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BEST SSMALL WEEKLY WEE NEWSPAPER NEWS ILLINOIS IN ILL
NOVEMBER 19, 2025
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Food pantry restocked as Kiwanis drive beats expectations
Is there a rise in car thefts in Forest Park?
There’s another opportunity to help with the fire department union’s Fill-A-Truck initiative
Police Chief Ken Gross says it depends on the car models
By JESSICA MORDACQ
By JESSICA MORDACQ
Staff Reporter
Responding to an October call for help from the Howard Mohr Community Center’s food pantry that its shelves were about bare, Forest Park rose up Saturday and took care of that problem – at least for the moment. The community center asked the Kiwanis Club of Forest Park to mount a quick-turnaround food drive, and its members and many other volunteers and local businesses stood up. “The morning of the drive, we had See KIWANIS on page 5
Holiday cards for veterans
Staff Reporter
TODD BANNOR
Last month, six vehicles were stolen in Forest Park, and in November, that number is already at seven — putting total car thefts this year, through Nov. 11, at 56. “I thought that seemed high, and then I looked at the past three years,” Police Chief Ken Gross told the Review. In 2024, the village saw 105 car thefts. There were 129 in 2023 and 99 in 2022. In the past couple months, Kia and Hyundai models from before 2020 have been the most-
Student volunteers sort donations at the Mohr Community Center during the Kiwanis Food Drive.
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