Tinley Park, IL News

• Tinley Park, IL News
• Frankfort Square man saves neighbor’s house from blaze
• Police: Thieves net large haul in ruse burglary of Tinley Park home
• Kadner: Politicians find excuse to lift contribution caps
• Senior fair May 29 at MVCC
• Eyewitness to Tinley attack: ‘Longest minute of my life’
• Veteran caught in web after stroke: ‘I just want to be free’
• Police: Thieves net large haul in ruse burglary of Tinley Park home
• Crete demonstration permit ordinance put off 3rd time
• Four Richards JROTC students get scholarships
• Illinois House OKs higher cigarette tax
• Eavesdropping legislation stalls in Senate
• Oak Lawn-Hometown student dies after being hit by pickup
• Micro distillery to open in Plainfield
• Midlothian woman helps neighbors out of burning home
• Illinois House passes bill to cut $1.6 billion from Medicaid
• Jobless rate in Chicago area falls to 9 percent in April
• Calumet City man among 12 charged in drug investigation
• Bill seeks reprieve for Tinley Park center
• Brian Stanley: Whatever its origin, ‘Taps’ a moving tribute
• Man dies in Park Forest apartment fire
• South Holland man pilots his way into hall of fame
• Cook vehicle stickers on sale
• Orland Park man is new OFPD chief
• Former Orland official lodges new complaint against fire district
• Park Forest gets grant for green initiative
• Cook County looking to cash in by selling naming rights
• U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald: I won’t ever run for elective office
• Truck driver killed when semi crashes into Calumet City house
• Sister Irenaeus had a ‘powerful presence’
• Southland Memorial Day events
• FBI offers $10K reward for man wanted in newlywed murder
• Pedestrian struck by pickup truck in Oak Lawn
• Fire destroys Frankfort home: ‘We sat on the grass and cried’
• Chicago Sun-Times owner Wrapports buys the Reader
• Gas prices drop in time for Memorial Day travel; hotels, airfares rise
• Fire destroys Frankfort home
• Woman killed for tip money, 2 men charged, 1 at large
• Georgia driver killed when semi crashes into Calumet City house
• Mayor’s shuffle upsets two Oak Lawn trustees
• Kadner: A plan without funding to replace mental hospital
• Area teachers rally against  proposed cuts to pension plans
• Expect busy llinois tollways this Memorial Day weekend
• House passes bill allowing Chicago casino — but vote not veto-proof
• Will Co. Forest Preserve director gets one-day suspension
• Four hurt in crash in Palos Township
• “Mummified” body found in Blue Island
• Illinois lawmakers: Protect job applicants’ Facebook passwords
• City Hall releases blueprint for upgrading Union Station
• Even the motions in Drew Peterson murder case are getting snarky now
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• First cases of 2012 West Nile reported in the area
• Quinn calls indicted state rep’s awarding of tuition waivers ‘one more blot’ on the program
• Orland FPD readies pact offer for new fire chief
• Attack victim claims no white supremacy ties
• After melee at Tinley restaurant, customers dish up support
• Oak Forest buys former Numero Uno site
• Fire damages Mount Greenwood restaurant
• Fire damages Tinley Park home
• House OKs bill to allow recording police
• Flaming candy truck carrying Snickers and M&Ms closes I-80
• New parts give patients new life
• Illinois congressional delegation speaks at the level of high school juniors, study finds
• Autopsy results in Dolton crash involving a Chicago Heights driver
• Kadner: ‘Ashford House Five’ make court appearance
• Bail set for five charged in attack
• Homer Township boy dies as result of fall
• Last of NATO protesters gathered on Michigan Avenue
• Lanes reopened after truck tips in Oak Lawn
• Bail set for five in attack at Tinley restaurant; two victims also charged
• Opponents of Crete immigrant detention center march in Chicago
• Woman’s suspicious behavior leads to closure of Joliet streets
• Riot, chaos at prison run by company that backs facility in Crete
• NATO security concerns postpone meeting on Crete detention center
• Source: Group beaten at Tinley Park restaurant were white supremacists
• Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Illinois redistricting
• Source: Group beaten at Tinley Park restaurant were white supremacists
• Tipped truck could snarl Oak Lawn traffic into late afternoon
• Will County starts mosquito monitoring for West Nile virus
• Markham man dead, 5 wounded in birthday party shooting
• Man shot, killed in auto in Harvey
• 1 dead, 1 wounded in Dolton crash involving a Chicago Heights driver
• Alsip man found shot to death in Marquette Park
• New Lenox School Board opposes pension shift
• 9-year-old Will County boy dies from head trauma
• Suspects wielding bats attack diners at Tinley Park restaurant
• Suspects wielding bats attack diners at Tinley Park restaurant
• Family, friends remember Burbank woman as hunt for husband continues
• State bill targets agenda details from meetings
• Crime Report for May 20, 2012
• Harvey man arrested, another sought in Mokena burglary
• Kadner: Crete detention hearing to include ICE officials
• Crime report
• Plan for downtown Tinley apartment project ‘really ready to go’
• ‘Prank’ fallout: Sandburg plans to seek reimbursement for cleanup costs
• Senate Democrats’ spending plan offers deeper cuts than Quinn proposed
• Police: Ex-Lincoln-Way East teacher under investigation
• Burbank bride’s family ‘destroyed’ by her murder
• ManorCare to host open house in Homewood
• The Tinley Junction miniature golf course will be closed from Monday through Fri...
• Two more file suit to halt $118M jackpot payout to workplace pool
• Kadner: Illinois should place bet on Internet poker’s future
• Phone of suspect in Burbank murder tracked to Mexican border
• ‘All I know is tae kwon do’
• Mother of DUI victim sues driver, sports bar
• Second discrimination suit filed against medical center
• Phone of groom accused of killing bride in Burbank tracked to Mexican border
• Orland doctor’s license suspended for inappropriate involvement with patient
• Mother of DUI victim sues driver, bar
• Drew Peterson murder trial to start at the end of July
• Metra restrictions have some Southland commuters railing against summit
• Second discrimination suit this month vs. hospital
• Caterpillar, union to meet with federal strike mediator
• Census: Minorities now surpass whites in U.S. births
• Kadner: When office lottery pools end up in the courts
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• Brothers file excessive force suit against Riverdale police
• Four hurt in school bus crash in Palos Twp.
• Suit: Black employees racially taunted at Christ Medical Center
• Mother of man killed in DUI crash sues driver, bar
• Southland officials don’t expect NATO spillover but say they’re ready
• Tinley Park plans to ban video gaming
• Tax switch slows down
• Crestwood well water lawsuits will stand alone
• Auto tech doesn’t duck rescue duty in sewer
• Top cop on NATO: ‘We’re off to a pretty good start’
• Medical examiner halts autopsies in drug, alcohol abuse deaths
• Suit seeks to halt $118M jackpot payout to Chicago Heights workplace lottery pool
• Family: Groom wanted in wife’s murder made odd phone call
• Busloads of protesters head to Chicago for NATO Summit
• Tollway emergency program seeking sponsor
• District 227 cuts administrators
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• Illinois House honors Sox great Pierce
• Makeover for path where L-Way student was killed; Saturday fundraiser set
• Crete man’s death in crash near Beecher ruled an accident
• Second driver in crash that killed Dolton man dies
• Makeover for path where L-Way student was killed; Saturday fundraiser set
• Proposed detention center has Crete, state officials at odds
• Illinois Senate president champions online gambling
• Warrant issued for husband of bride found murdered
• 95th Street in Oak Lawn reopens after gas main break
• Despite fare increase, more Southlanders riding Metra
• Baldermann lashes out at video gambling process
• Senior housing proposal in New Lenox may be doomed
• Boy, 8, falls 20 feet at Midway Airport
• New Lenox Village Board honors scholastic bowl team
• New Lenox offers some help in ash borer battle
• Altered pumps give ‘free’ gas in Chicago Heights
• Fifth rock-throwing incident in a week damages cars on expressways
• Crete man killed in crash near Beecher
• Many employers plan a typical day at the office during NATO Summit
• Chicago man killed in crash near Beecher
• Dolton man charged after South Side Red Line station crash
• Kadner: Madigan plan takes cash from suburbs and schools
• Metra to step up security during summit
• Crete protest permit vote postponed
• Altered pumps give ‘free’ gas
• Welch says CC Hills to repay county within three years
• 8 protesters arrested at Obama campaign HQ in Chicago
• Ron Paul: ‘We will no longer spend resources’ campaigning
• Matteson woman charged with stealing hospital patients’ IDs
• Cook County treasurer presses Southland governments for debt data
• Quinn: Illinois pension, Medicaid reform a rescue operation
• Motels failing to win over Oak Lawn officials
• Police investigate search of underwear-clad boy at CCH school
• Thousands take part in annual Beverly Breast Cancer Walk
• Lincoln-Way-area veterans host fundraiser car show
• Frankfort man recognized for community service
• SD 161 projects $1.7M deficit
• Over time, options have changed for dealing with hair loss
• ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ in red-hot demand at Southland libraries
• Cook County cops investigate at forest preserve
• Manhattan man dies under vehicle in Joliet junkyard accident
• Cops investigate at forest preserve
• Small fire closes Popeye’s in Crestwood
• Alsip man found dead in his home
• Centennial School principal considered for SD 135 job
• Dogs and owners walk against cancer in Tinley Park
• No injuries from South Loop ventilation shaft fire
• Fourth man pleads guilty to video-recorded rape of teen
• High CO levels found in Beverly town house
• Kadner: Why one man cared about burials for the poor
• Carnival kicks off event season in New Lenox
• Police statewide launch seat-beat enforcement campaign
• Trash talk: Lower bills for Oak Lawn residents?
• ‘50 Shades of Grey’ in red-hot demand at Southland libraries
• A league of their own: Teens form 16-inch softball circuit in Oak Lawn
• Lynwood entering ‘new age’ for community policing
• Principal considered for SD 135 job
• Harvey man shot dead
• Metra to close some stations, ban food and drink during NATO
• New lawyers for two men in Burr Oak Cemetery scandal
• Joliet Diocese to be moving to Weber Road location
• Striking Caterpillar workers rally at Joliet plant
• Lemont man guilty of molesting teen
• HUD awards more than $2M to fight housing discrimination
• Kadner: Orland Metra lot has parking but no handicapped access
• Economic leader says south suburban airport needed
• Tourism helping local economy, officials say
• Dolton, Sauk Village settle bias lawsuits
• Orland residents give good grades to village
• Mega mystery in Glenwood: Who won $118 million?
• Jewelry stolen in ruse scheme
• Student charged with arson
• Man faces child porn charges
• County commissioner’s plan: Bury indigent at Oak Forest Hospital site
• Bridgeview top collection site in drug ‘take back’
• Secretary of State mobile unit to stop at Ag School
• Pregnant bartender sues Charley Horse over firing
• Lipinski to hold town hall meeting, senior fairs
• Will County officials’ paychecks likely frozen
• Homer Glen bans video gambling
• Governors State student charged with child porn
• Benches set to debut Thursday in Tinley Park
• Celebrating a teacher with a Golden touch
• Blue Island top cop gets Posen job
• Kadner: GOP leaders almost oppose pension shift
• Mother sues after child hurt in Harvey school bus accident
• Pregnant bartender sues employers for firing her once she started showing
• Chicago Heights takes control of dilapidated center
• Seniors find support at Oak Forest expo
• Study: Fatality risk for teen drivers higher with multiple young passengers
• Christ Medical Center’s tower project hits snag
• Illinois House votes to yank free health care from state retirees
• April eNewsletter
• Audit: Big problems in Illinois college tuition savings plan
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• Commuter files fraud suit against Metra, says tickets shouldn’t expire
• My mom LOVES mini golf!!!
• Case of woman suing Walmart for Black Friday injury moving to federal court
• Tinley Park woman accused of $750K theft from Orland therapist
• Kadner: Kirk talks about tax cuts due to quality health care
• Six Southland school districts join Race to the Top program
• Three fatal crashes, hit-and-run among four wrecks
• Food Network sensations serve up advice at Smith Village
• Field Museum to stay open May 19, 21 despite NATO Summit
• Bark For Life cancer walk set for Saturday in Tinley Park
• Commuter files fraud suit against Metra, says tickets shouldn’t expire
• Field Museum to stay open May 19, 21 despite NATO Summit
• Drew Peterson’s trial won’t be made-for-TV
• Woman suing Walmart for Black Friday injury moving to federal court
• In video, Sen. Mark Kirk says he’s anxious to get back to work
• Will County cemetery added to historic list
• Route 59 traffic initiative planned
• Share Your Soles seeking new home
• Fri. night closure for LaGrange
• Plano man dies in University Park crash
• Army Corps quickens pace on Asian carp study
• Hit-and-run injures one in I-80 rollover
• Flossmoor man killed in Chicago Heights crash
• Kadner: Senior struggles to pay his property tax bill
• Manhattan firefighter killed in crash
• Drew Peterson doesn’t want jurors to hear about Stacy’s disappearance
• Sled hockey lets players put disabilities on ice
• Orland Park eyes electricity savings, may restore tax rebate
• Flossmoor school’s Golden Apple nominee takes art to heart
• Frankfort restaurant may be moving
• Is Midway Airport privatization deal back in the works?
