Top Story Tinley Park promotes deputy to interim police chief after Walsh moves on Jeff Vorva Times correspondent Sep 29, 2023 Sep 29, 2023 0 1 of 2 Deputy Chief Thomas Tilton will serve as interim police chief in Tinley Park. Provided Matt Walsh resigned as Tinley Park police chief and took the same post in Indian Head Park. Provided/Tinley Park Prefer us on Google Learn More Gift this article New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. 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Fun at Tinley Park Oktoberfest After two dry days, the rains came in, But they couldn't dampens the spirits at Tinley Park Oktoberfest. The three-day party Sept. 15-17 at th…
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Tinley Park, park district raise possibility of common ground on Mental Health Center land Tinley Park and officials of its park district have disagreed about the land once occupied by the Mental Health Center. But working together m…
Tinley Park-Park District putting wheels in motion to develop mental health center land Now that the state has agreed to sell the Tinley Park Mental Health Center site to the Tinley Park-Park District for $1, what’s next? First co…
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