Hope rises for Ford Heights' future

Chicago Defender;  May 16, 2000 ;     521 words ...Hope rises for Ford Heights' future Described...Dobmeyer Monday said Ford Heights deserves a better...the Indifferent." "Ford Heights, with over 5,300 people...and March of 2000, Ford Heights has reportedly issued...are pretty low in Ford Heights. "Their goal ...

Ford Heights cops get backup: Residents breathe sigh of relief as...

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ......hunkered down in his Ford Heights home even on balmy...appearance of yellow-striped Cook County sheriff's police cars...aiding the struggling Ford Heights Police Department but...citizens appreciate the Cook County sheriff's [help], because...also have been helping ...

Stroger opens health center in Ford Heights

Chicago Defender;  February 12, 2000 ;     370 words ......health center in Ford Heights Located in one...towns in America, Cook County Board President...health center in Ford Heights where the median...Rothstein, chief, Cook County Bureau of Health Services, Ford Heights Mayor Silliernie...and others. ...

Report: Settlements offered to lawsuits in Ford Heights Four case

Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  February 20, 1999 ;     281 words ......offered to lawsuits in Ford Heights Four case THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO -- Cook County officials have offered...lawsuits from the so-called Ford Heights Four case, according...Attorney Dick Devine and Cook County Board members met behind...going to trial." The ...

Rep. Jackson delivers clean water to Ford Heights

Chicago Defender;  July 23, 2001 ;     522 words ......under the new Ford Heights water tower...Blagojevich (D-5th), Cook County Board President...the former Ford Heights Mayor Sillerine...Sam Roni, Cook County Comm. Deborah...USDA, HUD, Cook County and the Village of Ford Heights "for their...

County cops policing Ford Heights

Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  April 22, 2008 ;     135 words ...After Ford Heights stopped having an active...several weeks ago, Cook County sheriff's police have...offenders associated with Ford Heights, sheriff's officials...them safe and secure," Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart...patrols for all three Ford Heights ...

NOTORIOUS FORD HEIGHTS DUMP CLOSED

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 19, 2007 ;     320 words ......at a 40-acre site in Ford Heights ended last week, thanks...Monday, Dec. 10, in Cook County Circuit Court. The...Torrence Avenue in Ford Heights . The order is the...defendants are appealing Cook County Circuit Court Judge...away in unincorporated Cook ...

County ups offer to Ford Heights 4

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 5, 1999 ;     342 words ...The Cook County Board agreed Thursday to increase...settle a lawsuit stemming from the Ford Heights Four case, in which four men were...meeting with 16 prima donnas," Cook County Board President John Stroger said...had been seeking $70 million. The Ford Heights Four - ...

Ford Heights 4 prosecutor rejected

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 28, 1999 ;     320 words ...A Cook County judge on Tuesday...attorneys for the Ford Heights Four for a special...represented the Cook County's sheriff's office...lawsuit by the Ford Heights Four, who settled...wrongdoing in the Ford Heights Four case, said...

Ford Heights a loser? Listen to its residents

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 7, 1989 ;     700+ words ......long to drive through Ford Heights. If you catch all the...less than 10 miles from Ford Heights, then known as East...study released Monday, Cook County is home to the richest...income of $61,950, while Ford Heights is the poorest, with...More than 99 percent of ...

Judge Opens Way for Cook County, Ill., Incinerators to Get State...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ......blow Monday when a Cook County judge issued a ruling...losing incinerator in Ford Heights and a shuttered facility...chairman of the South Cook County Environmental Action...opened the plants in Ford Heights and Robbins and were...

1 of Ford Heights Four arrested in shooting

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 2, 2001 ;     478 words ......Raines' home when Cook County deputies came knocking...Raines--one of the Ford Heights Four--for allegedly...sentences. They sued Cook County, accusing sheriff's...36 million to the Ford Heights Four. Raines was to...

Judge stalls Ford Heights tax sale

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 28, 1991 ;     430 words ...Village officials of Ford Heights will be given a chance...been sold this week by Cook County for back taxes. Cook...Edward J. Rosewell. Ford Heights Attorney Richard H...a development plan. Ford Heights Mayor Gloria Bryant...

Retrial ordered in killings once tied to Ford Heights 4

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 28, 1999 ;     248 words ......innocent men known as the Ford Heights Four. Juan Rodriguez, 38...80 years in prison after a Cook County jury found him guilty in...the Appellate Court because Cook County Criminal Judge David J. Kelley...Boyle, a spokeswoman for Cook County State's Attorney Richard...

Rep. Jackson: Take over Harvey Police: Urges Cook County, State Police...

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 7, 2006 ;     447 words ......to the State Police and Cook County sheriff calling on them...reported Thursday that Cook County prosecutors were unable...the case, sources said. Cook County Sheriff Michael Sheahan...patrols in south suburban Ford Heights in 1996 after the chief...into the village by ...