• Justice man shot dead on Chicago’s Southwest Side
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• Orland Park teen’s shooting death ruled a suicide
• EP man takes high-rise plunge to honor mom, fight lung disease
• Storms bring flood warnings
• Glenwood seller of lottery ticket stands to make $500,000
• Perfect day for a half marathon
• Orland Park man fatally shot
• EP man takes highrise plunge to honor mom, fight lung disease
• Heavy rain, thunderstorms expected, flash flood watch issued
• Oak Forest firefighter honored on last day on job
• Cops seize dope, guns from Homer Glen home
• Missing man from Chicago’s Northwest Side found
• Justice man killed in motorcycle accident
• $118M Mega Millions ticket sold in Glenwood
• Justice teen killed in crash
• Motorcyclist dies after Alsip crash
• Bridgeview fest celebrates Polish heritage
• Teen fatally shot on Chicago’s South Side
• Kadner: Trying to get insight from a fill-in lawmaker
• Griffith business mailed 340 pounds of pot; man charged
• Evergreen Park SD 124 takes precautions for funeral
• Country Club Hills officials make plans to pay back $6.6M county debt
• Pols deny favoritism in awarding tuition waivers
• Vehicles obstacles to postal service at Oak Lawn mobile home community
• School buses: You ride, you pay?
• SouthtownStar wins four Lisagor Awards
• Loyalty Day Parade Sunday in New Lenox
• Ex-Chicago cop gets 2-month sentence
• Earlier tailgating for Buffett show
• Drew Peterson returns to Will County court, gets new judge
• Ex-Chicago cop gets 2-month sentence in police scandal
• Lottery proceeds go to veterans’ support groups
• Suit: Black employees harassed at Christ Medical Center
• Southland day care providers: state-funding shortfall cause for alarm
• Trees vanish as Evergreen Park project advances
• Former media mogul Conrad Black gets out of prison, facing deportation
• Frankfort woman taking big steps for Walk MS
• Storms could bring flooding in Cook, DuPage counties
• Sen. Mark Kirk now home — three months after stroke
• As gas prices climb, giveaway in Tinley Park a blessing for many
• Tinley Park family sues street sweeper company in fatal wreck
• Southland roads eyed for improvements
• Two Oak Lawn Park District employees lauded
• Drew Peterson hearing set for Friday in Will County court
• Legislators give voters a say on pensions
• Storms could bring hail, high winds tonight and Friday
• Senate votes to abolish scandal-plagued scholarship program
• State: Joliet prison won’t be used for NATO summit
• Will County divorce court judge reassigned after porn story
• Democrats win top spot on Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will ballots in November
• Woman with dementia missing from Calumet City
• Death of Harvey man ruled a homicide
• Missing man may be in Chicago Heights
• Forum addresses ‘the devil’ — heroin
• Police, schools, parents all play role in anti-drug crusade
• Kadner: Debt and taxes grow, Cook County treasurer reports
• Frankfort approves balanced budget
• Alsip second-grader eyes prize in Doodle 4 Google
• Feds: Richton Park man bilked Medicare
• Man arrested in threats against Lincoln-Way schools
• Coroner: Lincoln-Way Central student died of natural causes
• Judge recuses self from animal neglect case after receiving anonymous letter
• Democrats win top spot on ballot in November
• Controversial legislative scholarships could be ending soon
• Kadner: Local voters trust leaders to buy cheap electricity
• Curtain closes on Illinois Theatre Center in Park Forest
• Man fatally stabbed in Harvey
• May Day protests might provide preview of what NATO will bring
• Recovering addicts thankful for their Blue Island home away from heroin
• Cook County says CC Hills owes it $6.6M
• 2012 Illinois Republican State Convention Agenda
• State welfare data shows drop in child abuse cases
• Two senior fairs set in Southland
• Sun-Times circulation grows, surpasses Tribune as 9th largest
• Curtain closes on Park Forest theater
• May Day protesters: ‘America ... no longer cares about its people’
• Chicago Sun-Times papers’ circulation passes Tribune’s
• Moraine Valley CC names president
• Cop layoffs loom in Orland Hills
• Counties improve air quality
• Ex-Metea teacher gets six years for sex with student
• Oak Lawn resident OK after apparent break-in attempt
• Area gas prices going down, still a half-dollar higher than last year
• Fundraiser set for New Lenox fire district’s new rescue dog
• On-line, mail-in and drop-off registration is now OPEN for residents of the Tinl...
• Kadner: Unincorporated areas exist for a reason
• Number of U.S. newborns with drug withdrawal triples
• Southland mayors not sold on Cook County annexation recommendation
• Police: Argument over cigarettes led to fatal shooting in Justice
• ‘Family man’ from Dolton killed in wrong-way crash
• Supreme Court ruling offers hope to imprisoned ex-Gov. Ryan
• Winning lottery ticket sold in Oak Lawn
• More pain pills prescribed in suburbs than Chicago
• Lawsuit: Faulty window led to Oak Lawn bicyclist’s death
• Police beef up presence at Lincoln-Way schools after threat
• Motorist killed when car hits tree in Calumet City
• South suburban intersections among Chicago area’s most dangerous
• THE WATCHDOGS: Clout builder settles whistleblower suit for $6.4 million
• Nurse held on $800,000 bail in fatal domestic shooting
• Death of man found having seizure in Beverly ruled a homicide
• Fire destroys Joliet-area factory
• Pastor calls for ‘ban on violence’
• Cleanup day planned for Old Plank Road Trail
• Homewood-based nonprofit tees up powerful messages
• Police investigating death of man found having seizure in Beverly
• Reporter lends big appetite to fundraiser
• Man’s death after being found in Beverly being investigated
• New Americans take oath
• To Joliet Jail for NATO offenders?
• Kadner: When government decides how people can protest
• Tumble Time: Online books help kids read
• Park Forest adds Lincoln Highway mural to its collection
• August trial scheduled for two indicted in Crestwood water scandal
• Lawsuit: Faulty window led to Oak Lawn bicyclist’s death
• Quiet Metra service change throws off Sox fans
• Broader audience for heroin in Southland as drug becomes more ‘user-friendly’
• Parking rates to rise at New Lenox Metra stations
• Miss Illinois USA rides for mom in cancer fundraiser
• Suit: Firing was Harvey mayor’s political retaliation
• About 1,000 teachers turn out to learn about pension reform
• A bad case of shingles: Hickory Hills man prison-bound
• Orland Park man, now in recovery, a poster child for heroin problem
• South Holland man’s death in Harvey crash ruled an accident
• New Lenox boycott lowers gas prices
• Kadner: Baldermann’s gas price war wins hearts of motorists
• Two fires damage homes  in Joliet, Lockport Township
• Ex-Bull Curry’s son going home to mom
• ‘I should be dead for how much heroin I’ve done’
• About 1,000 teachers turn out to learn of pension reform
• 2 men claim previously accused priests molested them
• Oak Forest sets Metra station groundbreaking for July
• New Lenox boycott brings lower gas prices
• Suit: SD 228 student hurt when unapproved chemistry experiment explodes
• Orland mayoral race under way — quietly
• There’s no stonewalling burglars in Alsip
• Eddy Curry’s son going back to mom who hit him with belt
• 3 accused of kidnapping boy from hospital waive extradition
• South Holland man killed in Harvey motorcycle accident
• Family suing Calumet City cops who fatally shot autistic son
• Sauk Village man’s death ruled an accident after car hits tree
• Suit: Student hurt when unapproved chemistry experiment explodes
• Nude Mokena man strikes twice in same day
• Missing boy who needs heart transplant found in Alsip
• Oak Lawn baseball fields getting makeover
• Work begins on outdoor learning center at Sandburg
• A ‘sobering’ occasion: Indigent buried at Mount Olivet
• Kadner: Mayor tells residents to boycott gas stations
• Seekers optimistic at Tinley Park jobs fair
• Burbank, Bridgeview men charged in cigarette-buying scheme
• None hurt when car plunges into Calumet River
• Nude man strikes twice in same day
• Frankfort man charged with reckless homicide
• Teacher pensions subject of town hall meeting in Orland Park
• Cardinal George prays for indigent buried at Mount Olivet
• Missing Missouri boy in need of heart transplant found in Alsip
• Shepard seeks runners for breast cancer fundraiser
• Newt Gingrich to end presidential campaign next week
• Sauk Village man dies after car hits tree
• Missing Missouri boy found in Alsip
• Kadner: Legislators don’t deserve state pension benefits
• The little caboose that could help draw tourists to Park Forest
• Protesters: Parts of I-55, Lake Shore Drive to be closed during NATO summit
• Rich South band sets lofty goal
• Teachers’ union in Frankfort OKs wage freeze
• Frankfort senior apartments: Some tenants have township ties
• Street has 3 vehicle break-ins in one night
• Two girls missing from south suburbs
• Chicago Heights Park District rejects dog park
• Suit: Ex-altar boy claims priest molested him in ‘80s
• Demonstrators may need permit in Crete, pay fees
• Chili cook-off at Bourbon Street benefits Sertoma Centre
• Drew Peterson abandons appeal, wants trial date
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• Waste Management collects 3 times the normal amount of yard waste
• U of C, James Tyree's family reach $10 million settlement
• Southland bus drivers battle back vs. portly profession
• Diversity Dinner is April 25 at Rich South H.S.
• Antiviolence rally April 28 in Riverdale
• ComEd aims to deploy 4 million smart meters in next decade
• SD 230 considering $7.1M bond issue
• Driver cited in Oak Forest accident; student in critical condition
• Judge’s computer login used in attempts to view pornography
• Chicago area residents face frosty Monday morning
• One dead, one in custody after I-57 crash
• Students learn the yin and yang of tae kwon do
• Saying goodbye to a pet: More end-of-life options than ever
• Will County Board against state’s plan to close IYC-Joliet
• Backers, protesters hold competing rallies on airport near Peotone
• Brews get thumbs-up at Tinley Park fest
• Lemont man electrocuted in yard
• Police charge Flossmoor man in South Side killing
• Veterans tell their stories of war in 10-part radio series
• Two dead, two wounded in Calumet City shooting
• Weekend tae kwon do tournament in Oak Lawn
• Flossmoor man charged in South Side murder
• Chicago Heights limits payday loan shops
• Tinley Park bans synthetic drugs
• Oak Forest accident sends Jack Hille Middle School pupil to local hospital
• Vets band together for 10-part radio series
• Mokena SD 159 to hold fundraiser carnival
• Ex-Tinley Park cop who drove drunk and fled accident scene gets probation
• Quinn: Raise retirement age to 67 to help fix Illinois pension crisis
• Oak Lawn Pavilion scene for weekend Tae Kwon Do tournament
• Bank robber tosses cash in chase from LaPorte County to Illinois
• Ex-cop charged with money laundering linked to Regal Theater rehab
• Visit by crash victim Juliana Ramos inspires Tinley students
• Kadner: Airlines play Monopoly at expense of Southland
• Fairmont: Will board OKs plan to fix up ‘distressed community’
• Police chiefs now back courthouse closing
• Orland SD 135 supt. search stalls
• Navarre named SD 206 boss
• Mokena man charged in house fire
• Blue Island’s ‘Tech Annex’ example of libraries’ fight to remain relevant
• Illinois comptroller fractures hip in fall on elevator
• Easter Seals Autism Therapeutic School to host talent show, balloon launch
• Bosch appointed to SD 153 board
• Richton Park man allegedly had smelly pot shipped to friend’s house
• SD 124 hires new superintendent
• FBI captures Crestwood man suspected in Oak Forest bank robbery
• Gov. Quinn wants Medicaid cuts, $1-per-pack cigarette-tax hike
• Illinois comptroller fractures hip in fall
• Police operation along Rt. 30 nets 64 arrests in south suburbs
• Dist. 142 Supt. Longo to retire in 2013
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• Dist. 142 Supt. Longo to retire in ’13
• District 227 teachers: Staff cuts will be ‘devastating’ for students
• Chicago Heights hopes to collect millions in overdue fines
• Pageant winners tackle serious issues
• Kadner: How 1 man avoided $110 million of woe
• Portillo’s to forgo tax incentives in New Lenox
• FBI IDs suspect in Oak Forest, Monee bank robberies
• Orland man sues dog treat maker
• Lawsuit calls city’s red-light cameras ‘illegal’
• FBI identifies suspect in 2 bank robberies
• Illinois income taxes jump nearly 32 percent, second-highest in nation
• Westfield Chicago Ridge mall sold
• Paperwork snafu has Southland seniors concerned about property taxes
• Mokena man charged in Orland Twp. blaze
• Country Club Hills woman faces fraud charges
• Portillo’s to forego tax incentives in New Lenox
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• Man charged with selling contraband cigarettes
• Motorist cited in fatal South Side crash
• Marian Catholic band gets Macy’s parade gig
• Kadner: Indicted Crestwood chief back working for village
• Pet lover recovering from brain injury needs some attention of her own
• Illinois lawmakers target practice of jailing debtors
• Tinley Park airman is toast of the town
• Orland Township to host drug symposium
• Students learn deadly cost of bullying
• Chicago cop ticketed for pitbull attack that killed small dog
• Orland fire negotiations to include bid to require residency
• Metra lines won’t close during NATO summit
• Ill. lawmakers target practice of jailing debtors
• Daughter of Palos Hills woman killed in ‘11 plane crash sues
• Friends pen book about Sout’ Side in the ’60s
• SouthtownStar photographers earn four IPPA awards
• Cops: Street sweeper in fatal Orland crash cited for running red light
• Savings from weekend court closings now $500k — not $1.9 million planned
• Soar spot: Eagles nesting in Palos Township
• Blood test could detect depression in teenagers
• Orland Rotary looking for host families
• Truck tips over, closing tollway ramp near New Lenox
• Tale of two downtown rebirths in Orland, Tinley
• Cook County Board to live-stream meetings on Internet
• Kadner: Group that helps disabled suffers from vandalism
• Orland Park studies power switch
• 5K to help fund scholarship memorializing New Lenox teen
• Three from Tinley killed in Orland crash: ‘Such a nice family’
• Bald eagles nesting in Palos Township forest preserve
• SD 227 board president to be honored as ‘Phenomenal Woman’
• Crews battle blaze in South Holland
• Crete immigrant jail threatened by contractor issue
• New Mokena market seeks ‘community’ feel
• Four arrested after Crestwood home burglarized
• Eddy Curry’s ex-wife on abuse charges: ‘I discipline my son with love’
• Autopsy: Sixth-grader hit by ball died of cerebral hemorrhage
• A day to ‘Discover’ what Tinley has to offer
• Three held in alleged burglary in Crestwood
• Sheriff oversees 11 cemetery burials
• Matteson Best Buy to close
• Long overdue family reunion in Homewood
• Lansing taxi driver shot to death in Englewood
• Dolton shooting suspect killed, exchanged gunfire with police
• Kadner: Summit calls for ‘urgent action’ to halt teacher pension shift
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• IDOT Minuteman saves woman from burning car on Edens
• IDOT Minuteman from Tinley Park saves woman’s life
• Vacant house burns in Orland Township
• Long overdue reunion
• Cops: Your lack of attention is fuel for thieves
• Richton Park man killed in Will County crash
• Mokena woman gets spin at ‘Wheel of Fortune’
• Cook County Forest Preserve District hosts Earth Day celebrations
• Hundreds attend rally against heroin use in Will Co.
