Weekly Recap: Smile Shoots and Ballot Boots

With the blizzard long gone, it has been back to business for the Heights and Olympia Fields.

The South Chicago Heights village made important decisions this week, with Mayor David Owen addressing the importance of investing in the city's future through quiet purchases. The City also decided it will begin sharing ambulances with their neighbors in Park Forest.

The blotters were busy as well, with incidents involving SOS pads and bloody crowbars turning up in the pages of Chicago Heights and Olympia Fields police reports.

We also heard both sides of the story when a candidate for alderman suggested there were ulterior motives involved when he was removed from the election ballot.

Finally, Patch contributor Mary Compton took a closer look at how Heights and Olympia Fields residents kept smiling through the winter.

Here are links to the most popular stories on Chicago Heights Patch this past week:

Stay tuned next week. We'll be providing some important election info and a powerful sports feature that will kick off our Remarkable Residents profiles.