Saturday, April 27, 2013
User submissions set to pre-publication review on April 27.
Members of the Patch community in Oak Lawn, As of Saturday, April 27, I set your Patch site to pre-publication moderation of all comments and user contributions. The caustic and abusive nature of many submissions, particularly focused on village government, could not be allowed to continue. I will review every post before it's approved on your site for the time being. Particular attention will be paid to those who engage in profanity, name-calling and baseless accusations, as well as comments submitted by users with fake email addresses. When a civil debate befitting adults is in evidence, I'll consider returning your site to the open platform Patch prefers — and the responsible members of your community deserve. Sincerely, Dennis Robaugh …
Friday, April 12, 2013
Follow these easy directions for adding your news and photos to Patch, and we'll feature it in the daily newsletter.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Oak Lawn Police search for man wanted in connection in stabbing of two brothers in parking lot next to the Advocate Christ emergency department. Suspect is identified as men's brother-in-law, police say.
Oak Lawn Police are looking to question the brother-in-law of two men who were stabbed in the parking lot next to Advocate Christ Medical Center’s emergency department late Saturday evening. Sign up for Oak Lawn Patch breaking news alerts. A search is underway for Kamal Yasin, 32, of Chicago Ridge, who is driving a red 1996 Mercedes Benz with the Illinois license plate H711555. Police say he is is considered armed and dangerous. Police responded to call of multiple persons fighting in the parking lot at 94th Street and Kilbourn Avenue around 11:28 p.m. Saturday. Officers followed a blood trail to the emergency department they learned two brothers were being treated for knife wounds, according police news release. The first brother is a 30-…
Monday, November 19, 2012
“Small Business Saturday Oak Lawn” entices Oak Lawn to "shop small " at local businesses this Saturday, Nov. 24.
Since it’s start in 2010, Small Business Saturday has grown into a coordinated national effort to highlight the benefits of shopping small and shopping local. Oak Lawn Patch, the Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce and many local businesses have banded together to create “Small Business Saturday Oak Lawn,” which will be this Saturday, November 24th. Participating businesses will have special offers for this Saturday only. A free trolley will be riding along 95th Street between Cicero and Ridgeland from noon to 4 p.m. for the event and will stop along the route at participating local businesses. Trolley maps will be available later this week on Patch, at the Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce table at Santa on the Green and at Small Business …
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Patch hits the two-year mark in Oak Lawn on October 21.
Today is your Oak Lawn Patch’s second anniversary. I am more excited about this date—October 21—than I am my own birthday. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. In the past two years I’ve gotten to view Oak Lawn from all angles—through the bars of the Oak Lawn slammer to the bars on 95th Street, from the village board room to the board walk at Wolfe Wildlife Refuge. I’ve seen what we can accomplish when we all work together as a community—organize carnivals and lemonade stands for sick children, raise monuments, hoist giant inflatable pumpkins on the village green, start neighborhood watches and use any excuse to hold a parade. Since Oak Lawn became Patchy we’ve found four lost dogs. Last night, on our …
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Time to play "Hunt for Local Clues." Guess the location of this week's clue and win yourself a $5 gift card to Starbucks.
Time to play "Hunt for Local Clues," Oak Lawn Patch's virtual scavanger hunt where readers identify the location of a village landmark. To play the game, email the answer to your old Patch editor. The first two readers who email me the correct answer win a $5 gift card to Starbucks. We're in the process of figuring out some other fabulous $5 prize. Congratulations to our winners from last week's clue hunt: Wandi V. and Jessie Gomez who correctly identified the Jr.'s Hot Dogs sign. Readers can also submit a local clue. Send me your photos and answers to lorraine.swanson@patch.com. You might get pinched going here. “Hunt for Local Clues” appears every Wednesday in Oak Lawn Patch.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Time to play "Hunt for Local Clues." Guess the location of this week's clue and win yourself a $5 gift card to Starbucks.
Time to play "Hunt for Local Clues," Oak Lawn Patch's virtual scavanger hunt where readers identify the location of a village landmark. To play the game, email the answer to your old Patch editor. The first two readers who email me the correct answer win a $5 gift card to Starbucks. We're in the process of figuring out some other fabulous $5 prizes. Congratulations to Lynn Jareczek who correctly guessed the location of last week's local clue: the sculptures on the Oak Lawn Library building. Readers can also submit a local clue. Send me your photos and answers to lorraine.swanson@patch.com. Tell us where we'd find this delecious hot dog. “Hunt for Local Clues” appears every Wednesday in Oak Lawn Patch.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Time to play "Hunt for Local Clues." Can you tell us where we'd find this object de art?
As promised, we’re bringing back Oak Lawn Patch’s “Hunt for Local Clues,” the game where readers identify the location of a village landmark. So far we haven’t been able to stump our readers. Either the clues are too easy, or you’re all just very smart. To play the game, email the answer to your old Patch editor. The first two readers who email me the correct answer win a $5 gift card to Starbucks. Readers can also submit a local clue. Send me your photos and answers to lorraine.swanson@patch.com. Tell us where we’d find this object de art. Hint: Worms like these. “Hunt for Local Clues” appears every Wednesday in Oak Lawn Patch.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Our crew of nearly 20 Southland Patch editors, ad managers and other staff will blitz Oak Lawn on June 27 with goodies and volunteerism throughout the community. Here's our last local clue in our virtual scavenger hunt.
Thanks for playing "Hunt for Local Clues" all week in our countdown to our very first Oak Lawn Tour de Patch. Please come see us today (Wednesday, June 27) at the Oak Lawn Farmers Market and later, at Deja Brew. Read 'Oak Lawn Tour de Patch' It’s your editor’s way of thanking the best community that I’ve had the privilege of covering as a journalist, and I’ve covered my share of neighborhoods and towns. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. My young Patch colleagues will be spreading out across Oak Lawn today so make them sweat. They'll be visiting Park Lawn, the Oak Lawn Park District Pavilion sports camp, the Oak Lawn Library, Kmart, Standard Bank at 4700 W. 111th St., Platinum Chiropractic and the Sara Lee…
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Our crew of nearly 20 Southland Patch editors, ad managers and other staff will descend on Oak Lawn TODAY to sprinkle goodies and volunteerism throughout the community. Come see us at the Oak Lawn Farmers Market and Deja Brew.
Today is the day you've been waiting for! OK, maybe not exactly. But hey, it's the day we at Patch have been waiting for. Today, your Southland Patchers are flocking to Oak Lawn to volunteer, visit with business owners and most importantly for you — hand out TONS of giveaways, such as free gift cards to anyone who utters the secret word, "Park Lawn", to us while we are out and about. READ: 'Tour de Patch' Heads to Oak Lawn. It's your Oak Lawn Patch editor's way of thanking our loyal readers--the best and smartest readers of all the Patches in America. Congratulations to our winners of Tuesday's Local Clue, Margaret Gory and Jen Clark, who correctly identified the little Indian as the Papoose Children Center's mascot. And we misspelled our …
melissa
2:53 pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013
I think this is a good idea to moderate. Oak Lawn was starting to look like a vicious community if you read the comments, many were so out of line. more ›