• Blago’s brother heads to D.C. to talk about Senate seat controversy
• Lockport man gets 30 years for killing elderly father
• Homer Glen projects budget surplus
• NASA: Meteor was size of basketball doing about 36,000 mph
• State moves up West Nile testing date by two weeks
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• Road to recovery from heroin addiction includes relapses
• Intrust hole still deep a dozen years later
• Holocaust survivor shares horror story
• White Sox fans ready to ‘appreciate the game’
• Crestwood Fire Department gets $87K grant
• Court allows hearsay evidence against Drew Peterson
• Craigslist ad: Aragon bathroom tryst during Megadeth concert led to pregnancy
• Religious order in bankruptcy has ties to several local high schools
• Familiar face a SD 81 superintendent candidate
• Roadwork starts Monday on Cicero, Western
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• Decision expected by end of month on shutting down rails during NATO
• Olympia Fields receives Tree City USA status
• City Council advances plan to charge $25 for Petrillo seats at Taste
• Oak Lawn to try assistant manager
• Oak Lawn reaches deal with former law firm
• Deaths in Palos Park ruled murder-suicide
• Officials testing out tighter security at exam sites
• Wind energy project under way
• Kadner: Powerless could use Citizen Quinn
• Truck plows into Dolton home
• Expect to pay about 25 cents more for gas this summer over last
• Magnitude 6.5 earthquake shakes buildings in Mexico City
• Orland Park man facing charges after crash injures Mokena man
• Human bones found along Stevenson
• Magnitude 7 earthquae shakes buildings in Mexico City
• No surprises in Homewood budget
• Oak Forest pact preserves jobs
• Oak Lawn reaches settlement with former law firm
• Ex-wife of former Bull Eddy Curry charged with battering child
• Expec to pay about 25 cents more for gas this summer over last
• Police on heroin: ‘The poison brings crime’
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• Burbank police comment on fatal crash involving Chicago man
• Chief: No danger to community after 2 killed in Palos Park shooting
• Oak Lawn man’s death in Crestwood crash ruled an accident
• Tinley Park center’s closing again ripped; shutdown set for July 1
• Death of Evergreen Park man ruled an accident
• ‘The poison brings crime’
• Reasons to staycation in Illinois
• Surprise send-off for Alsip soldier Kane
• Orland District 135 OKs pay raises for administrators
• Fund set for Homewood family who lost their home to fire
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• Exploding tire prompts lawsuit against Palos Hills company
• Man who died in Green Garden Township crash identified
• Evergreen Park man killed by falling debris
• One dead, five hurt in Crestwood crash
• Heroin problem only getting worse
• Kadner: Wallace was the voice of history, ‘Biography’
• SD 227 lays off 48 teachers for next school year
• ‘This is so surreal’: Fire destroys Homewood home
• TCF Bank branch in Alsip robbed
• Can suburban mayors serve on county board?
• Mistrial for sanctuary owner accused of animal cruelty; new trial set
• Woman shot dead while stopped at traffic light in Calumet Park
• Wisconsin man dies in crash near Frankfort
• Orland fire district seeks photos
• Wisconsin man killed in crash in Green Garden Twp.
• Beavers holding legal defense fund-raiser at a McDonald’s
• Exurban Exodus
• Heroin leaves deadly mark on Will County
• Brewery breakfast brings Easter cheer
• Missing South Sider last seen getting into car in Homewood
• Jackson: ‘Occupy’ Peotone to bring 3rd airport
• Easter egg hunts thrill kids in Oak Lawn
• Kadner: Ready for another debate on national health care
• Southland steps up for Haiti with fundraiser
• Illinois Theatre Center’s future in limbo
• Expanded VA clinic in Oak Lawn offers more services
• Autism awareness: Southland moms share stories about fears, funding, support and success
• Mayor: Country Club Hills payday snafu ‘one of those glitches’
• Evergreen Park author covered sports, was Baseball Digest editor
• Back of the Yards fire caused by faulty wiring
• Kadner: Nurse, 82, tries to rescue the sick from state’s budget ax
• Owner of pit bull sought after it kills small dog at Montrose Beach
• Vigil to honor woman shot to death in Chicago Heights
• Ex-Chicago cop gets 40 years for shooting four officers
• Illinois top court revives suit on assault weapon ban
• Court reinstates suit challenging Cook County assault weapons ban
• Prom precious for developmentally disabled
• Deen gives Joliet taste of Southern cooking, hospitality
• Pedestrian struck by Will County police car
• ‘Boss’ filming in Joliet delayed until Monday
• Probation for man who sold stolen goods on eBay
• Mokena man, 72, charged with sexual abuse of children
• Conference at Naperville hotel focuses on minority health issues
• Free program helps adults return to college
• The Tinley Park-Park District is accepting applications for a Park Security Offi...
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• Paula Deen visits Joliet, Silver Cross in New Lenox
• Probation for man who sold stolen goods on eBay
• Food borne bacteria sickens 8 in Illinois, 93 nationwide
• Kadner: Readers voice opinions on new Tilted Kilt
• Officials, employees push to keep Illinois Youth Center-Joliet open
• Paula Deen visits Joliet
• Supreme Court ruling on assault weapons ban expected Thursday
• Homer Glen family fights eviction
• Orland Park teen gets dream gift: her own horse
• Tinley, Orland downtown projects starting to look alike
• Union Street Art Gallery to stay put
• Sentencing hearing begins in fatal Balmoral DUI crash
• Court defers Cook County request for cameras in courts
• Tinley Park to consider incentives for apartment building
• Man robs Oak Forest bank
• SUV crashes into Oak Lawn candy store
• Oak Lawn mulls Village Green expansion
• Will County ranks 16th in state for healthiest
• Kadner: Rose needs to be clutch for kids in Englewood
• Farmer injured when run over by tractor
• Unholy act
• Judge rejects Monk’s appeal for leniency
• Orland Park man believes dog died from deadly treat
• Treasure Hunters set up camp in Tinley Park
• Obama: Reagan could not survive in ‘radical’ GOP
• Public health officials warn of increased bat activity
• Suspect surrenders after Joliet police surround building
• Ex-Blago aide Lon Monk sentenced to two years in prison
• Orland Park to seek electricity bids
• Forest Preserve trout season starts Saturday
• Cook County moves to settle suit with female inmates for $1 million
• Lawsuit: Dolton nightclub failed to prevent man’s death
• Bridgeport church cross, over 100 years old, hit by vandals
• April eNewsletter
• Homer Glen family displaced by fire
• Extra-alarm Robbins blaze starts in junkyard, spreads to field
• Kadner: Anarchists, congressman join in detention center fight
• Ex chess champ preaches patience during Orland visit
• Lisagor finalists include 11 from SouthtownStar
• St. Bede School to raffle off Bulls tickets
• Man kills 7, wounds 3 at Christian university in Oakland
• ‘Light it up Blue’ marks start of Autism Awareness Month
• Lincoln-Way community mourns teen’s unexplained death
• Officials: 7 dead, 1 detained in university shooting in Oakland
• Preckwinkle offering free downloads, other rewards for wellness to county workers
• St. Bede School to raffle off Bulls tickets
• Homer Glen woman, sons face federal tax charges
• Teens robbed at gunpoint in Oak Forest
• Release of 1940 Census records strains National Archives website
• Woman arrested after fatal Brighton Park crash
• Midlothian soldier welcomed home
• Nobody’s home, but ordinance could help with foreclosures
• Anti-detention center marchers arrive in Crete
• Tollway construction starting — meaning possible delays
• Meteorologists on the run during weather crises
• Nobody’s home
• Woman arrested after fatal Brighton Park crash
• State claims immunity from lawsuit to keep Tinley Park Mental Health Center open
• Chicago-area Mega Millions players came close to jackpot
• Models walk the runway at church’s fashion show
• Consumers get first look at Southland Chamber’s Expo
• Blessed with looks
• A little one-stop shopping
• Man charged with threatening to rape neighbor’s wife, daughter
• Youth found shot to death in Evergreen Park
• Dwyane Wade’s nephew hurt in store shooting
• Morgan Park bank branch robbed by man with gun
• Enrollment shifts in Southland tied to economy
• Kadner: The Tilted Kilt debate: Demeaning or uplifting?
• 3 winning Mega Millions tickets, and one was sold in Illinois
• With murders up 35%, McCarthy shakes up Chicago police brass
• Enrollment shifts in Southland tied to economy
• Cook County courthouse closure plan not panning out
• Driver of Jaguar swipes Tinley Park man’s cell phone
• Tinley guitarist robbed by rapper wannabe
• Mega Millions jackpot up to record $640 million, strains state website
• Boutique hotel eyed for downtown Homewood
• LaGrange closure delayed
• Robbins women say state to return pension money
• State Senate OKs Illiana Expressway planning
• Mega Millions has Southland office pools swimming in dreams
• Suit: Glenwood police used unnecessary lethal force on motorist
• Midlothian residents told to recycle electronics or pay hefty fine
• Andrew ensemble playing, collecting for troops
• Kadner: Posh detention camps unite right and left
• Parade route pits NATO protesters against Chicago
• Ex-Tinley Park cop pleads guilty in DUI crash
• VFW to hold fundraiser for wounded Tinley Park vet
• Illinois Theatre Center’s Billig dies at 79
• Summit Hill District 161 hikes student fees
• Oak Lawn mulls adding assistant village manager position
• Judge gives Blagojevich ex-aide 10 days in prison
• Bill to crack down on ‘crammers’ heads to state Senate for a vote
• No one hurt when truck tips near Country Club Hills
• Oak Forest’s bigger sales tax bite ‘never a good thing’
• Kadner: Senate passes bill to kill Crete detention center
• 6 people charged with identity theft
• Fire chief, 6 others hurt in South Side crash
• Overnight closures slated for LaGrange Road
• Orland firefighters allege contract violations
• Hearing on Tinley Park Mental Health Center is April 10
• Southland hospitals prep for NATO Summit emergencies
• Judge says Blagojevich showed ‘mental instability;’ gives ex-aide 10 days in prison
• Two indicted in theft of heroin from Will County sheriff’s evidence container
• I-57 ramp open in Oak Forest
• Busted Aurora man hoped to meet up with teenage girl
• Tornado season is here — Do you know how to protect yourself?
• NATO summit could shut down rail lines running under McCormick
• Bartender at Frankfort pub a champion of the pour
• Kadner: Colvin leaving House for VP job with ComEd
• Tennis, Anyone?
• Mega Millions jackpot largest ever at nearly $500 million
• Orland fire chief vote possible in May
• Woman: Inspector licked  her chest
• Bartender at Frankfort pub a champion of the pour
• County seeks input on use of land near former Oak Forest Hospital
• Oak Forest City Council passes home-rule sales tax
• Mokena merchants may run new open-air market
• Joanne Zerkel remembered as ‘a champion for women’
• 10-month sentence for Burbank man who disrupted flight
• Cop who almost bled to death after being shot leaves hospital
• Allergy sufferers find warm weather something to sneeze about
• Gas hits dubious mark
• Kadner: Call vote on bill to stop lawmakers from selling out
• Spring break breakdown: Where to go, what to do in Southland
• Panel: Trauma care shortage costs lives in Southland
• Road closures planned in Palos Park, Lynwood
• Gasoline prices hit record high: $4.67 in Chicago; $4.51 in metro area
• Drunken driver guilty again 13 years after 10-year-old’s death
• Teachers show their dance moves at fundraiser
• Men cook up delicacies for charity
• Parents sue Silver Cross Hospital after son’s suicide
• Man charged in fatal crash involving Oak Lawn woman
• Hospital envisions normal life for preemie facing blindness
• Man arrested in Lockport Township slaying
• Parents sue Silver Cross Hospital after son’s suicide
• Man wounded Friday in police shooting in Burnside
• Starting Sunday, you can buy your Illinois lottery tickets online
• Tornado season is here — Do you know how to protect yourself?
