Week in Review: Apartment Fire and Worth Township Showdown

In the last week, you may have missed stories about the upcoming election, school renovations, two murder cases, moving hospital patients, ice cream, burglary and more in Palos and nearby.

MONDAY District 230 School Board: A Pair of Incumbents Face 6 Challengers for 4 Seats A guide to the April 2013 District 230 school board race, pitting eight candidates for four seats. ARREST WARRANTS: Wanted in Palos There are warrants out for the arrest of accused criminals who were last known to be in Palos Heights, Palos Park or Palos Hills. Patch highlights a few of them today. TUESDAY Election Central Palos: 2013 Spring Elections Your guide to the local elections. Markham Teen Charged in Tinley Park 7-Eleven Murder Held Without Bond The alleged triggerman jailed in connection with last week's 7-Eleven parking lot murder appeared at the Bridgeview courthouse and was sent back to jail without a bond. WEDNESDAY Palos Community Hospital …

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Moving 120 Patients into the Hospitaller Pavilion (Gallery)

Palos Community Hospital staff completed moving patients into the new Hospitaller Pavilion Sunday in about five hours.

Take a look inside Palos Community Hospital's Patient Move Day on Sunday, where 120 patients, with varying degrees of conditions, were moved into the new Hospitaller Pavilion. The full move took about five hours to complete. Read more about the move on Palos Community Hospital's Local Voices blog. Learn more about the hospital's addition on the Palos Community Hospital website. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - There are plenty of ways to keep up on local news:

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Palos Community Hospital Made the Big Move

Sunday marked a long-awaited milestone for Palos Community Hospital as 120 patients were moved from the existing hospital to the Hospitaller Pavilion.

Palos Hospital Unveiling New Surgical and Patient Pavilion

The Hospitaller Pavilion has something new for the south suburbs.

Palos Community Hospital is introducing its recently completed, new surgical and patient pavilion. The Hospitaller Pavilion offers private patient rooms, advanced surgical suites and a more "soothing and therapeutic healing environment for patients," according to a release from the hospital. The state-of-the-art addition also is designed to give physicians and staff a more efficient facility. Carol Stefen on PHTV Channel 4 spoke with Tim Brosnan of Palos Hospital about the new Pavilion. You can see video on Youtube. Among the features for the new building are a Center for Short Stay Care, an intensive care unit and a dual-procedure surgical suite that's unique to the south suburbs. THe Hybrid Room, unique to the south suburbs, combines CT …

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Frankfort Teen Dies in Traffic Accident

Police say no initial indication that alcohol was involved with the crash that also included people from Tinley, Lemont and Mokena.

A Frankfort girl died from injuries after a two-vehicle accident in Orland Park Friday night, while another teen was injured but later released from care. Julie Gorczynski, 17, of Frankfort was pronounced dead after being taken to Palos Community Hospital. A 17-year-old girl from Mokena was driving a 1997 Jeep Cherokee in which Gorczynski was riding at the time of the crash, and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center where she was later released after being treated. Gorczynski graduated from Lincoln-Way North High School this year. She would have turned 18 on June 16. At least three Orland Fire Protection District vehicles responded to the crash at 135th Street and 88th Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Friday night. According to scanner …

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Palos Heights Police Blotter: Stolen Snowblower, Tinley Park Police Arrest Man on Palos DUI Warrant

Palos Heights police reports, Jan. 27-31

Drug Possession David M. Tieman, 19, of the 5200 block of 121st Street in Alsip, was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to wear a seat belt. Police said they stopped Tieman’s car in the 12100 block of Ridgeland Avenue around 10:50 a.m. for not wearing a seat belt and found marijuana and a glass smoking pipe. DUI Jay T. Ferrin, 33, of the 10500 block of Kedvale Avenue in Oak Lawn, was charged with driving under the influence and speeding. Police said they stopped Ferrin’s car in the 12600 block of Harlem Avenue around 8:40 p.m. in connection with speeding. Cops Can’t Find What Man Hit Gregory Perkins, 35, of the 16300 block of Terrace Court in Orland Hills, was arrested on a Palos Heights …

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