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Patrick and Julie Bisch, owners of The Open Bottle, hold bottles of Santa's Cookies & Milk Stout during a bottle release party Saturday at the establishment in Tinley Park.

Santa’s Cookies and Milk Stout release draws beer fans to Tinley Park, raises money for charity

May 21, 2019 at 11:35 p.m.

Throngs of people gathered in Tinley Park on Saturday to enjoy some cookies and milk that typically wouldn’t be left out on Christmas Eve for Santa Claus. But the man...

Fishing teams from Andrew, Sandburg high schools work to conserve ‘home field’ Lake Sedgwick

May 21, 2019 at 11:34 p.m.

Members of the fishing teams at Victor J. Andrew and Carl Sandburg high schools will be heading out to Lake Sedgwick this spring, but they won’t be going just to...

The Red Robin restaurant in Orland Park remained closed Saturday after two dozen customers became sick with carbon monoxide poisoning while dining there Friday night. Several customers tried stopping by for lunch Saturday and said they were disappointed it was closed.

Fire officials called after 24 diners get carbon monoxide poisoning at Red Robin in Orland Park

May 21, 2019 at 11:34 p.m.

Orland Fire Protection District paramedics assisted two dozen patrons suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning while dining at a Red Robin restaurant in Orland Park Friday night. According to a statement...

Volunteers plant trees as part of an initiative with Openlands in 2016 at Richard Clark Park in Chicago. Openlands recently received a $1 million grant it is using to get more trees planted in Southland communities.

Nonprofit using $1 million grant to bring people together, plant more trees in the Southland

May 21, 2019 at 11:34 p.m.

Trees improve quality of life for humans by providing shade during the summer and making the air clearer, and thanks to a regional environmental organization, they’ll also have the power...

Activists pray in front the Midlothian Village Hall during a call for an economic boycott of the village Nov. 23, 2018.

Demonstrators call for economic boycott of Midlothian to protest Jemel Roberson shooting

May 21, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

About two dozen demonstrators marched a few blocks down Pulaski Road in Midlothian to the village’s police station Friday to protest the Nov. 11 shooting of Jemel Roberson by a...

Richton Park resident fires at suspects burglarizing his home, police say

May 21, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

A Richton Park resident reportedly shot at suspects who allegedly broke into his home on Thursday, police said. Police responding to a call about a burglary in progress in the...

Man arrested in North Carolina in connection with woman found dead in Joliet Township, Will County police say

May 21, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

A man suspected of killing his girlfriend and dumping her body in a wooded area in Joliet Township was arrested Thursday on a warrant in North Carolina, the Will County...

Man charged with murder, attempted murder in shooting of 2 men in Lansing, police say

May 21, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

A 36-year-old Lansing man has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with the Tuesday shooting of two men, Lansing police said. Police were called to the...

‘This was now my problem’: Ongoing gun violence motivates Tinley Park man to action through music

May 21, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

John Ludwig could not become desensitized by the daily newscasts of Chicago gun violence. “I’ve lived in the southern Chicago suburbs for 20 years, now, and there has always been...

Young girls perform the Bharatanatyam dance during the Diwali celebration Saturday at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago in Lemont.

‘Just like you have Christmas we have Diwali’: Thousands celebrate Festival of Lights in Lemont

May 21, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

About 3,000 people gathered on the campus of The Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago in Lemont on Saturday to celebrate Diwali, or the festival of lights. “Just like you have...

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