• Oak Forest City Council to vote on home-rule sales tax
• Beverly Arts Center hosts forum on city’s cultural plan
• Educator blazed bold trails in Park Forest
• Harvey sued over cops not submitting rape kits
• Police layoffs rescinded in Sauk Village
• Country Market to expand
• Eyewitness accounts of when the sky went black
• Oak Lawn mulls closing motel after death, drug bust
• Hutchinson defends proposed strip club tax
• At St. Xavier, Hastert still quite the speaker
• School districts joining forces for pension battle
• One ISU student may have died from seizure disorder, coroner says
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• Democrat Bill Foster not crazy about new, Democrat-drawn districts
• Woman killed in Southwest Side crash
• Weekend cool-down ends summer-like heat wave
• Navy veteran gets surprise welcome-home celebration
• ‘Hey There Delilah’ muse–an Olympian hopeful–to run in Shamrock Shuffle
• Man killed, friend shot in head in garage near Lockport
• No bond for man charged with shooting Chicago cop in the chest
• Electrical aggregation vote ‘shocks’ Midlothian trustee
• Drivers ed class changes gears at Frankfort dealership
• Illinois unemployment rate drops to 9.1 percent
• Park Forest to unveil plans for rail-fan park
• The seedy side of science: Gardening comes to Tinley Park H.S.
• Kadner: Bribe charge spurs vote of support for lawmaker
• Will County 4-H to hold spaghetti dinner in New Lenox
• Sexual assault victim sues Harvey over untested rape kits
• U. of I. president quits
• Richton Park man charged in Park Forest bank robbery
• Midlothian to revamp Metra lot pay system
• ‘Holy cow’: New station wows commuters in Tinley Park
• Solo Cup sold for $1 billion
• Eubanks, ‘Newlywed’ launch game show tour at McAuley
• Peloquin: Primary win is ‘first step’
• SD 229 again to ban cell phones during school day
• Tinley Park ups funds to pay for water pact study
• Sandburg pie sale benefits accident victim’s family
• Will County officials join call to keep Tinley Park Mental Health Center open
• Groundbreaking for south suburban airport in April?
• Self-dubbed ‘Orland Ghost Rider’ hit with felony charges
• Push comes to shovel at Orland Park’s Ninety 7 Fifty project
• National Dems: ‘Road to majority’ in Congress ‘goes through Illinois’
• Orland fire district merger idea is kaput
• ICE facility opponents plan protest march
• Ceremony at Evergreen Cemetery for veteran reported MIA in 1950
• Before noon, another record high temp set
• Police: Man fatally shot on South Side
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• Officials: Summer temps causing ‘dangerously high’ tree pollen levels
• Kinzinger ousts Manzullo in 16th Congressional District GOP primary
• Sauk Village sues police chief, village manager
• Man shot dead near Lockport
• Police: Man fatally shot in Beverly
• Jackson rolls over Halvorson
• Foster gets easy win, will next face Biggert
• Most towns OK electricity purchases; 911 surcharge defeated
• Hastings wins big in bid to be Democratic state Senate nominee
• Walsh turns away challenge; 2 county board incumbents ousted
• Palos Hills man arrested in fatal stabbing of New York man
• Kadner: 3 generations serving as election judges
• Southbound I-294 open after tanker rollover
• 7.4-magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico, hundreds of homes damaged
• Former U.S. House Speaker Hastert to speak at St. Xavier University
• Few problems in Southland, but turnout is ‘paltry’
• Former linebacker aims for Springfield
• ‘Patience is key’: Southbound I-294 closed through rush hour from 95th to 127th
• Wild fire warning issued
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• Aftershock shakes Mexico City after 7.4-magnitude earthquake
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• Fired animal control officer will get to keep dog
• Kadner: Court says insurance policies don’t cover Crestwood pollution
• Chicago rejects NATO summit protest march plans
• Chances to put prison back in use are fading ‘rapidly’
• Group keeps Irish spirit alive
• Homer Glen takes aim at flood areas
• Orland Park OKs first Main Street bond issue
• Girl, 11, dead after jumping out of moving van
• Arrest of sheriff’s investigator could jeopardize cases he’s involved in
• Jackson a no-show but endorses Hastings
• Romney confident, Illinois voters divided as GOP primary nears
• Record high temperature set for fifth consecutive day
• For Santorum, winning Illinois an uphill battle
• Community comes together to provide better health care
• Police respond to standoff in Park Forest
• Mokena man faces prison for defrauding bank
• Police charge Oak Lawn building inspector with DUI
• Crime Report for March 18, 2012
• Kadner: Not sitting out Tuesday’s primary election
• Cook Co. Forest Preserve District seeks camping plan input
• Forest district plans for Southland: New looks, new ways to play
• Game show tour to launch at Mother McAuley
• Share Your Soles spring sale under way
• Documents  note new 911 system’s issues
• House planned on site of fatal Frankfort blast
• Destination station: Tinley Park’s new gem at 80th Avenue
• Tinley Park projects budget surplus
• Lawsuit filed in fatal police shooting of Calumet City boy
• Mokena man, ex-teacher, pleads guilty in sex case
• Bin Laden wanted to kill Obama so ‘unprepared’ Biden would take over
• Inventor owned Oak Lawn business nearly 70 years
• Fire official: Closing station in Country Club Hills would be ‘dangerous’
• Cook County sheriff’s officer, son nabbed in federal sting
• Photos from the Spring Arts and Craft Fair are up!
• Get Hopping with an Easter Brunch and Egg Hunt!
• Mobile veterans center to visit JJC
• Kadner: State has money woes, but so do homeowners
• Barber college brings hope to jail detainees
• Midlothian joins municipalities in search for water source
• Matteson sticks with convention bureau
• SD 201U foundation to hold fundraiser
• Feds: Owner of Palos Heights restaurant hid $2M in receipts from IRS
• Chicago-area foreclosures decline in February
• Midlothian will seek new water source
• Three public forums offered in Beverly
• Police: Matteson school locked down after parent’s death threat
• Man charged with burglarizing evidence locker where heroin went missing
• Will County slams Jesse Jackson Jr.’s airport plan — again
• Cardinal George to speak at USF
• Kadner: Hurricane Blago ruined his own family and state
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• Chicago foreclosure filings surge from year ago
• Alleged Homer Glen cockfighting trainers face three years in prison
• No opponents for Burke this time
• Voters get say on SouthCom 911 surcharges
• Quinlan rankled over handling of law firm swap
• Oak Forest green-lights project to help control flooding
• Homewood Days on hiatus for 2012
• Wednesday’s warmth a record-breaker
• Chicago will let voters use their smartphones after all
• In Southland, feelings mixed about Blago
• Teen charged in connection with Rich South lockdown
• Cunningham not a candidate, court rules
• Group in Orland Park takes aim at teen drug use
• Boil order issued for part of Frankfort
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• Caterpillar to shift work from Joliet to S.C. manufacturing plant
• Two face charges for alleged cockfighting training in Homer Glen
• New president wants to keep community in JJC
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• Federal judge throws out part of Illinois campaign finance law
• Country Club Hills mulls hiring controller
• Matteson police chief to retire in June
• Rita unopposed in 28th House District
• Hardly par for winter: Local golfers, courses’ bottom lines benefit from weather
• Southland voters to decide on libraries, parks and more
• Fired up over new kitchen
• Kadner: She demands fairness on teachers insurance
• House burns in Oak Lawn
• Late winter warm-up may set records for Chicago area
• 32 interested in SD 135 superintendent job
• State Board of Elections: Cunningham votes shouldn’t count in 11th Dist. race
• $6 million settlement in train crossing crash that killed dancer
• City election officials: Don’t use that iPad in the voting booth
• Park Forest to host forum on lack of Level 1 trauma center
• Domestic battery charge dropped against NFL cornerback Kelvin Hayden
• Justice man charged in fatal DUI crash
• Parade praise gives organizers reason for optimism
• Kadner: Need to change tax system gets a quiet reception
• Cook County judge removed from bench after arrest at courthouse
• For 100th anniversary, area’s Girl Scouts show a lot of promise
• SD 227 supporters question charter school funding
• Report: Soaring property taxes unsustainable
• Riley wants plan for Tinley Mental Health Center patients
• Acquitted of scalding child’s hands, Lockport man again charged with child battery
• Springlike 80 degrees for Chicago in last week of winter
• Friend crashes car into house taking wounded man to hospital
• Lockport man dies in motorcycle crash
• Awareness week promotes water well checkups
• Quinn endorses Jackson
• Police officer injured while responding to call in Calumet District
• Man shot, then crashes vehicle into house
• Hickory Hills woman dies in police shooting
• Despite scheduling concerns, Tinley parade draws big turnout
• Man with gun robs Oak Lawn bank
• 35th House District: Chicago’s influence felt in SW suburbs
• Kadner: McCarthy now a lobbyist in Springfield for ComEd
• Darien man killed in Palos Hills-area crash
• Darrien man killed in Palos Hills area crash
• Oak Forest has hometown Irish celebration
• Mourners pack Beverly church for Marine’s funeral
• Beverly Marine remembered as ‘an unbelievable American’
• Orland Park nurse developing health curriculum for Haiti schools
• City orders parking aides to stop ticketing cars at Marine’s funeral
• Metra, CTA provide extra service for South Side parade revelers
• After long wait, parade day is finally here
• Sauk Village thirsts for answers to well water woes
• Southland teens’ dance destination: Ireland
• SD 159 to charge tuition for Early Start program
• Jailed cousins charged with fatal Calumet City shooting
• Superpac backing Romney buys nearly $1 million in TV time here
• Threat found on Facebook prompts lockdown at Rich South
• Senator's doctor happy with stroke recovery
• ‘Truly one of a kind’: Hundreds honor fallen Beverly Marine
• Oak Lawn bank robbed Friday morning
• House passes ban on drivers using cell phones near emergency scenes
• House passes cell phone ban for Illinois drivers
• Two men charged in Park Forest home invasion
• Drug use, phone policy debated in SD 229
• Tinley Park mulls community wellness policy
• Dressed-up dream: Orland Park teen wins prom gown
• Kadner: Bill would give unions veto over fire district mergers
• Police: No evidence of neglect in the death of Glenwood baby
• Illinois senators vote to cut their salaries again
• Autopsy: Death of woman struck by Metra train was accident
• House passes statewide ban on using cell phone while driving
• VVAC March Newsletter (Reception Tomorrow)
• Illinois senators vote to cut their salaries again
• 11 more indicted for Medicare fraud
• Suit: Man killed at hardware store in Tinley Park
• Kadner: A strong reason to vote on March 20
• Solar storm speeds toward Earth, may disrupt power, satellites
• Teen fans ravenous for ‘Hunger Games’
• Trial begins for sanctuary owner accused of neglecting animals
• Police: Suspect in custody in shooting death of Chicago Heights woman
• Irish Fest raises money for cancer families
• Durkin faces Tea Party supporter
• Three vie for Meeks’ seat in 15th Senate District
• Daley to get spot in Irish Hall of Fame
• Glenwood family: Death of 3-week-old not due to neglect
• As Girl Scouts turn 100, Homewood woman recalls ‘good times’
• Hammond woman killed by train in Beverly
• Pastor unhappy with earlier South Side parade
• After windy day, expect temps to drop by 30 degrees
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• DCFS investigating death of infant in Glenwood
• Oak Forest furloughs nine workers
• Matteson might rejoin visitors bureau after all
• Stove fire damages kitchen in Matteson house
• Palos Hills man pleads guilty in Naperville fire
• Two ‘veterans’ seek 19th District seat
• Miller Lite adds free rides for parades, Fleadh
• Green, but not with envy: South Side parade of no worry to Tinley Park
• Crash victim’s family says no drag racing involved
• Kadner: Riley opposes shifting pension costs to schools
• Masked robber hits Crete gas station
• Report claims townships do more with less
• Chicago man accused in international hacking bust
• Newcomers eye 18th District Senate seat
• Phone threat made against L-Way Central
• Community invited to procession for Beverly Marine
• Blagojevich’s new name: Prisoner No. 40892-424
• Forum on longer school day Thursday at Morgan Park H.S.
