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Barack Obama School sixth-grader Carlos Parker discusses student-grown plants with Karen Zerante from Chicago Heights Mayor David Gonzales' office during an event last week celebrating the new greenhouse and atrium at the school.

Chicago Heights school goes green with addition

May 21, 2019 at 8:55 p.m.

While eighth-graders Jailen Brown and Gonzalo Hernandez and seventh-grader Jayden Turner were welcoming dozens of well wishers recently into the new atrium at Barack Obama School of Leadership and STEM,...

Park Forest man shot to death in Dolton: officials

May 8, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

A Park Forest man was shot to death Tuesday in Dolton, authorities said. The Lake County, Ind., coroner's office ruled the death of James Miller, 21, a homicide, according to...

Steger talks turkey amid visit by unusual bird

May 21, 2019 at 8:53 p.m.

Steger resident Kate Pohrte remembers first spotting the village's most notorious recent resident roughly a mile southwest of the intersection of Chicago and Steger roads. "It was something you don't...

Chicago Heights police respond to shooting incident: investigator

May 8, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

At least half-a-dozen Chicago Heights police vehicles converged on the 1600 block of Aberdeen Street Monday afternoon in response to what one investigator said was a shooting. A nearby resident...

Governors State University has acquired grant funding to start a new course designed to help active military members and combat veterans to use the arts to help them express their experiences.

New GSU program enlists arts to combat PTSD

May 21, 2019 at 8:42 p.m.

American military personnel, veterans and their families who have experienced, or are experiencing, post-combat stress may find release and possibly literary insights in a new course scheduled to be offered...

Event at GSU gives nod to Lady Day

May 21, 2019 at 8:40 p.m.

When not protesting the war in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969, artist Mark diSuvero spent much of his time crafting a monumental tribute to jazz great Billie Holiday outside Governors...

Man suspected of burglary arrested after two-mile police chase, officials say

May 21, 2019 at 8:39 p.m.

A man suspected of burglarizing 13 storage units in Merrionette Park was taken into custody in Evergreen Park Tuesday after a two-mile police chase that included K9 units and three...

Homewood resident Sophia DeGuilio enjoys a cone with her mom, Brooke, at the Welsh Family pocket park, just north of the Dairy Queen, which opened for its 50th season last week.

Homewood rite of spring involves soft-serve ice cream

May 21, 2019 at 8:36 p.m.

It was cold out, but that didn't stop hundreds of Homewood-area residents last week from marking the return of a summertime standard at the corner or Ridge Road and Gladville...

Kids given the scoop on sugary drinks

May 21, 2019 at 8:36 p.m.

The approximately four dozen third- through eighth-grade students attending a recent after-school workshop in Chicago Heights clearly didn't need an energy boost. Yet the youngsters remained responsive and mostly attentive...

Barricade ends in arrests, police say

May 21, 2019 at 8:33 p.m.

Seven people were arrested late Wednesday morning after a stand-off with police in Blue Island, officials said. About 4:30 a.m., a man was driving in the alley behind a building...

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