Fallen Officers, Starbucks Lawsuit, Diehard Christmas Survey

Miss a day, miss a lot. Let's catch up on the week:

Officers Killed By Train Were Pursuing Shooting Suspect: CPD
Police identified the two officers, both fathers of young children, who were struck and killed by a train on Monday.

• Second Fallen CPD Officer Eduardo Marmolejo Laid To Rest
• Fallen CPD Officer Conrad Gary Laid To Rest
• Second Visitation Held for Fallen CPD Officer Eduardo Marmolejo
• Hundreds Gather To Pay Respects To CPD Officer Conrad Gary
• Chicago Officers Likely Didn't See Train That Killed Them
• Fundraisers Set Up For Fallen Chicago Police Officers
• Chicago Police Officer Struck By Train Grew Up In Oak Lawn
• Visitation and Funeral Masses Set for Fallen CPD Officers

Results Are In: 'Die Hard' Is Considered A Christmas Movie
Seventy percent of Twitter users who voted in the Oak Lawn Patch poll consider the 1988 classic a Christmas movie.

Christmas Without Cancer Makes Stop At Mt. Greenwood Family Home
A local organization had a few surprise gifts for the family of Brother Rice student Patrick Ferguson, who is battling Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Charges Filed Against Indiana Man In Fatal Hit-And-Run
Cook County sheriff's police have charged a man in the death of Penny Pearman of Chicago Heights.

Horse, Parties Prompt Tinley Review Of Short-Term Rental Rules
A house party on Summerhill Court at a short-term rental drew the ire of neighbors, a call to police and a review of village ordinances.

Silver Cross, Starbucks Coffee Sued For 2016 Incident
Rodeghero has hired the Chicago law firm of Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates

Frankfort Cop Makes Royal Proposal In Disney World
"My inner child screamed with happiness," the cop's new fiance told Patch.

PetSmart Brightens Rescued Romanian Dog’s First Christmas In U.S.
Christmas came a little early for Pete, a stray rescued in Romania by Major Dan Johnson, who flew the dog to a new life in America.

SOUTHLAND REAL ESTATE:
5 New New Lenox Area Properties For Sale
Wow! House: 1920s ‘Mini-Mansion’ Has Been Fully Rehabbed
5 New Houses For Sale In The Mokena Area
5 Evergreen Park Area Foreclosures Selling For Cheap
4 Frankfort Area Open Houses To Check Out

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Con Artist Nabbed At Walmart By New Lenox Police
Missing Elderly Woman Found Safe: Sheriff
Crew Member Nabbed In Palos Heights Restaurant Burglaries: Police
Search Heightens for Missing South Suburban Teen
Palos Hills Business Targeted In Email Bomb Hoax: Cops
Chicago Man Beat, Strangled Girlfriend in Lyons Motel: Police

READING LIST

Take The Patch 2018 Holiday Tour 'O Lights
7 New Lenox Heroin Deaths In 2018
Illinois Population Drops By 45K; 2nd-Largest Decrease In U.S.
'Shell Game' by Sara Paretsky mentions Orland Park
West Beverly Man Celebrates 40 Years At Sertoma Centre
Mokena Miracles Deliver Gifts To 3 Deserving Families
Community Comes Together to Bring Christmas to St. Coletta’s
Tinley Park Teens Recognized By Village Officials
D.A.R.E. Graduation at Trinity
Girl Scouts, Pizza and the Season of Giving
Local Service Groups Distribute Coats at Lincoln-Gavin School
South Holland 'Seed Party' Prepares for Forest Preserve Planting
Local Students Recognized; Christmas Mass Times; More Local News
Lemont High School Honors December Students Of The Month
Lemont Veteran receives Illinois 200 Bicentennial Award
Pair of D124 schools perform winter musicals
Frankfort Cop Makes Royal Proposal In Disney World
McAuley Offers 'Parenting The iGen' Seminar In January

IN MEMORIAM

South Suburban Death Notices, Week of Dec. 17

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