Visit Chicago Southland showcasing south suburbs at May event
South suburban tourism officials will open the region's doors to a national audience as Visit Chicago Southland hosts its first post-pandemic showcase in May in Orland Park.
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Police chase suspect to Orland Park after armed robbery in Palos Heights
A man led police on a chase from Palos Heights to Orland Park Tuesday following an armed robbery at a Palos Heights AT&T store, police said.
University Park man sentenced to 30 years in grocery store murder
A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 30 years in prison last week for a 2020 murder at a University Park grocery store.
Crete board votes against allowing golf cart driving on some side streets
Golf carts won’t be allowed on side streets in far south suburban Crete for the foreseeable future. The Crete Village Board voted 5-2 Monday against an ordinance that would allow...
Students, community members view solar eclipse from Scholar’s Garden at Prairie State College
Kyra Simmons, 11, stood in the Prairie State College Scholar’s Garden Monday looking through a handmade pinhole projector. Kyra Simmons said she was most excited to see the moon cover...
Will County judge will allow University Park to intervene in Aqua lawsuit
Judge John Anderson said he would also deny a motion to enter the consent order agreed to in October by Aqua Illinois, the Illinois attorney general's office and the Will...
Golf carts on side streets gain momentum in south, southwest suburbs
Crete Trustee John Phelan said he found Peotone, New Lenox, Manteno, Monee and Beecher all have golf cart ordinances.
South, southwest suburbs plan events for Monday’s solar eclipse
Sam Forzley, an optometrist at the Forzley Eye Clinic in Lemont said he’s been treating a patient who lost some of his vision after looking at the sun during an...
Lynwood man injured in 2017 Hammond steel plant accident dies months after receiving $10 million settlement
Robert Coppage, 63, of Lynwood and formerly of Portage, was pronounced dead at 10:21 a.m. March 24 at Palos Community Hospital, just months after a $10 million settlement for the...
Former Homer Glen District 33C Board member charged with stealing money from HOA
Rudolph was charged March 18 with continuing a financial crime enterprise, two counts of theft between $10,000 and $100,000 and one count of theft between $500 to $10,000, according to...