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Aqua Illinois to open information center for University Park residents under water advisory

June 20, 2019 at 8:11 a.m.

Aqua Illinois, which placed customers in parts of eastern Will County under a "do not consume" order last week after detecting elevated lead levels in their water, on Tuesday announced...

Aqua Illinois lifts ‘do not consume’ advisory for some water customers as lead testing continues

June 17, 2019 at 6:37 p.m.

Aqua Illinois officials, who warned customers in eastern Will County against consuming tap water because of its elevated lead levels, lifted the advisory for some of their customers. Company officials...

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.

Son of Harvey cop shot security guards, patron before being killed, sheriff’s investigation finds

June 14, 2019 at 4:45 p.m.

A Harvey police officer's son allegedly shot two security guards and a patron outside a strip club in March before being fatally shot, a Cook County sheriff's investigation found. The...

Ex-Posen mayor pleads guilty to embezzling village funds

June 14, 2019 at 10:54 a.m.

The former mayor of Posen pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling $27,000 from village coffers during his final term in office. Donald Schupek, 79, who served three terms as mayor of...

The Rev. Augustus Tolton, America’s first black priest who pastored in Chicago, closes in on sainthood following pope’s decree

June 12, 2019 at 6:03 p.m.

A Chicagoan who was the first acknowledged black Catholic priest in the United States moved one step closer to sainthood Tuesday after Pope Francis issued a decree recognizing his "heroic...

Former school custodial workers and community activists protest outside Taft Elementary School in Harvey on June 11, 2019, after filing a class action wage theft lawsuit against Alpha Building Maintenance Service, their former employer and a District 151 contractor.

Ex-school custodians file class action lawsuit against south suburban employer alleging wage theft

June 12, 2019 at 11:23 a.m.

A group of janitorial workers who were contracted to work in South Holland School District 151 claim their former employer, Alpha Building Maintenance Service, stole tens of thousands of dollars...

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 hires CPD lieutenant, ex-lawmaker to transform police department

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

Eddie Winters acknowledged he's someone who relishes a good challenge. Last month, the 25-year Chicago Police Department veteran and former state representative who recently earned a master's from the University...

Sauk Village Mayor Derrick Burgess presides over a village board meeting on May 21, 2019, where the newly elected trustees voted to investigate two of his administrators and conduct a forensic audit of village finances.

New Sauk Village board plans to override mayor’s veto of its probe of his hires, trustee says

June 6, 2019 at 3:30 p.m.

A newly elected board in Sauk Village has voted to open investigations into two of the mayor's key hires and approved a forensic audit of the village's finances. Mayor Derrick...

Un altar en honor a Francisco Aranda fue instalado en la entrada del Supermercado La Raza en el vecindario de Back of the Yards.

La muerte de ‘Don Pancho’ enluta a la comunidad de Back of the Yards

June 23, 2019 at 3:16 p.m.

CHICAGO — Amigos y extraños se detuvieron frente al Supermercado La Raza en el vecindario Back of the Yards para honrar la memoria del propietario, quien fue encontrado muerto en...

A memorial in honor of Francisco Aranda, who was found dead in unincorporated Crete, is set up, Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at the gated entrance door to Supermercado La Raza, the store he owned in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Man found dead in car trunk outside Crete home was beloved Back of the Yards grocery store owner

June 5, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

Friends and strangers stopped outside Supermercado La Raza in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood Wednesday to pay their respects to its beloved owner who was found dead in the...

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