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A hearse leaves the Cook County Medical Examiners office in Chicago April 16.

For fifth straight week, Southland records more than 100 COVID-19 deaths

May 7, 2020 at 6:39 p.m.

More than 100 south and southwest suburban residents are confirmed to have died from COVID-19 in the past week, bringing the total Southland death toll from the virus to 588,...

Markham Police Department. (Zak Koeske/Daily Southtown)

Second female police officer sues Markham over alleged sex discrimination

May 7, 2020 at 4:16 p.m.

A second female police officer has sued Markham and its police chief claiming she suffered sex-based discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Kyung Palmer, a former part-time Markham police officer, alleges she...

Shooting victim who survived Markham double homicide was fugitive wanted on attempted murder charges

May 7, 2020 at 6:35 a.m.

A Country Club Hills man who survived a deadly shootout in Markham last month that killed two of his associates was a fugitive who had skipped bail six months earlier...

60-year-old man shot to death in Harvey

May 5, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.

A 60-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday night during an argument with another man outside a home in Harvey, police said. The argument began on the front porch of a...

Retired South Holland priest Anthony Talarico from Holy Ghost Parish dies at 75

May 4, 2020 at 5:51 p.m.

A retired priest who served at six parishes across the Chicago area during his 48-year career, including most recently as pastor at Holy Ghost Parish in South Holland, died Thursday,...

Oak Lawn Mayor Sandra Bury speaks during a news conference in June 2017.

Financially devastated by statewide restrictions, Oak Lawn’s small businesses have had to adapt in the time of coronavirus

May 6, 2020 at 6:27 p.m.

New Day Spa and Salon did only a couple hundred dollars in sales Friday, but after riding out the past six weeks without any money coming in, the modest burst...

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For fifth straight week, Southland records more than 100 COVID-19 deaths

Second female police officer sues Markham over alleged sex discrimination

Shooting victim who survived Markham double homicide was fugitive wanted on attempted murder charges

60-year-old man shot to death in Harvey

Retired South Holland priest Anthony Talarico from Holy Ghost Parish dies at 75

Financially devastated by statewide restrictions, Oak Lawn’s small businesses have had to adapt in the time of coronavirus

Nearly 500 Southland residents have died of COVID-19

Long-term care facility residents make up more than 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths in Southland

Harvey police investigating two homicides Wednesday as ‘possibly related’

COVID-19 deaths in Southland top 100 for third consecutive week