With its newly renovated Veterans Park, located at 16001 Ozark Ave., the Tinley Park-Park District offers a place where the community can gather for family fun as well as reflect on the service of members of the military.

Person(s) unknown spray painted graffiti on a slide May 3 at a Tinley Park-Park District park located at 7332 175st Street that had a swastika and unknown drawings on it, according to the Tinley Park Police Department. It was unknown at the time how long the graffiti had been there. The Tinley Park police reportedly removed the graffiti.

The Village of Tinley Park, emergency personnel and members of the community gathered May 6 to honor the history of Fire Station No. 47 ahead of a complete rebuild of the 45-year-old building.

Every year, one of the most anticipated Vogt Visual Arts Center exhibits comes in the form of the Community Consolidated School District 146 collaborative showcase. Drawings, paintings, illustrations and more reveal the vast talent emanating from the young artists of Central Middle School, Fierke Education Center, Fulton Elementary School, Kruse Education Center and Memorial School.