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Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark holds a loose telecommunications cable inside his office Nov. 5. City officials said there are dozens of antiquated and inoperable telecommunications lines across the city.

For years, AT&T has charged Harvey for inoperable telecommunications lines, officials say. The city now owes $700,000.

December 9, 2019 at 7:53 a.m.

The city of Harvey, whose police and fire non-emergency phone lines were briefly cut for inadvertent nonpayment over the summer, is once again caught in a tangled web of telecommunications...

The Big Apple Pancake House in Chicago Heights is one of a number of local businesses whose mail has been compromised recently. The United States Postal Inspection Service is investigating.

Thefts of checks from Chicago Heights mailboxes under investigation, officials say

December 6, 2019 at 10:41 a.m.

The United States Postal Inspection Service is investigating a series of thefts from mail collection boxes in Chicago Heights over the past few weeks, officials said. The agency, which investigates...

Woman, 60, fatally struck by vehicle in Blue Island

December 6, 2019 at 10:01 a.m.

A 60-year-old woman died Thursday after being struck by a vehicle in Blue Island, officials said. The woman, identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as Barbara Williams, was...

Margaret "Rone" Leja in August 2005, when she was a chemistry teacher working with in the chemistry lab at Mount Assisi Academy in Lemont.

Orland Park parish remembers teacher killed in hit-and-run while leaving Christmas party for ‘helping any way she could’

December 5, 2019 at 7:41 p.m.

Students and faculty at St. Michael School in Orland Park started Thursday with a somber prayer service remembering 61-year-old teacher Margaret "Rone" Leja, killed in a hit-and-run Wednesday night while...

Orland Park landlord allegedly engaged in racially discriminatory rental practices: lawsuit

December 5, 2019 at 7:43 a.m.

An Orland Park real estate agent engaged in race-based housing discrimination by refusing to show available apartments to black prospective renters on three occasions earlier this year, a federal lawsuit...

Oak Lawn officials held a public hearing Tuesday for residents to share their thoughts on whether to prohibit marijuana shops in the village.

Oak Lawn public hearing on cannabis laws draws small crowd; board to vote on sales ban next week

December 4, 2019 at 1:12 p.m.

A public hearing on cannabis laws held Tuesday in Oak Lawn appears unlikely to have swayed board members who mostly oppose allowing marijuana sales in the community, officials said. The...

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

With 19 homicides, Harvey is enduring deadliest year in recent history

December 2, 2019 at 8:33 a.m.

Harvey is mired in the deadliest year any Cook County suburb has endured in recent memory. The city's 19 homicides, as of Tuesday, are more than any Cook County municipality...

Frankfort police arrest man suspected of groping women on Old Plank Road Trail

November 26, 2019 at 12:20 p.m.

Frankfort police have arrested a Richton Park man they said is responsible for groping multiple women on Old Plank Road Trail in Frankfort over the past three months. Anthony Swift,...

3 in custody, 4 guns recovered following high-speed chase from Harvey to Alsip

November 26, 2019 at 6:55 a.m.

Three men were arrested in Alsip Saturday after a Chevrolet Equinox believed to have been involved in two recent Harvey shootings led officers on a high-speed expressway chase, police said....

Country Club Hills police identify person of interest in shooting of Chicago rapper Lil Reese

November 25, 2019 at 2:03 p.m.

Country Club Hills police have identified a person of interest and recovered a vehicle involved in the shooting earlier this month of Chicago rapper Lil Reese. Public safety director William...

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