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‘All criminal activity’ canceled during the heat wave? How one police department uses satire to engage its community.

July 23, 2019 at 1:47 p.m.

The Park Forest Police Department received international attention over the weekend for a satirical Facebook post announcing it was "officially cancelling all criminal activity" because of the stifling heat wave...

A 9-year-old boy was injured at the St. Christopher Parish Fiesta in Midlothian on Thursday, July 18, 2019 in an accident involving two carnival rides. (Warren Skalski /For the baiduhai)

State inspectors review 2 area carnival ride incidents that injured child, woman

July 22, 2019 at 8:56 a.m.

State officials are reviewing two separate incidents involving carnival rides that injured two people Thursday night in Midlothian and Plainfield, authorities said. Officials with the state Department of Labor's amusement...

Illinois State Police officers walk the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street searching for evidence after a truck driver was shot and wounded while driving on the highway.

Expressway camera program, named for Southland woman fatally shot on I-57, aims to aid highway shootings investigations

July 19, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.

In an effort to provide police officers more investigative tools to catch expressway shooters, Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed into law a bill named for a Southland woman that aims...

An Illinois State Police crime scene investigator works at the scene of a fatal shooting at Boogie Nights Club in Harvey on March 13, 2019.

Harvey nightclub with recent fatal shooting operated without proper liquor licenses, city claims

July 16, 2019 at 7:51 a.m.

The owner of a Harvey nightclub rocked last week by a fatal shooting is being ordered to appear at a hearing Wednesday for alleged liquor license-related violations, city officials said....

David Rhein, 56, of Sauk Village, refuses to take down "offensive" lawn signs he erected on July 4, 2019, citing his right to free speech. The village has been citing him daily while the signs remain up in his yard.

Sauk Village man refuses to remove lawn signs that contain racial slurs

July 12, 2019 at 6:44 p.m.

A Sauk Village man who refuses to take down lawn signs that contain racial slurs will be cited up to $750 per citation a day by the village until he...

Posen man taken into custody following 3-hour standoff

July 9, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

A Posen man was taken into custody without incident early Tuesday afternoon following a three-hour standoff with police, officials said. The man, whose name is being withheld until criminal charges...

A man was found shot to death in the street outside a Harvey nightclub Monday, July 8, 2019, police said.

Man found fatally shot outside Harvey nightclub

July 8, 2019 at 4:54 p.m.

A 27-year-old man was found shot to death on a street outside a Harvey nightclub Monday morning, officials said. The man, identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office as...

Lincoln-Way North High School in Frankfort isn't open for education, but the Frankfort Square Park District offers memberships to area residents to use the school's athletic facilities for exercise.

School districts eye shuttered Lincoln-Way North High School

July 5, 2019 at 1:25 p.m.

Discussions over the future use of the shuttered Lincoln-Way North High School have heated up recently as word spread that Rich Township High School District 227 was looking at the...

Man killed, woman wounded in Monee shooting

July 3, 2019 at 3:39 p.m.

Monee police found two people shot, one fatally, inside a vehicle Tuesday after responding to a shots fired call, officials said. Officers arrived in the 25700 block of Sunrise Drive...

Mokena's Fourth of July Parade, pictured in 2018.

Activists denounce appearance of Confederate soldier reenactors at Mokena Fourth of July celebration

July 3, 2019 at 1:55 p.m.

Some activists want the village of Mokena to disinvite a reenactment group that portrays Confederate soldiers from the community's Fourth of July celebration. The Southwest Suburban Activists argue that condoning...

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