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Tracks are seen on Dec. 18, 2016, from a vehicle carrying two people. The car left the eastbound lanes of Route 30 and plunged into the Mary Woodland Reservoir in Lynwood.

Second man’s body pulled from pond near Lynwood

May 21, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

The body of a second man was pulled Tuesday morning from a retention pond near Lynwood, police said. Authorities have not positively identified the person, who was found more than...

Emergency personel wait for news from workers on the ice as rescue workers were back on the scene of a fatal accident at Dr. Mary Woodland Reservoir using sonar to try to locate a second body. Dec. 22, 2016.

Firefighters resume search in Lynwood pond

June 8, 2018 at 2:16 p.m.

Arriving near the south suburban Lynwood reservoir where she fears her son LeAndre may have drowned, Davina Scott's first question Thursday afternoon was, "Have they found him?" But there was...

Authorities identify man pulled from Lynwood pond

May 21, 2019 at 8:13 p.m.

Authorities have identified the man pulled Monday from a car that drove into a retention pond near Lynwood as a 28-year-old Chicago Heights resident. An autopsy was performed Tuesday on...

Steve Spreitzer (far left) and his family pose with Santa Claus after receiving gifts Sunday from the nonprofit group Christmas Without Cancer.

Nonprofit group delivers gifts to Southland residents fighting cancer

May 21, 2019 at 8:12 p.m.

Chicago firefighter Steve Spreitzer was greeted on Sunday by Engine 92 at his Beverly home. But the visit had nothing to do with him fighting fires. Other firefighters and cadets...

Search to resume Monday for submerged car, passengers

May 21, 2019 at 8:16 p.m.

Rescue crews called off a search Sunday evening after spending more than four hours in freezing water attempting to rescue or recover the bodies of two or more people believed...

Sara Alattar watches and listens to a Skype conference with a man in Aleppo, Syria, as part of American Muslims for Palestine event Dec. 15, 2016, to show Chicago stands in solidarity with those under siege in Aleppo, Syria.

Southland residents rally on Aleppo’s behalf

May 21, 2019 at 8:11 p.m.

As refugees continue to flee the beset Syrian city of Aleppo, Muslim Americans in Bridgeview came together Thursday night in a show of solidarity for the revolutionaries fighting against the...

Trial set for Palos Township man accused in brutal slaying of parents five years ago

May 21, 2019 at 8:10 p.m.

A Palos Township man accused of enlisting the help of friends and brutally bludgeoning his parents to death in their bedroom five years ago is scheduled for trial next month,...

City of Harvey spokesman Sean Howard tells mourners at the funeral of slain security guard Tyrone Hardin that his son, Tyrone Hardin, Jr., was named an honorary member of the city's police department.

Community remembers slain security guard as joyful, humble family man

May 21, 2019 at 8:09 p.m.

A community and a family said goodbye this weekend to a Canadian National Railroad security guard who was slain on the job last month during an exchange of gunfire. Tyrone...

Friends and family gather at a vigil for Jeremy Nixon, 27, who was found dead Monday inside a home in the 14400 block of South Eggleston Avenue, Dec. 7, 2016, in Riverdale, Ill.

Crowd braves cold to remember slain Dolton rapper

May 21, 2019 at 8:08 p.m.

Mourners released balloons Wednesday night with shouts of "Long Live Duke," a reference to Jeremy Nixon's stage name Boss Status Duke. The somber event remembering Nixon turned upbeat as tracks...

Search still on for woman who escaped custody at Markham courthouse

May 21, 2019 at 8:08 p.m.

Cook County sheriff's police on Wednesday were still searching for a 31-year-old suspect who authorities said escaped custody Tuesday afternoon while handcuffed inside the Markham courthouse. Vivian McGee, of Harvey,...

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