• Richton Park VFW to hold veterans benefits program
• Kadner: Lawmakers too silent on teacher pension shift
• So. Side Irish parade parking ban unveiled
• Lincoln’s Tomb to get a makeover
• White House moves G-8 summit from Chicago to Camp David
• Experts: Pipeline crash won’t raise price of gas if repairs are timely
• Goat gives birth to five kids at Lockport’s Calypso Farm
• Police say drag racing led to fatal pipeline crash
• AP survey: More optimism about jobs and economy
• Tinley Park home, garden show packs ’em in
• Death of man hit by Metra train in Oak Forest ruled a suicide
• Tot Time Registration Reminder
• Primary election start of changes for Will Co. Board
• State troopers injured while saving woman trapped in burning SUV
• Matteson man donating land to help Haiti
• Metra: Train fatally strikes pedestrian in Oak Forest
• City bills parade committee $40,000
• Family mourns Beverly Marine killed serving in Afghanistan
• City of Chicago website now available in multiple languages
• Two dead in oil pipeline crash in New Lenox Township
• Sauk Village mural added to series along Lincoln Highway
• Ford Heights man dies days after vehicle strikes him
• Bulletproof vest saves Chicago cop shot in Roseland
• Brunswick out, but bowling alley won’t split from Oak Lawn
• Lighthouse Pointe senior housing opens in Frankfort Township
• Long stays at Cook morgue are not rare
• No lesson plan, but Rich East students learn how to get involved
• Whale of an award for Lockport man
• Grants paving way for Park Forest projects
• Tinley Park motorcyclist killed by Metra train in Orland Park
• Volunteer voices bring books to life at Orland Park nonprofit
• Beavers: ‘Wild’ U.S attorney responsible for three suicides
• Chicago cop shot in Roseland; injuries not life threatening
• Charges: Christian ed professor had pics of kids under 13, unregistered guns
• Burros youth football team to stay in Mokena
• March eNewsletter
• Beverly man killed in Afghanistan: ‘His heart was as big as he was’
• Deal likely in Metea teacher sex assault case
• Kadner: Shifting teacher pensions onto property tax bills
• Scoring a slot at some CPS college preps: Near perfection required
• Oak Lawn trustee unhappy with street-repair funds
• Governor lifts hold on state hospital tax rulings
• Beverly singer talks about blues at University of St. Francis
• Forest preserve puts Orland Grassland burning on hold
• Report: Brother Rice grad killed in Afghanistan
• Electric aggregation meeting March 13
• Strange week in weather continues, rain and snow expected Friday
• Crestwood hires PR firm
• Blue Island man sued in deadly DUI crash
• $1M Powerball ticket sold in Alsip
• Mokena Park District to Burros: Change leadership and ‘let’s start fresh’
• Harvey girl, 15, killed in hit-and-run
• Voters won’t get to decide fate of Cook County Recorder of Deeds office
• SD 227 officials: Talk of closing Rich East ‘an ugly rumor’
• Quinn lifts hold on Illinois hospital tax rulings
• Homewood shifts bicycle-friendly plan into higher gear
• Ruse burglary in Orland Park nets cash, jewelry
• Area gas prices up about 25 cents from last year
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• Addition to double size of Homer library
• Chicago Heights officials say little transition needed for Olympia Fields emergency calls
• Wrongful death suit filed against Blue Island driver
• Man robs bank in Mount Greenwood
• Harvey girl, 15, killed in Auburn-Gresham hit-and-run
• No Bull: An ex-NBA star’s mansion is going up for sale in Southland, too
• Homewood Days may be history
• Kadner: Free therapy and help for cancer victims
• Orland Park planners back Tilted Kilt
• Tax rebate checks to go out in New Lenox
• SD 161: Drew closed because it’s easier to lease
• Frankfort to assess shuttered buildings
• Wind advisory issued for south suburban counties
• Fermilab director: Budget cuts could have ‘significant consequences’
• Spring Arts & Craft Fair
• Kadner: A moment of inspiration now offered via OfficeMax
• Orland Grassland burning temporarily halted
• I-355 motorist dies after found slumped over wheel
• US Bank in Park Forest robbed Tuesday morning
• Primary rivals Jackson and Halvorson haggle over loyalty to Obama
• SD 230 offers EMT class
• SD 229 plans to borrow for facility upgrades
• Surf’s up, but Matteson man wants number of drownings down
• SD 161 reaffirms vote to close Drew School
• Kadner: He’s offering seed money to inspire civic duty
• Sparks fly over mayoral residency in Supreme Court candidate forum
• Downtown Lockport fire closes bar
• Death threats spur former Oak Lawn baseball coach to quit league board
• Voting map redrawn by those in power — with hope of keeping it
• New St. Laurence president was battle-tested in Afghanistan
• Beavers to be in court Friday on tax charges
• One dead, two wounded in Morgan Park shooting
• Shots fired at Blue Island cop, man’s skull fractured in crash, police say
• Midlothian eyes more cell tower revenue
• Southland’s early voters say all races are important
• Christ Medical Center to offer free parking
• Supreme Court won’t get involved in Asian carp fight
• Man approaches boy, leaves porn magazine on his porch
• Hammond woman dies in Calumet City hit-and-run crash
• Officer remembered as role model for youth
• Congressional race features old vs. new
• Fire strikes downtown Lockport building
• Silver Cross makes move to New Lenox
• Tinley Park meat cutter chopping up competition
• McGuire replaces Wilhelmi in 43rd District
• Metra train strikes man in Riverdale
• Girl, 4, killed in Dolton crash
• Officer dies after collapsing on River West street
• Kadner: Quinn shrinks from role as leader of the state
• Early voting starts Monday
• Lawsuit settlement could spur Oak Lawn development
• Tuskegee Airmen come to Bloom High School
• Suit: Sandburg staff  ignored team’s bullying
• ‘Haiti doesn’t need  a hand out, it needs a hand up’
• This is one assignment that will stick with them
• SD 159 board not ready to back another referendum
• Academy to provide insight into police
• 159th Street lanes to close in Orland Park
• MVCC buying church property
• Manhattan Irish Fest next weekend
• Report: Oak Lawn village manager a finalist for Texas job
• SD 230 approves new Andrew concession stand
• ISPD trooper pulls woman from burning car
• ‘Blood lady’ of Park Forest dies at 78
• Man denied bond after second prostitution arrest
• Illiana Expressway meeting draws big turnout
• Local ties in Haiti remain strong
• Kadner: Seniors tax break forms arriving in the mail
• Southland school officials skeptical about state grants
• District 161 votes to close Drew School
• Tinley Park-based Together We Cope celebrates 30 years
• Advocate settles suit out of court
• Youth baseball official suspended for racial slur
• Homer Glen man faces child porn charges
• New Lenox man gets 7-year sentence for child porn, burglary
• New Lenox man gets prison for burglary and child pornography
• Private investigators drop lawsuit against Riley Fox’s parents
• Suspicious man reported by student in Oak Forest
• Fundraiser for Marine veteran slated in Mokena
• USPS closing Gary processing center
• Beavers: Indictment is ‘horse s---’; wouldn’t wear wire on John Daley
• District 161 to close Drew School
• Area braces for another slap by Old Man Winter
• Chicago Fire cuts ties with and sues youth soccer league
• Park Forest may up homeless shelter effort
• District 227 board member joins audience
• Tinley Park increases animal shelter fees
• ‘Sharing people’s misery and sorrow makes them stronger’
• Sweet deal: Local Girl Scouts hope cookie sales help them get to Washington
• A 0.295 blood alcohol count, and Bridgeview cops let her walk away
• Think winter is done for the season? Think again
• Gov. Pat Quinn on pension mess: ‘Everything is on the table’
• Park Forest woman rescued after explosion, neighbor file lawsuit
• Bail set, charges upgraded vs. driver in fatal crash
• Gov. Pat Quinn on pension mess: ‘Everything is on the table’
• Tollway schedules I-294 lane closures
• Suit: Park Forest townhomes explode after gas lines struck
• Felony DUI charges filed against Blue Island man
• Haiti: Pockets of people fighting for a better world
• Already alone, earthquake brought Haitian man friendship
• Two Southland men with big plans launch concert-webcasting business
• Kadner: Property tax freeze bill sails out of state House
• Orland Township switches law firms
• Keep the paczki moving
• Report: Quinn budget plan calls for closing more state facilities
• Blue Island man charged with DUI in fatal crash with bus, beer truck
• Sen. Durbin backs Senate transportation bill, not GOP House bill
• Churches prepare for Ash Wednesday
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• 4.0 earthquake in Missouri shakes 9 states
• Former Cook County commissioner Shaw hospitalized
• Alcohol allegedly involved in fatal crash with bus, beer truck
• Look hard enough, and you’ll find signs of hope
• ‘Here for the long haul’
• Kadner: Is neighborhood parade too much for Chicago?
• Shots fired at man in New Lenox Township
• Homewood burglars caught in act
• Oak Lawn mayor: Village manager shouldn’t golf with developer
• Orland Park seeks water conservation input
• Stretch of I-57 named for Tuskegee Airmen
• Rehab Institute ‘pleased’ with Kirk’s progress
• Oak Forest man dies weeks after being hit by vehicle
• Limp appointed to Frankfort library board
• In Haiti, it’s one miserable place after another
• Pulse: Will Rutherford run for governor?
• South Side man caught with handgun in carry-on bag at Midway Airport
• Checks under scrutiny in School District 159
• Record-breaking Chicago winter continues
• Oak Lawn Lego display features fantastic creations
• From one miserable locale to another
• He’s filling essential needs, one cargo  container at a time
• Orland Park native returns from Kuwait to enjoy homecoming celebration
• Kirk walking on treadmill; doctors ‘pleased with progress’
• Chocolate lovers indulge in Homewood
• South Holland firefighters extinguish blaze Saturday
• State Supreme Court ruling backs Chicago Public Schools
• Family of Alsip man killed in bus crash file wrongful death suit
• Suburban teen on mission to become a doctor
• Man taking firefighter ability test has heart attack and is saved by firefighters
• Kadner: Chicago pols expand grip over fate of Southland
• Cook County chief judge defends sick day use by judges
• Sen. Kirk walking on treadmill; doctors ‘pleased with progress’
• Begorra, South Side Irish Parade a go
• Following the trail of help to Haiti
• ‘It’s a work of mercy to bury the dead’
• Teen on mission  to become doctor
• Orland insurance firm has grown into one of country’s biggest
• Chain accused of selling dogs from puppy mills
• Golf expo in Tinley runs through Sunday
• Funeral set for Worth woman found in home
• Kirk walking on treadmill; doctors ‘pleased with progress’
• Chicago man charged with forgery in Frankfort
• St. James health fair, ‘Day of Dance,’ can take a bow
• New youth football program creates stir in Mokena
• Police: Fired teacher was subject of complaints
• Suspect in bank-robbery spree charged in federal court
• South Side Irish parade splits neighborhoods, families
• Kadner: Citizen watchdog training by BGA at St. Xavier
• Park Forest man caught after robbing plumber
• Local teacher can’t reach ‘Jeopardy!’ summit
• Towns exploring option to Chicago water
• Former Park Forest mayoral candidate charged with burglary
• Oak Lawn Metra stop to be named ‘Patriot Station’
• Rahm Emanuel finds ally in new fire chief Jose Santiago
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• Tinley Park woman charged in break-in
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• Fire chief Robert Hoff quits as union faces contentious battle
• Child porn charges for Lockport man
• Orland plans work on parks
• Oak Lawn mayor, village manager at odds over meetings, development
• Kadner: Cullerton defends state teacher pension shift idea
• New alderman named in Chicago Heights
• Suit: Boy sexually assaulted 4-year-old girl on school bus
• Son says Worth woman found dead was ‘wonderful’ but was a hoarder
• Experts: Hoarding compulsion hard to break
• Dixie Square demolition begins
• Eight evacuated from Deep Tunnel fire
• Matteson officials look at entertainment options
• Homewood drowning death ruled accidental
• ‘Bucket list’ banished: Homewood woman marks 20 years as liver transplant survivor
• Kadner: Battles for tax cuts put greed over country
• Grant payment delay irks Matteson SD 159 officials
• Tinley Park students filling cupboard, closet for ‘family’
• Driver hurt in possible road-rage shooting near Lemont
• Kadner: Super PAC in campaign aims to defeat Jackson
• Son charged with neglecting 70-year-old
• Stagg parents hear of rising synthetic drug use
• Mayors tout South Suburban Airport for freight
• Man drowns in lake at Homewood preserve
• Enter To Win FREE Golf For Life At The Tinley Park Golf Expo
• Two shot outside Markham nightclub
• Meeting about longer school day in Chicago slated for Wednesday
• Bank robbery suspect caught in Kentucky
• Around 10,000 visitors take tour of new Silver Cross
• Illiana Expressway could start at I-65 near Lowell; meetings set
• Obama’s new budget: Higher taxes for the wealthy
• Take it to the Next Level at Tinley Fitness!
• Rev. Wright: Race not over yet
• Quinn natural gas tax proposal far from simple
• About 10,000 take tour of new Silver Cross Hospital
• Dodgeball fundraiser hits its target
• Returning veterans find job search a challenge
• SD 210 adjusts summer school, ‘zero hour’ fees
• Lemont man gets jail for role in Naperville heroin case
• Robbins man shot to death at home
• Dart to investigate claim that Gacy had accomplice
• Are state, feds tying police grant money to DUI arrest quotas?
• Fishing show draws a crowd in Tinley Park
• Dart to investigate if Gacy had accomplice
• Posen man guilty in murder
• Something fishy going on at Cook County Sheriff’s boot camp
• Very moving time: Orland Plaza tenants anxious as center’s closing looms
• City wants St. Patrick’s Day Parade security info
• Kadner: He enjoys sound of silence in a modern movie theater
• Attacks on tax revenue concern Orland Park, Tinley Park
• Soldier send-off at Mokena school a class act
• Bears ‘Super’ after all
• Bail lowered for Sandburg High School teacher charged with abusing student
• Obama: Birth control policy meets everyone’s needs
• Crete man killed when bus he’s repairing rolls over him
• Kadner: Health advocate wants voters to decide on sales tax
• Summit Hill 161 hopes to reduce teacher raises
• Lawyers contend Gacy had help in some killings
• Hearing planned on mental health center closing
• Riverdale man charged with beating 2 women in Naperville
• Evergreen Park Flake Fest is Saturday
• Palos business turning battle vs. PTSD into a real dogfight
• Report: Illinois kids caught in state ‘budget crossfire’
• Illinois to get $1B  in mortgage deal
• Biggert, Foster clash over Keystone pipeline stock
• Rev. Wright to speak Sunday in Aurora
• Will County Board member Frank Stewart dead at 66
• Powerball rolls over, jackpot now $310M
• Two pedestrians struck by vehicle on Southwest Side
• Kadner: ‘Amazing’ readers help agency help the needy
• One injured when train strikes vehicle on South Side
• Teens not speeding to get their driver’s licenses
• Lawsuit cost SD 227, charter school nearly $300K
• State rep plans meetings with Will County
• Midlothian man to open vodka distillery
• Free foreclosure help Feb. 18
• Dart to speak at SXU
• Revenue plummets at casinos
• One injured when train strikes car on Far South Side
• Joliet approves plan for VA clinic
• Mayor Emanuel: Time to speed up trains to O’Hare, Midway
• Two face charges in Orland Park burglary
• Trucker sought for threatening girlfriend with gun
• Ice, tomatoes, squash make going tough for drivers on I-57
• Lockport Vietnam veteran honored by President Obama loses cancer battle
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• State Rep. Cross to talk over top issues with Will County officials
• No Grammies trip for Frankfort teen
• Lockport grad gets shot at ‘Idol’
• Kadner: State turns its back on the needs of the mentally ill
• Layoffs to pave way for Sauk Village police chief’s salary
• Plan to close facilities gets cool reception
• Family mourns mom killed in I-57 crash
• Former SD 159 Supt. takes job downstate
• Glenwood school celebrates Black History Month
• Escaped Wisconsin inmate found in Countryside
• Sandburg teacher charged with sexually abusing student
• Rape victim sues Harvey over untested rape kit
• Shattered tap handle leads to suit against Two Brothers Brewing Co.
