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

Sauk Village board terminates village administrator 10 months after fighting court battle to appoint him

May 21, 2020 at 4:11 p.m.

Sauk Village has fired its village administrator, just 10 months after trustees fought the mayor in court to enforce his hire. Village trustees voted 4-2 Tuesday to terminate Christopher Williams,...

Lynwood cop deployed stun gun, K9 on Indiana motorist he accused of urinating in public: lawsuit

May 20, 2020 at 5:39 p.m.

A black former federal safety investigator who was shot with a stun gun, attacked by a Lynwood police K9 and arrested last year after being accused of urinating on the...

New Lenox police ‘determined to bring justice’ to family of local teen fatally shot outside gas station

May 18, 2020 at 5:47 p.m.

New Lenox police are pursuing several leads in the apparent attempted carjacking of a 19-year-old resident, who died three days after being shot outside a village gas station, officials said....

The Vernard L. Alsberry Jr. Muncipal Center in Hazel Crest.

Southland communities lay off, furlough staff as coronavirus pandemic craters revenue projections

May 17, 2020 at 8:00 a.m.

South suburban communities are being forced to make painful personnel decisions as they scramble to recalibrate their budgets in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Many municipalities in the Southland...

Will County corrections officers, jail nurse failed to heed medical needs of inmate who died 47 days after being booked: lawsuit

May 15, 2020 at 7:47 a.m.

In March 2019, Jacob Adejola pleaded guilty to aggravated driving with a revoked license and was ordered to spend 180 days in the Will County Jail. For the 64-year-old land...

A hearse leaves the Cook County Medical Examiners office Thursday April 16, 2020 in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

More than 700 Southland residents have died of COVID-19

May 14, 2020 at 6:47 p.m.

After a sixth straight week where more than 100 Southland residents are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, there are now more than 700 south and southwest suburban residents who...

Father and son shot in Dolton, trustee says

May 13, 2020 at 6:43 p.m.

A father was killed and his adult son was critically injured after both were shot Tuesday in Dolton, Trustee Andrew Holmes said The shooting occurred shortly after noon in the...

‘Older people really can survive this COVID’: After battling illness for over a month, Oak Lawn octogenarian couple beat the coronavirus

May 13, 2020 at 7:10 a.m.

When Cassie King saw her family Tuesday for the first time in over a month, food was foremost on her mind. The 80-year-old great-grandmother, who is convalescing at a skilled...

40-year-old man fatally shot in Harvey

May 11, 2020 at 5:24 p.m.

A 40-year-old Chicago man died early Friday morning after being shot in Harvey. The man, identified as Calvin Edwards, was shot in the abdomen around 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the...

Cars enter the Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center April 9 in Park Forest. The state-run residential center for adults with developmental disabilities had recorded 268 cases of COVID-19 among residents and staff as of Friday.

Nearly 200 Ludeman Center residents in Park Forest, 71 staff have tested positive for COVID-19

May 10, 2020 at 1:40 p.m.

More than half of the Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center's 344 residents have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Illinois Department of Human Services. A universal testing initiative launched late...

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