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Police in Richton Park investigate a shooting Aug. 13, 2018.

Man killed in shootout with police in Richton Park, officials say

May 21, 2019 at 10:55 p.m.

A shooting suspect was killed Monday in a shootout with police in Richton Park, officials said in a statement. Officers from both Park Forest and Richton Park were “directly involved...

Dolton lays off 10 workers, imposes departmental budget cuts

May 21, 2019 at 10:55 p.m.

In a move that Dolton mayor Riley Rogers said was politically motivated and promised to veto, village trustees Friday adopted an amended budget that included 10 employee layoffs and nearly...

22 dogs, 2 chickens rescued from squalid, vacant home in Harvey

May 21, 2019 at 10:54 p.m.

Twenty-two small dogs and two chickens that had lived in squalor inside a home in Harvey were rescued Thursday, a county spokeswoman said. Spokeswoman Becky Schlikerman said Animal and Rabies...

Dolton Mayor Riley Rogers (left) and Trustee Valeria Stubbs.

Dolton mayor presses charges against trustee for allegedly stealing election petitions

May 21, 2019 at 10:53 p.m.

Dolton’s mayor and the faction of trustees who hold the village’s purse strings are regularly at odds at board meetings. Over the weekend, tensions escalated when Mayor Riley Rogers pressed...

Homewood offers amnesty program for overdue citations

May 21, 2019 at 10:53 p.m.

The Homewood Police Department is offering a citation amnesty program to anyone with overdue parking, red light or local ordinance citations that are sent to collections before Sept. 1. The...

In this photo from 1998, students from Lincoln-Way Central High School rehearse to sing for a Madrigal dinner put on by the school's music department.

Lincoln-Way choirs will no longer perform at churches after school district accused of violating the Constitution

May 21, 2019 at 10:51 p.m.

Lincoln-Way High School District 210 will no longer allow its madrigal choirs to perform at churches and religious services in response to a nonprofit’s request that the practice cease because...

Metra train strikes pedestrian’s foot at Hazel Crest station

May 21, 2019 at 10:50 p.m.

An inbound Metra Electric train struck a pedestrian Thursday morning at the Hazel Crest station, a Metra spokesman said. Train No. 708, which originates in University Park at 7:45 a.m....

City of Harvey mayor Eric Kellogg, during a City Council Meeting, at Harvey City Hall, at 15320 Broadway, in Harvey Ill., on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016.

Harvey reaches pension fund repayment agreement; state to cease withholding tax revenues

May 21, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

Harvey City Council unanimously approved a repayment agreement Monday with its police and fire pension funds, effectively resolving a months-long dispute over withheld state tax revenues that Harvey claimed had...

The Rev. Gene Smith, a priest at St. Linus Catholic Parish in Oak Lawn, offers prayers and blessings during a service July 22, 2018, at the previously unmarked grave of a World War I veteran from Ireland who is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Morgan Park.

World War I vet from Ireland receives grave marker 100 years after his death: ‘Nobody deserves to be forgotten’

May 21, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

Martin J. Cunningham lies in obscurity no longer. The Irish immigrant who fought and died for the United States during World War I, but was in an unmarked grave at...

State police probing officer-involved shooting in Markham

May 21, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

The Illinois State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Markham, a state police spokeswoman said. The circumstances of the shooting and the condition of the victim were not immediately...

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