• Cardinal changes Pfleger’s role; new duties outside St. Sabina’s
• Shattered tap handle leads to suit against Two Brothers Brewing Co.
• Orland OKs senior apartments
• Still Time To Register For One-Day Baseball Camp!
• Tobacco shop, wholesaler sue county over new tax
• Court: Calif. gay marriage ban unconstitutional
• Komen official quits in wake of Planned Parenthood dispute
• Hazel Crest woman faces felony assault charges
• Irish parade fundraising halfway home
• South Side Irish parade committee hosts fundraiser
• Richton Park woman robbed near home
• Evergreen Park gives approval for order’s retirement center
• Gov. Quinn signs bill to allow speed cameras near schools, parks
• Quinn at Ag School: ‘Jobs follow brain power’
• No one seriously hurt in rollover crash in Frankfort
• Fund established for late Mount Carmel grad
• Quinn at Ag School: ‘Jobs follow brain power’
• Wrong-way I-80 wreck: ‘They killed my son’
• ‘Unseasonably’ warm temps won’t continue this week
• One dead, two hurt in I-57 wreck
• Emergency crews battle multi-alarm Matteson blaze
• One dead, two injured after I-57 wreck
• Hollywood heyday for Beverly native?
• Evergreen Park considers agreement with Sisters
• Political unity evading third airport backers
• H-F talent show kicks off Black History Month celebration
• Rally to take on drug abuse
• One critically hurt in I-57 wreck near Morgan Park
• Mokena soldier returns home to much applause
• Great Danes display size, beauty in Frankfort competition
• Kadner: Battle over tax abatement results in two resignations
• Chicago Heights man robbed at bus station
• Gov. Quinn’s housing program targets Cook Co.
• Schools fear Quinn idea to shift pension costs
• Local vet offers acupuncture, chiropractic care for pets
• Man charged with murder in Lynwood man’s death held without bail
• Together We Cope gets helping hand
• U.S. Rep. Jackson faces first Democratic challenge
• Moving Silver Cross Hospital: It’s not brain surgery, but it is complex
• Man robbed at gunpoint in Park Forest
• Man robbed at bus station
• Frankfort Square 9-year-old’s interest in Marines isn’t flagging
• Man charged with murder in Lynwood man’s death
• Susan G. Komen drops plans to stop Planned Parenthood grants
• Veto maintains Lockport water-rate hike
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• Matteson woman dies on her 110th birthday
• Kadner: If voters get what they want, they may not want it
• SD 227 hosts party for Super Bowl
• Former Oak Lawn man mushing for a cause
• Woman from Gately department store family dies
• August trial date for alleged family killer Christopher Vaughn
• Palos firehouse a finalist in kitchen makeover contest
• Joliet bishop calls for protest of birth-control requirement
• No injuries in Hickory Hills apartment fire
• New Tinley Park Metra station opens March 22
• Susan G. Komen charity ends funding for Planned Parenthood
• Obama says his policies are extension of his faith
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• Wealthy Florida man adopts girlfriend in legal battle
• New JJC building delayed
• New city ward boundaries to take effect in 2015 for elections, officials say
• Dolton teen faces DUI in fire truck crash
• Beverly man’s death ruled a suicide
• C.C. Hills police: Alderman improperly helped kids join summer camp
• Reactions to Quinn’s ‘State of the State’ speech
• Unsolved Lane Bryant murders: ‘It sticks in your craw’
• Kadner: Shifting teacher pensions to our property tax bills
• Meeting in Mount Greenwood to address longer school day
• Judge upholds Montes candidacy
• Congressional race fund-raising shows Jackson and Halvorson competitive
• February eNewsletter
• Shorewood man convicted of having child porn on his computer
• Obama seeks to broaden reach of housing assistance
• Pfizer recalls 28 lots of birth control pills
• Quinn pitches tax relief for families, businesses that hire vets; more college aid
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• One dead from police-involved shooting in south suburb
• Tot Time "Sneak Preview" This Saturday!
• State’s attorney opposes special prosecutor in Koschman case
• One year later, spring-like day replaces big blizzard
• Kadner: Police can’t follow law on FOID card requests
• Bail not revoked in fatal DUI case
• Lawsuit seeks to halt closure of Tinley Park Mental Health Center
• Police: Man found shot  near Beverly home fire
• Police: person found shot near Beverly blaze
• SD 135 OKs hiring supt. search consultant
• Share Your Soles founder loses ‘everything’ in Worth blaze
• South Suburban Hospital opens new pediatric unit
• Cops: Oak Lawn man in suspected murder-suicide had medical issues
• Metra riders rush to buy passes before 25 percent fare hike
• Truck fire prompts backup on I-80
• Baby weighing nearly 14 pounds delivered without C-section
• Share Your Soles founder loses Worth residence in blaze
• Person found fatally shot near Beverly blaze
• Two dead in apparent murder-suicide in Oak Lawn
• Kadner: Food pantry truck robbed to obtain precious metals
• New homes for dogs saved from squalor
• Owner’s son faces assault charge after pet shop protest in Orland Park
• A housing how-to for the Southland
• Owner’s son faces assault charge after pet shop protest in Orland Park
• Sen. Mark Kirk upgraded to fair condition
• New Lenox restaurant to rebuild after fire
• Wilson named Richton Park fire chief
• ‘Operation Cookie Jar’: Chicago Ridge woman gets 3 years in overbilling scheme
• New Lenox Naval Reserve officer returns from Afghanistan
• State action urged to stop pension debt from ballooning
• Preckwinkle to meet with worried ministers about morgue mess
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• Metra fare increases begin Wednesday
• Surprise escort greets Marine Pvt. Jordan Kreml
• Five escape watery ditch after rollover accident
• SouthSTAR offers new home, new independence
• Pet store protest heats up in Orland Park
• Chicago Heights woman found dead
• District 210 juggles ideas of fee increases, more layoffs
• Students take sides at Sandburg debates
• District 210 juggles ideas of fee increases, more layoffs
• Stargazers say let darkness fall; battle light pollution
• Man tries to rob Riverdale bank
• Joliet Democrat Wilhelmi stepping down from State Senate seat
• College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan
• Colleague: Kirk ‘irritated’ in hospital, which means he’s getting ‘better’
• Oak Lawn tavern patron allegedly attacks officers
• New Lenox surprises returning reservist Schaefer
• Kadner: Do mayors have a conflict if elected to Legislature?
• Town surprises returning reservist
• Stargazers say let darkness fall
• Landek: Opponent ‘is absolutely wrong’
• School foundations pulling in big bucks, doing some big things
• Ryan Woods shelter to get makeover
• Gary Chase, former Mokena trustee, dies
• Longtime Markham resident served city, its kids
• Mount Greenwood parents object to longer school day
• MacNeil resigns Frankfort Library seat
• Cops: Man sought fathers on Craigslist ‘willing to share their daughters’
• FBI pursuing I-80/94 bank robber; suspect in Lansing robbery
• Oak Forest council’s Sunday meeting a rarity — and likely a marathon
• Landek: Opponent ‘is aboslutely wrong’
• Frankfort firefighter owes fine in hit-and-run case
• Budget-minded brides find bargains at Together We Cope sale
• Gov. Quinn to propose raising school dropout age 18
• Panel suggests $1 increase in license plate fee
• Dad doesn’t understand why son slain
• Proposals in Illinois would regulate online dating sites
• Teens accused of hate crime against Brother Rice student
• Opponent says Landek shouldn’t be mayor and state senator
• Budget-minded brides find bargains at Together We Cope sale
• Tinley Park man up for a Grammy Award
• Woman charged in Oak Lawn liquor dispute
• Hearing set in lawyer’s suit vs. Stebic
• Teens accused of hate crime against Br. Rice student
• Preckwinkle on county morgue mess: People will ‘lose their jobs’
• Homeless man can be tried for Orland Park rape
• Area’s worst blizzard hit 45 years ago
• Kadner: Class warfare politics nothing new in America
• Data show increase in Illinois gun licenses
• Will NATO protests get ugly? City prepares
• Oak Lawn gets tough on signs
• 211th Street  Metra stop in line for new name
• Soldier literally gets a Hometown welcome
• Orland Park may seek road report card
• Surprise! Oak Forest man finally gets his World War II medals
• ‘Neighbor’ dupes resident in Oak Forest
• Motorist shot in Matteson
• Frankfort woman sentenced for selling Ecstasy
• Mount Carmel grad killed in avalanche
• Stebic lawyer gets court date in legal fee dispute
• Oak Lawn police chief honored
• Firefighter still owes fine in hit-and-run case
• New Lenox residents to see increase in water rates
• Baseball Clinic and Dodgeball Starting SOON!
• Florida man gets 20 years for luring disabled Frankfort girl into sex
• Illinois abortions at record low
• Frankfort woman gets prison for selling ecstasy
• Chicago man charged in Hazel Crest shootout
• Gift store burglarized in New Lenox
• Kadner: A display of democracy on detention camp plan
• Frankfort starts plans for Sauk Trail upgrade
• Olympia Fields considers condos, townhouses near train station
• President’s ‘fair shot’ an elusive goal for some job seekers
• ‘Red Tails’ hits mark with Tuskegee Airmen
• Frankfort fire battalion chief still owes fine in hit-and-run case
• Orland FPD forming committee to explore merger
• Homer Glen wants study of unfinished subdivisions
• Will regional school board has opening
• Rachel’s Challenge to visit H-F
• Strongest solar storm since 2005 hitting Earth
• SD 210 board to discuss finances Saturday
• President Obama says state of the union is getting stronger
• Girl Scouts memorabilia sought by Tinley Park Historical Society
• One hurt in Orland Park rollover
• Sauk Village police chief back on the job
• Sen. Mark Kirk doing better — asks for Blackberry
• Man pleads not guilty to trying to kill Obama
• Student seriously hurt after being hit by semi near Chicago high school
• Supreme Court rules cops need warrant for GPS tracking
• Kadner: No state plan to treat mentally ill
• Illinois to allow courtroom cameras on ‘experimental basis’
• The facts on Quinn’s plan to close mental health facilities
• Trial set for woman accused of mistreating animals near Tinley
• Large crowd objects to detention center in Crete
• Tinley downtown to get marketing boost
• Girl Scout memorabilia sought by Tinley Park historical society
• Sauk Village trustees lock police chief out — literally
• Sen. Mark Kirk has stroke, could have problems with left arm, leg
• Bench trial set for woman accused of mistreating animals at shelter near Tinley Park
• Tinley downtown to get marketing boost
• Chicago Heights police seek help identifying woman found in snow
• Supreme Couurt rules cops need warrant for GPS tracking
• Who are the winners, losers when lottery goes online?
• Matteson students learn to play wheelchair basketball
• Blaze damages empty house in Harvey
• Unidentified woman found dead in Chicago Heights
• Mokena SD 159, teachers agree on contract
• Masked intruder robs Park Forest woman at her home
• Midlothian resident robbed by gunman
• Man who shot nail into his brain thought X-ray was a ‘doctor joke’
• So, how’d he not know there was a nail in his brain?
• Kadner: Crete detention camp a country club setting
• Local teacher gets long-awaited shot at ‘Jeopardy!’
• Resident robbed by gunman
• Masked intruder robs woman at her home
• Oak Lawn considers tightening rules on signs
• SD 81 cuts board president’s wife’s pay
• Few attend Mokena SD 159 meeting on school future
• Lawmakers seek prison crowding fix
• Matteson officials weigh in on business awnings
• Events postponed; street crews tackle snow cleanup
• Oak Lawn H.S. wins $25K auto shop makeover
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• Punched water sprinkler damages downtown nightclub; Burbank man charged
• Faulty furnace blamed for Midlothian fire
• Broken wheelchair curbs Frankfort teen’s independence
• Will County meal deliveries cut to four days a week
• Forecast shows Southland may get 4 inches of snow
• ‘Un-freaking-believable’: fiancee says Orland man recovering from nail in his brain
• Rainbow PUSH joins Rich South Olympics bid
• Additional budget cuts are needed in SD210
• Kadner: A 27-foot wide median eyed for LaGrange Road
• Mokena District 159 board to vote on teachers pact
• Univ. of Illinois raises tuition by 4.8 percent
• Three Orland Park men in ICE custody after beating of tenant
• Two charged in tavern fight
• State: Tinley Park Mental Health Center closing
• Hundreds of guns stolen from Des Plaines gun shop; four teens charged
• District 159 to vote on teachers pact
• 6 inches of snow possible Friday
• Rick Perry dropping presidential bid, backing Newt Gingrich
• Gov. Quinn to meet with Hillary Clinton
• U. of Illinois expects to hike tuition 4.8 percent
• Vickroy: Valiant effort to save a life
• WWII vet holds tight to his freedom, even if it means begging to get by
• Ex-south suburban police chief sworn in as Gary chief
• Emanuel to South Side Irish parade: March on!
