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‘Crash-and-grab’ fails after would-be thieves can’t get in Beverly store

May 22, 2019 at 8:17 p.m.

Police say an attempted "crash-and-grab" early Thursday at a store in Chicago's Beverly community failed because the stolen minivan used by the would-be thieves blocked their entry after they rammed...

Tom Cummins, owner of Party Liquors on the Will County side of Steger Road in Steger, welcomes the proposed increase in Cook County's sales tax, saying it will only boost his business.

Business owners near Cook County’s borders upset about proposed sales tax increase

May 21, 2019 at 5:35 p.m.

A restaurant's 30-year anniversary normally would trigger a major celebration. But the owner of Bambino's Family Restaurant in Steger says Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's unexpected move to reinstate...

Author Ashley Pickens, of Orland Park, holds a copy of her book, "Waddle with Scuttle or Swim with Kim," during a signing party at a restaurant in Chicago's Mount Greenwood community, as Bill Lynch, third from left, background, reads the book to grandchil

Making a splash with children’s book

May 22, 2019 at 12:02 p.m.

Orland Park's Ashley Pickens wanted her first children's book to teach kindergartners through fifth-graders the importance of standing up to bullies. But the process of transforming "Waddle with Scuttle or...

Rodriguez selected as Summit mayor

May 21, 2019 at 5:33 p.m.

Sergio Rodriguez has begun his new stint as Summit's mayor for the next two years, and is asking residents to work with him to make the village "a great place...

Country Club Hills man charged in Park Forest crash that killed 2 teens

May 21, 2019 at 5:33 p.m.

A 22-year-old Country Club Hills man who authorities say was driving a car during a crash that killed two teenage passengers early Wednesday has been charged with several felony crimes....

One of victims in Park Forest crash identified as 15-year-old

May 21, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

The Cook County medical examiner's office has identified one of two youths killed in a car crash early Wednesday in Park Forest. Donovon Scruggs, 15, of Park Forest was a...

Cops: Car in fatal crash was stolen; driver tried to elude squad car

May 22, 2019 at 8:09 p.m.

Park Forest police are holding an unidentified 22-year-old man they say was driving a stolen car involved in crash early Wednesday that resulted in the deaths of two passengers who...

U of C medical clinic gets early OK in Orland Park

May 21, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

Orland Park plan commissioners have endorsed plans for a $50 million outpatient medical clinic operated by University of Chicago Medicine in the village's Main Street Triangle, northwest of 143rd Street...

Brookfield Zoo fires employee over racial comment in online post

June 15, 2018 at 3:47 p.m.

Brookfield Zoo officials said Tuesday they have fired an employee who was pictured in a social media post with a racially insulting comment about zoo customers. "We do not tolerate...

Woman killed by CTA bus ‘was a wonderful mother. … It’s really a senseless tragedy’

May 22, 2019 at 8:06 p.m.

Aimee Coath was busy and happy planning her only daughter's wedding in four months. At evening rush hour Tuesday, Coath was struck and killed by a CTA bus that swung...

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