.com.
FROM THE MOKENA MESSENGER
Mokena man attempts to
make traffic stops, flees
police
Martin J. Fridrich, 40,
of the 11600 block of Roberts
Street in Mokena, was
charged Dec. 14 with one
count of felony aggravated
fleeing and eluding police by
Riverside Police, and issued
several traffic tickets.
According to a police report,
a Riverside police officer
observed Fridrich in a
vehicle travelling at 67 mph
in a 25 mph zone while displaying
an oscillating strobe
light inside the vehicle. The
officer recalled a similar report
from earlier in the day
that came from Countryside
police, where the same vehicle
was reported to have fled
police there.
The Riverside officer pursued
Fridrich, but the driver
reportedly was able to flee
onto Interstate 55, where the
officer decided not to pursue
him further.
Later that same day, this
time in Burr Ridge, officers
apprehended Fridrich after
he allegedly was attempting
to conduct traffic stops with
his vehicle.
Riverside Police Chief
Tom Weitzel noted Burr
Ridge and Countryside also
charged Fridrich with traffic
violations. Other charges
against Fridrich are pending
a grand jury investigation,
he said.
Reporting by T.J. Kremer III,
Editor. For more, visit Moke
naMessenger.com.
FROM THE LOCKPORT LEGEND
Joliet’s Gallery Seven joins
arts scene in Lockport
Joliet’s fine arts gallery
has found a new home in the
City of Lockport.
Gallery Seven’s decision
to relocate was predicated,
in part, by the Will County
Metropolitan Exposition
& Auditorium Authority’s
decision to part ways with
the gallery after nearly 10
years.
“It’s a relief to know we
can continue what we do,”
said Jay Anderson, one of
the member artists for Gallery
Seven. “It was a shock
to get a 90-day eviction notice.
We are starting from
zero, in terms of planning.
We’re thrilled to be in Lockport’s
Gaylord Building.”
Anderson anticipated
there will be greater foot
traffic at its new location,
800 W. 8th St., in downtown
Lockport.
“We plan to make good
use of it,” Anderson said.
Gallery Seven’s relocation
is made possible thanks
to a number of moving
parts, with support garnered
through partnerships with
the National Trust for Historic
Preservation, Heritage
Corridor Convention and
Visitors Bureau, Gaylord
Building and the City of
Lockport.
Gaylord Building Executive
Director Pamela Owens
said they received a $50,000
grant from the National Endowment
for the Arts, and
the timing of Gallery Seven’s
intent to move could not
have been better.
Reporting by Megann Horstead,
Freelance Reporter. For
more, visit LockportLegend.
com.