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Metra sued over train strike in Hometown that left 1 dead, 3 seriously injured

February 28, 2020 at 10:09 a.m.

The victims of a collision between a vehicle and a Metra train in Hometown earlier this month that seriously injured three sisters and left one man dead are suing the...

Lawsuit alleges Dolton School District 149 security guard slammed kindergarten student on table, squeezed neck with both hands

February 27, 2020 at 8:09 a.m.

A federal civil rights lawsuit filed Friday alleges a Dolton Elementary School District 149 security guard slammed a kindergarten student on a table and then choked him with both hands...

East Chicago man convicted of kidnapping young girl in Calumet City as she walked home from school

February 26, 2020 at 3:52 p.m.

An Indiana man whose broad daylight abduction of a young girl in Calumet City was captured on a residential surveillance camera more than two years ago has been found guilty...

Hazel Crest Economic Development Director Irma Holloway appears in a village promotional video for the groundbreaking of the new Village Hall that her firm, IRH Developments, was responsible for overseeing.

Former consultant to Hazel Crest, University Park has sentencing on federal fraud-related conviction delayed again

February 26, 2020 at 2:16 p.m.

A Hazel Crest real estate investor and former consultant to two south suburbs who pleaded guilty last year to bank fraud-related charges has had her sentencing delayed again. Irma Holloway,...

Two Chicago men have been charged in connection with a double homicide in Calumet City last week, police said.

2 Chicago men charged in Calumet City double homicide

February 26, 2020 at 1:09 p.m.

Two Chicago men have been charged in connection with a double homicide in Calumet City last week, police said. Dorian Cresswell, 26, and Jarell Longs, 24, were each charged with...

Crete-Monee school district fires teacher’s assistant accused of felony theft for allegedly taking $17K from her union

February 25, 2020 at 2:10 p.m.

Crete-Monee Unit School District 201-U has fired a longtime teacher's assistant accused of stealing thousands of dollars from her union when she served as its treasurer. Dawn Vanderbilt, 53, was...

Oak Lawn receives $300K in federal grant funding for housing and homeless assistance

February 25, 2020 at 9:43 a.m.

Oak Lawn has been awarded more than $300,000 in federal grant money to support affordable housing and homelessness programs, U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth announced recently. The funding,...

Eddie Winters, a 25-year Chicago Police Department veteran and former Illinois state representative, was hired in May 2019 to lead the beleaguered Harvey Police Department.

Harvey police officers, ‘demoralized’ by mayor’s personnel moves, say he has lost support of the department

February 24, 2020 at 8:33 a.m.

The mayor of Harvey's recent appointment of three early career patrolmen to commander has left other officers feeling "demoralized" and invited comparisons to questionable personnel decisions made by his predecessor....

From late 2015 through 2019, SafeSpeed supplied Oak Lawn red-light cameras at Pulaski Road and 95th Street.

Oak Lawn mayor ‘blindsided’ by allegation that trustee’s relative took bribe from red-light camera rep; vows internal probe

February 20, 2020 at 7:38 a.m.

Oak Lawn's mayor said officials were "blindsided" by last week's federal indictment of a Cook County political operative on charges he conspired to bribe the relative of a village trustee...

Metra to make design changes at Hometown rail crossing where pedestrian killed after train struck vehicle

February 19, 2020 at 7:07 a.m.

Metra is in the process of making design changes to a rail crossing in Hometown where at least two fatal collisions have occurred in the last five years, officials said....

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