Royal Rip Off | Modest Chic | BLM Tweet Backlash

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

Richards Teacher's BLM Flag Tweet Sparks Racial Controversy
A Richards High School teacher's remote learning 'Black Lives Matter' background goes viral on community social media.

• D218 Superintendent Addresses Black Lives Matter, Social Media Backlash

Orland Woman Turns Passion For Fashion Into Chic, Modest Line
Orland Park resident Danya Marou's modest, chic fashion line is attracting a wide following online among Muslim women.
2 Stagg High School Students, 1 Adult Drown In Indiana
Stagg High School and the Muslim community are left stunned after two teens drowned swimming in Lake Michigan rip currents on Aug. 16.
'Orland Residents Are Getting Royally Ripped Off': Mayor Pekau
In a board of trustees meeting, Mayor Pekau said the village is not getting as much money as it should be getting from the state.
Father And Son Complete 100-Mile Bike Ride Together
Art and Andrew Lubinski trained for a year and a half before accomplishing the feat.

Wow! House of the Week

Massive Single-Family Home For Sale In Orland Park

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• TCF Bank Robbed Inside Oak Lawn Jewel-Osco
• Driver of Suspicious Car Threatens Residents With Hammer: Report
• Fingerprints Left On Gatorade Bottle Tie Man To Stolen Car: Cops
• Woman Charged With DUI After Striking Building In New Lenox: Cops
• Aggravated Assault, DUI: New Lenox Police Reports
• Carjacking At Gunpoint Reported In New Lenox: Police
• Frankfort Woman Dies After Crash In Homer Glen: Coroner
• Three 18-year-Olds Accused of Car Burglary In Orland Park

READING LIST

WORTH A LOOK

• All Day Programming Offered At Oak Lawn Children's Museum
• D124 Schools On Track To Reopen, But Teachers Are Concerned
• Mayor Sexton Is Proud Of Evergreen Park
• AMC Theatres Reopen In Crestwood, Chicago Ridge And Ford City
• Colleen Loehr Feeds The Community: Beverly-Mt. Greenwood Hero
• SXU Adopts 'Test Blind' Freshman Admission Policy For Fall 2021
• O'Shea Wants Ordinance To Seize Looters' and Agitators' Cars
• Cook County Looking To Hire Contact Tracers
• Chalk It Up Planned In Lemont
• LHS, D113A Now Starting Year With Remote Learning
• Lincoln-Way Foundation Plans Virtual Race
• Hastings unveils coal-to-solar plan at Energy Summit in Canton
• Forest Preserve's Hummingbird Banding Program Goes Virtual
• Village Gives Update On St. Francis Road Construction
• Park District Receives Grant For Heritage Knolls Naturalization
• Camp Bow Wow Opening In New Lenox
• Full-Day, Every Day, In-Person Learning Returns to JMS on Aug. 20
• Kurland Insurance Donates $1,000 To P.A.W.S Tinley Park
• Tinley Park To Stop Red-Light Camera Program In Mid-December
• Lincolnway East Grad Writes, Directs And Produces Third Play
• Tinley Park Approves Zoning Restrictions, Business License Fee For Adult-Use Cannabis Facilities
• What Southland Schools Are Doing For New School Year
• District 228 Community Starts Petition To Bring Sports Back

In Memoriam

Gregory Kogut, 71
Albert Willard

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