Jim Belushi files 2nd lawsuit related to Chicago comedy club
Actor Jim Belushi and his New York-based company on Friday filed a second lawsuit in just two days tied to a Chicago comedy club, according to court documents. In the...
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Suit: Social media prank led to 5th-grader’s suicide
A woman in charge of the estate of a fifth-grade Orland Park girl is suing two of the girl's classmates and their parents, claiming the children used social media and...
Tinley Park vows to review overbilling water meters after Tribune probe
Tinley Park's elected officials vowed to investigate its electronic water meters — and the village's past praise of them — following a Tribune investigation exposing chronic overbilling and the village's...
Suburb’s smart water meters regularly overcharge residents
One of Chicago's largest suburbs uses a type of water meter that it knows has regularly overcharged residents — sometimes by hundreds of dollars a bill — while failing to...
Several suburbs shift to electronic water meters, no testing required
Suburbs across the region are beginning to deploy electronic water meters, but with varying safeguards in a state that does little to ensure public utility meters accurately bill residents. A...
Orland Park trustees approve concert policy
Orland Park trustees have approved policies that will open the village's concert venue at Centennial Park West to events hosted by outside groups, but don't expect any Lollapalooza-type festivals. The...
New Cook County court aims to treat prostitutes more like victims
Cook County officials announced Friday that a new court will try to transform how prostitution charges are handled so that women caught up in sex trafficking are treated more like...
Doctor: Dying son gives mom ‘the gift of life’
When Rose Perry said goodbye to her 24-year-old son Ronald for the last time, part of him was still with her. Her doctors say Ronald's final gift to his mom...
Palos Park police warn of telephone scam
Palos Park police are warning residents to be wary of telephone scams after a rash of reports from people about getting calls from persons claiming to be Internal Revenue Service...
Anguished cries of mother punctuate Chicago weekend violence
A 4-year-old girl playing outside a South Side party was shot in the head Friday evening after someone opened fire from a passing car. The sun hadn't yet set on...