• State’s backlog of unpaid bills nears $8.5 billion
• Grinch steals holiday lights in Flossmoor
• Kadner: Trying to find the site for Crete detention center
• Matteson mayor says tax-funded 911 campaign ‘just educational’
• State police recover 340 pounds of pot
• City OKs security measures for summits
• Ristow, founding member of St. Germaine Parish, dies at 96
• Former Congressman Derwinski remembered as friend of south suburbs
• SD 227 gives up fight against charter school
• Chicago cop guilty of reckless homicide, DUI in death of cyclist
• Former Mokena SD 159 board member Ventura dies at 48
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• Marine musicians share passion for jazz with Bremen students
• State dismisses complaint vs. Gorman
• Orland Park restaurant, retail center get preliminary OK
• Judge’s brother charged with killing sister, her husband
• Rich South band seeks help to hit high note: a trip to Olympics
• SXU community celebrates national football title
• Kadner: O’Shea lacks clout to stop Irish parade
• CC Hills man charged with killing sister, her husband
• Killer of four left suicide note saying he was distraught
• Man suspected in deadly DuPage Co. fire found dead in Dolton
• DUI charges in fatal hit-and-run that knocked woman off overpass
• Man shot, killed near Southwest Side home
• Restaurant, retail center in Orland Park get preliminary OK
• Services this week for Rich S. grad killed in Afghanistan
• Volunteers honor King by painting walls
• Kadner: New state rep from Orland will consult his bagel guys
• Lockport alderman wants to nix water-rate increase
• Deaths from falling TVs happen ‘more often than you think’
• Forum in Orland Park takes on intolerance
• Hickory Hills man charged in rail theft
• Restaurant, retail center in Orland Park get preliminary OK
• University Park girl, 4, killed by falling TV
• Jailed man now facing charges he failed to register as sex offender
• Critic says third airport could be fiasco
• City Council factions finally agree on new ward map
• ‘Oh, Lord’: Not everyone happy about return of South Side St. Patrick’s Day parade
• Animal Welfare League, ‘busting at the seams,’ hopes to expand
• NIU to reopen Cole Hall, site of 2008 shooting spree
• Jackson to spend night on homeless shelter floor
• Freezing rain, snow and cold snap in the forecast
• Jon Huntsman drops outs of GOP race, endorses Mitt Romney
• Krezwick appointed to fill McCarthy’s term in 37th District
• January Membership Special at Tinley Fitness!
• Fight for integration failed, but paved way for change
• Blue ribbon and a birthday at St. Linus Church in Oak Lawn
• Orland Park moves to cut back on the booze
• 16-year-old dies at Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center
• Cubs roll out plan for patio deck, scoreboard in right field
• New Lenox looks to tighten rules on weapon security
• Two found shot to death in Country Club Hills
• Rocky’s life celebrated at funeral
• Kadner: Detention center unites liberals and conservatives
• ‘No immediate threat’ of low-level radiation from Bed, Bath and Beyond tissue box holders
• Best enrollment news for city Catholic schools since 1965
• Oak Lawn woman dies after shoveling snow
• Cops unhappy with courthouse closures
• Edna Lawler: 108 years and counting
• Chicago man facing charges for soliciting Crete officer posing as child
• It’s back: South Side Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade to return
• Why kids and booze don’t make good mixers
• Oil depot proposed in Lockport
• Best enrollment news for city Catholic schools in 47 years
• Southland Martin Luther King Jr. Day events
• Two charged with manufacturing ‘Charley Sheene’ bath salts
• ‘Rocky’ Clark remembered for being inspirational
• Service restored after water main rupture in Country Club Hills
• New Lenox man, a high-ranking Latin King, gets 26 years on drug charge
• Bed, Bath and Beyond removes radioactive tissue box holders
• No new snow expected, but chilly temps on tap
• Man gets probation for sex with 13-year-old in Mokena
• Downstate man gets 20 years for sex with New Lenox teenager
• Kadner: New state House districts extend Chicago’s reach
• Federal immigration chief: Cook County jail policy may be illegal
• Summit Hill SD 161 mulls school closure
• Domestic battery charge against  SD 218 board member dropped
• Voters asked approval for lots in March election
• Will County seeks input on zoning law revisions
• Two men charged in Homewood pot raid
• Former Mount Greenwood resident John Fallon dies
• Snow brings traffic tie-ups, fender benders and — finally — sledding to Southland
• State senator chosen as treasurer of school group
• State GOP leaders push income tax repeal
• Durbin pushes for capturing fugitives
• Orland, Palos fire districts mull merger
• Palos Park to expand chili fest, add ribs
• Munster bank robbed; same man eyed for Lansing robbery
• New thrift store planned for Orland
• Man who escaped on way to court dies in federal custody
• Wildeveld back on District 161 board
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• Monee man gets 3 1/2 years for molesting 6-year-old girl
• Southland street crews ready to plow? It’s a yes-snow question
• Blackhawks to salute Evergreen Park Marine
• Foreclosures plummet in Will County
• Kadner: How to make a profit off illegal aliens
• New Lenox family warns others after coyotes attack dogs
• Orland Park woman charged with neglect
• Domestic violence awareness advocate hosts book party Friday in Burbank
• Elderly woman killed after being hit by car outside Merrionette Park home
• Visitation set for Crete woman killed in car crash
• Michelle Obama: Tired of ‘angry black woman’ stereotype
• Oak Lawn toughens its pet laws
• HGTV star tells local Girl Scouts ‘believe in yourself’
• Eight suffer minor injuries in school bus collision in Crete
• Digital land rush expected Thursday for new Internet ‘top-level’ domain names
• Judge rejects new trial for Steger man who killed boy in DUI
• Judge rejects new trial for Steger man who killed boy in DUI
• Harvey police shoot, wound robbery suspect
• Will County sheriff’s office taking applications for correctional officer
• Silver Cross to debut hospital during open house
• Forum on future of Mokena Intermediate School slated for Jan. 19
• Meet Miss Illinois USA: Flossmoor’s Ashley Hooks
• Palos Fire District closes a station
• Kadner: Detention center talk angers Crete residents
• Homer Glen may ban private wells near former gas leak site
• Pizza contest to benefit Cancer Support Center
• SD 135 supt. search not an inside job?
• Illinois gets $7.7 million in federal storm-repair aid
• New swine flu, drug-resistant strains arising
• Country Club Hills hiring theater manager
• Firefighter hospitalized in blaze that destroyed Harvey bar
• Cook Co. health officials take on sodas, other sugary drinks
• Metra says ‘we are sorry’ for Monday’s delays at Union Station
• Police looking for man who robbed Lansing bank
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• Crete officials duck detention center foes
• H-F student’s family: Pedicure tool doesn’t merit 9-day suspension
• Kadner: Davis backs move to insure student-athletes
• Mokena man charged with having sex with girl, 16
• Bertrand out as Bremen Twp. School Board president
• Orland 135 contract OK’d, supt. reassigned
• We may break record for least snowy start to winter
• Switching problems causing Metra delays at Union Station
• Services set for Rocky Clark
• Neighbors mourn Crete woman killed in Indiana crash
• Military helicopters in skies are part of preparations for Obama visit
• Man pleads guilty in fatal drunken driving wreck at Balmoral
• Man gets life in prison for killing Tinley Park man in 2009
• Feds find failures in Cook Co. homeland security project
• Bill Daley out as Obama chief of staff, sources say
• Black Disciples leader who ran drug, gun trade, dead at 60
• Blind Glenwood woman aims to become special-ed teacher
• Residents to meet about proposed immigrant detention center in Crete
• It’s all on ice at Frankfort festival
• Frankfort fire battalion chief to lose license
• Mokena homecoming for Southland soldiers inspires party for patriotism
• Kadner: A workshop for parents: ‘Lessons from Penn State’
• Mokena homecoming for Southland soldiers insires party for patriotism
• Is Consumer Electronics Show cursed?
• Homecoming for Southland soldiers
• Aurora soldier killed in Afghanistan
• Great Grassland is goal of all that tree-cutting in Orland Township
• Cops: Southland is home to some ‘leisure’ counterfeiters
• New Bremen Twp. School Board kills law challenge
• Pastor: Insurance law should be ‘Rocky’ Clark’s legacy
• Panel: Illinois school mergers could cost billions
• I-PASS user information to be kept private
• Chicago man charged with bomb threats
• Orland 135 teachers OK contract
• Joliet killer gets 61 years
• Great Grassland is goal of all that tree-cutting in Orland Park
• FBI seeking help in identifying ‘Tire Iron Bandit’
• President Obama lunches with campaign contest winners
• Apology follows email referring to Michelle Obama as ‘Mrs. YoMama’
• Crestwood votes to pay water operator’s legal fees
• ‘Rocky’ Clark dies at 27; mom says to remember him ‘as a fighter’
• Police investigating New Year’s death of Orland Park teen
• Orland Park church plans vigil to remember drug addiction victims
• One injured in Matteson robbery
• Mom charged after son found wandering in Steger
• ‘Rocky’ Clark dies at 27; mom: remember him ‘as a fighter’
• 1 in 30 U.S. babies is a twin
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• ‘Tire Iron Bandit’ robs Willow Springs bank again
• Hannon to run for state Senate
• A Pokemon prime-timer: Frankfort teen eyes national championship
• Kadner: Another patient pays for Oak Forest closing
• Off-duty firefighter rescues fisherman from Diversey Harbor
• Cops: Wis. woman swiped clothes from three Tinley Park stores
• Michele Bachmann ends campaign, says she’ll fight for issues
• Vandals target ornamental reindeer in Oak Lawn
• Ruse burglary in Oak Forest anything but neighborly
• Feds grant Illinois $186 million for high-speed rail project
• Union SD 81 superintendent retiring, ‘before the Legislature goofs up our retirement’
• Phil Kadner: Your chance to replace incumbents in Illinois
• Building hope: Prairie State College program aims to help the chronically unemployed
• Cop sued for attempted date
• Police probe fatal I-57 crash
• Bremen Township to offer discount prescription program
• Quinn’s budget forecast gloomy after income tax hike ends
• Charges possible for girl, 13, who left her baby in Dumpster
• It’s possible to not know you are pregnant
• Cook County Forest Preserve picnic permits go on sale
• Orland Park trustees OK more Orland Plaza payments
• Bullet fired to celebrate New Year’s grazes S. Chicago Heights boy
• Sauk Village board to consider disciplining police chief, treasurer, manager
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• Families mourn two teens killed in I-57 crash
• Christ Medical Center posts YouTube videos
• Big stage set for local poms, dance teams
• Economy, elections could mean rough 2012 in Illinois
• Mokena crime reports to go online
• Baby found in trash bin in Country Club Hills
• Homewood’s Three Brothers Restaurant lives on at Christmas
• Two local babies arrive less than a second into 2012
• Homewood church celebrates woman’s 100th birthday
• Tinley Park man, 80, dies from injuries
• Tinley Park man dies from injuries
• New year, new pocketbook pain for Southlanders
• I-57 crash kills two teens
• No one injured as blaze destroys Worth restaurant
• Sales tax dropping again in Cook County
• Blaze destroys Worth restaurant
• Families celebrate New Year’s in Homewood
• New year comes early for kids in Oak Lawn
• Car goes to family that truly needs it
• Felon faces multiple DUI charges
• $13K bracelet taken in Oak Lawn burglary
• Woman, 73, shoved into wall at Oak Lawn food pantry
• Gang member charged with ammo possession in Oak Lawn
• Year in Review: Southland’s top news stories
• PETA seeks memorials to cows killed on Illinois roads
• Three hurt in Midlothian rollover crash
• Appeals court rules in favor of Southland Charter School
• Saturday weddings at Cook County suburban courthouses ending
• Lifetime movie on Drew Peterson captures his personality but takes some liberties
• Lansing man dies in Indiana crash
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• Homewood group aims to turn teen artists into leaders
• TV show ends Midlothian man’s unemployment
• Need help avoiding hangover? Less booze, more water
• Ring in the New Year without breaking the bank
• One of Park Forest’s ‘great souls’ dies at 97
• Dems taking resumes to fill McCarthy vacancy
• Man convicted in fatal DUI crash gets another DUI in Joliet Twp.
