Crete

1. July 2009 | 12:20

Crete has $500,000 on hold due to budget skirmish

CRETE | While the Illinois General Assembly was working overtime at the Statehouse in Springfield to balance the budget for the fiscal year that begins today, the Crete village president said the political stalemate could cost his south suburb about $500,000. (News Source: The Times of Northwest Indiana - 05:34:56)

Crete standout Edwards returns to form

CRETE - This summer, Crete all-state girls basketball player Kate Edwards has tested her mended back against the likes of Class B champion Seward and Class A Grand Island. (News Source: Lincoln Journal Star - 05:35:20)

Maltese Yelkouan birds leaving heading for Greece, Crete

First of this year’s Maltese Yelkouan chicks are leaving Maltese waters and are now just a short distance off the coast of Greece and Crete, The EU Life Yelkouan Shearwater project revealed. (News Source: Malta Star - 11:40:11)

Crete baby death woman cleared

A woman from London is found not guilty of killing her newborn baby while on a holiday in Crete. (News Source: BBC News - 11:02:39)

Juniors place third at Big Blue

From The Ashland Gazette CRETE - The Ashland American Legion Juniors placed third at the Big Blue River Classic in Crete over the weekend. (News Source: The Ashland Gazette - 08:30:47)

Mesquite man cruises to driving award

The Crete Carrier Corporation terminal in Knoxville, Tenn., named Renato Manocchio of Mesquite the Driver of the Month for March. A transfer from Crete Carrier Corporation’s Greeneville, S.C., terminal, Manocchio started his driving career 16 years ago and has logged 2.5 million accident-free miles. (News Source: The Mesquite News - 05:58:14)

Shearwater chicks from Malta tracked off Greece

Yelkouan Shearwater chicks which left Malta earlier this month have been located off Greece and Crete. (News Source: Times of Malta - 12:08:48)

Authorities: Man who collapsed in Crete died of heat stroke

Authorities said a man who collapsed this week in a Crete fitness center during the brutal heat spell died from the heat. Kale Westerhoff, 32, 313 Wright St., Crown Point, Ind., was pronounced dead at 9:11 a.m. Thursday at St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights. Westerhoff walked into Spooly’s Health and Fitness, 1379 Main St., Crete at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday and appeared disoriented, said Keith … (News Source: SouthtownStar - 10:00:25)

Clinics to teach phone bill cutbacks

The Citizens Utility Board’s right call campaign is rolling into Crete and Chicago Heights for two phone bill clinics in July to help consumers cut their telephone bills by hundreds of dollars a year. (News Source: The Times of Northwest Indiana - 05:17:23)