• State Sen. Crotty won’t seek re-election
• Stebic’s lawyer sues him for $10K in unpaid fees
• Frankfort woman charged in daycare swindle
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• Chicago’s murder rate continues to decline
• Harvey police officer arrested for DUI in Riverside
• Cook County to close suburban courthouses on weekends
• Oh, brother(s)! Christmas special for local servicemen
• Intrigue marks races for Southland’s congressional seats
• Herald-News reporter Kim Smith dies
• Cheering, caring help Southland kids with disabilities shine
• Man charged in fatal DUI crash in Matteson pleads not guilty
• Cook County to close suburban courthouses on weekends
• Mokena cops: DUI suspect broke antenna off of squad car
• Longtime legislator McCarthy retires
• Cranky croc steals Aussie zoo worker’s lawn mower
• Illinois candidates file for 18 U.S. congressional seats
• Quinn: Ruling paves way for online lottery sales
• 2011: 2nd wettest year on record for Chicago
• Charges dropped against Joliet man who killed himself before court date
• Chicago Heights school helps launch anti-violence initiative
• Drivers plan new routes with Illinois toll hikes
• Lansing man charged in 2009 murder of three teens
• Slain Indiana girl lived among sex offenders
• Charges dropped against Joliet man who killed himself
• Lansing man retrieved rifle for use in triple homicide: prosecutors
• It’s official: 2011 second-wettest year on record
• Judge sides with prosecutors on search warrant; animal welfare case continued
• Cops: Driver who hit 3 bar patrons in Bridgeview charged with DUI
• Nurse has traveled the world
• Seat belt law for all?
• Cook County picnic permits on sale Tuesday
• Quinn hopes Sears won’t close stores in Illinois
• Tollway announces $609 million construction plan
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• Buckle up: New safety laws in effect Jan. 1
• Happy Holidays from our family to yours!
• That outdated electronic gear? Wait, don’t toss it
• Richards junior debuts music arrangement
• Country Club Hills woman killed in Indiana crash
• Fire damages Palos garage
• Restaurant owners, Southlanders help feed those in need on Christmas
• Calendar goes to the dogs, to delight of Matteson couple
• A bumpy road for Illinois
• Come Jan. 1, back seat riders must   buckle up
• Restaurant owners, Southlanders band together to feed the needy on Christmas
• Midway Airport priest charged with sexual abuse
• Vehicle strikes three at Bridgeview lounge
• A warm gesture: Lodge donates coats to Chicago Heights school
• Non-Christians celebrate holidays differently
• Pickpockets ply ancient trade
• Illinois one of seven states to win federal education competition
• New Lenox gun shop burglarized again
• Hall of Fame raises $25K for Rocky Clark
• Sauk Village mayor sues trustees
• Blind Frankfort Square teen: ‘I’m more of a fighter’
• Air-conditioning units stolen from rooftops in Tinley Park
• Illinois to create independent tax appeal tribunal by 2013
• Beverly soldier’s surprise for his kids: He’s home for Christmas
• Obama quickly signs payroll tax cut after congressional approval
• ‘Christmas Without Cancer’ helps Southland families face struggles
• Goofy YouTube dancing pays off for Midlothian’s Kyle Frere
• Walgreen, Safeway join stores pulling formula after infant death
• Southland events for New Year’s Eve
• Markham boy gets wish, appears in Matt Damon movie
• Phil Kadner: Believe in the goodness of all the ‘little punks’
• Chicago men facing charges for helping youths steal jackets in Orland Park
• Judge drops Glasgow from cop’s lawsuit
• New Lenox, Will County police report Christmas-related crimes
• Midlo guy’s dance videos go viral
• Homewood native hits high note on new album
• Brides getting refunds from closed Lemont venue
• New Lenox honors two officers for life-saving efforts
• Orland District 135, teachers say they have a contract
• Cops: Oak Lawn man threatened to blow up bank
• Andrew student offered ride by suspicious woman
• Two men charged in Oak Lawn dealership disturbance
• TV taken in smash-and-grab at Oak Lawn salon
• Man robbed at gunpoint in Oak Lawn store parking lot
• Five men gang up on victim in Midlothian robbery
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• FAA approves key airport report
• Feds list possible methods for blocking Asian carp
• Accused child predator kills self
• Orland fire district gets training grant
• District 227 reduces a class period to save $1.2 million
• Handmade gifts take center stage at Palos couple’s holiday gathering
• Mount Greenwood girl gets wish, shares stage with Sox manager Ventura
• Rally draws 200-plus to support new contract in Orland SD 135
• Kadner: For working stiffs, it’s spin, but no tax cut
• Donations for Alsip woman with cancer swiped from store
• Police cadets’ food drive
• Six nabbed in theft at Orland Park sporting goods store
• SD 230 superintendent gets contract extension
• Tinley Park man killed by Metra train identified
• SEC charges ex-Bear Gault with fraud
• Man kills himself, hours before he was to plead guilty to sex crime
• Nearly 60,000 Illinoisans could lose unemployment benefits
• Van driver cited in crash with school bus in Orland Park
• Phil Kadner: Lots of financial advice, but no easy answers
• Smoke shop owner accuses Orland Park of bias
• Nathan Hale Middle School awarded grant
• Orland Park residents will vote on electric supplier
• Orland Park OKs community survey
• Congress OKs $300 million for Great Lakes cleanup
• Arbitrator rules on travel pay
• Judge OKs deal on disabled in nursing homes
• Age, no name for man killed by Metra train
• Celebrating science: Girl Scouts take aim at ‘gender bias’
• Massage request becomes near-miss robbery for Oak Lawn man
• Wheaton to succeed Boniface as Sandburg principal
• Orland Hills lands OTB parlor
• Beaten priest, 80, returns to South Side parish, cracks jokes
• Longtime Chicago Heights Ald. Willie White dies at 71
• Village OKs community survey
• Residents will vote on electric supplier
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• Kadner: Boy who refused to die tells his story as a man
• Kirk endorses Romney for president
• A long-awaited return for Midlothian soldier
• Soldier’s surprise a class act at Hickory Hills school
• Former HR director sues Orland fire district
• Crestwood-based nonprofit gets grant for anti-bullying project
• Orland Park resident reported missing
• Oak Forest woman found dead in Markham
• Chicago minister backs Halvorson
• Fire displaces family in Homer Township
• Naperville OKs annexing Islamic Center property
• Durbin urges Southland charter school students to seize opportunities
• Metra train kills pedestrian in Tinley Park
• Southland teens: Parents steer them wrong by texting behind wheel
• Blind veterans get Christmas party in Oak Lawn
• Santa, Matteson cops join forces to help kids
• Dogs attack students at Evergreen Park school
• Santa, cops  Join Forces  To help kids
• Southland car club in high gear for toy drive
• Everyone wins at cheer competition
• Homewood tanning salon robbed
• SXU fans celebrate championship
• ‘Small but mighty’ Marine welcomed home
• Christmas wishes come true in Tinley Park
• Kadner: Legal fees and honors for indicted officials
• Injuries claim man’s life 30 years later
• Tinley Park marks rec center’s 10th year
• SD 130 fires longtime teacher, offers no reason
• Union SD 81 approves levy increase
• Ill. to provide $15 million  for affordable housing
• Oak Lawn OKs $1 parking tax at hospital
• CCH aldermen consider forcing mayoral recall
• Yamaha execs visit Oak Forest school
• State coal plants ahead of EPA mercury rule
• SW Side sausage purveyor Rosario’s shutting its doors
• Quinn signs tax break bill to keep Sears, CME in state
• Police seizure nets new iPads for Oak Forest officials
• Alleged serial bank robber caught in Bridgeview motel
• Will Co. Board member to run as independent
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• Task force offers options to publicly finance campaigns
• Woman’s best friend
• Doc shows heart in helping hockey guys in hot water
• $200,000 Powerball winner in Homer Glen
• Frankfort mural latest salute to Lincoln Highway history
• Phil Kadner: Save Blago — put him in prison now
• Orland Park police say man lied about robbery
• Crestwood may pay for 2nd worker’s defense
• Animals found in squalor in Palos Park barn; Lemont man charged
• Iraq War vet gets 17 years for killing wife
• Olympia Fields gives final nod to emergency services change
• Kadner: Tricks, gimmicks and politics — Kinzinger brags about vote
• Illinois’ unemployment rate down, slightly
• VVAC December/January Newsletter
• Riley Fox’s parents say P.I. who’s suing them lied about FBI ties
• District 161 chief search ends abruptly
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• No new trial for woman who called out judge’s kids’ Facebook friends
• South Holland man gets 3 years for abusing dogs
• Tinley Park bakery gets leg up on competition
• Orland protection district puts firefighter hirings on hold
• Public likes Illiana Expressway idea
• Cookies, veterans mix in lesson at Worth school
• Tinley Park Fishing Show
• Woman tries to lure middle school student in Oak Forest
• Two cited in Tinley Park for filling homemade ice rink from hydrant
• Sandburg, Stagg acting out ... en route to Scotland
• Village to ask voters for 911 fee hike
• Suit filed over Crete-Monee incident
• Riley Fox’s parents say P.I. who’s suing them lied about FBI ties
• Woman suing Crete-Monee schools after daughter punched by special-needs student
• Palos fire district seeks tax rate hike
• Fire damages Crestwood home
• One hurt in Crestwood bus crash
• Obama salutes troops’ ‘extraordinary achievement’ to mark end of Iraq war
• Time names ‘The Protester’ as ‘Person of Year’
• Orland girl with CP gets shot at Joffrey’s ‘Nutcracker’
• Judge: One extra month of freedom for Blago
• Chicago’s ban on ‘synthetic marijuana’ to begin Jan. 1
• White House visit on menu for Bridgeview nonprofit co-founders
• Country Club Hills council to review newsletter
• Some Southlanders back cell phone ban while driving
• Tax breaks could trigger demand for more
• Calumet Park cop’s brutality trial starts
• Cops: Joliet man solicited teen for sex
• Orland Park brothers charged after stolen car crashes
• Homewood trustees agree to new police contract
• Homer Glen to hold March vote on deer culling
• Orland Park brothers charged after stolen car crashes
• Blagojevich gets another month till he must report to prison
• NTSB urges national ban on cellphone use while driving
• SD 159 board, teachers union optimistic about contract talks
• Alsip official: industrial building fire was ‘suspicious’
• This Bear is on the money in visit to Rich East H.S.
• Kadner: Corrupt schools boss gets 18 months’ probation
• Teachers, residents pack Orland SD 135 meeting
• Audit finds $40K was stolen in Olympia Fields
• Co-workers cash in $250,000 Mega Millions prize
• Public input sought for possible Illiana Expressway routes
• Alsip couple charged with home burglaries
• Oak Lawn police blotter
• Arson suspected in Alsip industrial building fire
• Blue Island’s MetroSouth Medical Center sold
• Tinley Park man charged after scuffle with Mokena police
• Ill. House reconsiders closing pension loopholes
• Obama: ‘Our war in Iraq ends this month’
• Gov. Quinn, others react on call for Chicago split
• Chicago Heights man killed in downstate crash involving tractor
• Joliet firefighters, police rescue man from frigid Des Plaines River
• She may be on live TV, but Warner lives regular home life
• Hundreds raise money for families of killed, wounded Green Berets
• Clothes to keep homeless vets warm
• Two injured in fire in Mount Greenwood
• Orland fire district budget sees drop in spending, revenue
• Proposal to make Chicago a state shows Illinois divide
• Jackson Jr. rep seeks third-airport support in Channahon
• Christmas Giveaway benefits Chicago Heights families
• Crowd celebrates Saint Lucia tradition in Orland Park
• Three from Crest Hill dead in New Lenox crash
• Kadner: Rooting for two underdog QBs
• Man gets 18 years in Lockport break-in
• Rise in young nurses lessens fears of shortage
• Sauk Village cop alleges harassment by trustee
• Missing: Ex-Orland fire chief’s district-issued phone
• GOP U.S. reps looking to small business owners for answers
• 1st snowfall of season leads to several fatal crashes
• Eisenhower students bring early Christmas to Robbins school
• Sight is might for Chicago Heights boy
• I-PASS software snafu causes account errors
• Manhattan taps new police chief
• First snowfall of season leads to several fatal spin-out crashes
• Bank robber hits Oak Lawn, SW Side
• Weather blamed in two fatal crashes in Will County
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• Beverly doctor, artist is Balzekas Museum’s Man of the Year
• Mr. Tightwad’s guide to slashing that energy bill
• Guilty verdict in 2009 Tinley Park murder
• Tinley Park parish toy drive aims to deliver joy to Joplin
• Will County  to recount deer  in two forest  preserves
• South Holland man charged with sex assault of girl, 12
• Copper stolen from Tinley Park warehouse
• Man tries to lure Tinley Park boy with football
• Thief swipes $540 in lottery tickets in Oak Lawn
• Stein named superintendent in Mokena SD 159
• Meals on Wheels fundraiser set for Dec. 10 in Midlothian
• Stolen bicentennial flag returned to Joliet Junior College — 35 years later
• Drew Peterson Lifetime movie starring Rob Lowe sets air date
• SD 227 attorney: Charter school will financially ‘ravage’ district
• Stolen bicentennial flag returned to JJC — 35 years later
• Will Co. to recount deer in two Homer Twp. woods
• More than 3,700 civil unions issued in Illinois in first six months
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• Snowplows targeted by thieves in Oak Lawn
• Man tries to lure Tinley Park boy with football
• Thief swipes $540 in lottery tickets in Oak Lawn
• Bodies of two men found in Sauk Village home identified
• Sun-Times grant to help schools install Smart Boards
• Oak Lawn man gets 7-year sentence in fatal DUI case
• Kadner: Politicians in Illinois have no sense of guilt
• Bodies of two men found shot in Sauk Village home
• Chicago Heights couple carjacked
• Steger robbery suspect not convincing
• Hazel Crest offers gun turn-in
• Derailment puts CN Railway under microscope
• Charter school suit heads to appeals court
• SD 81 board member’s residency is questioned
• ‘Sorry’ Blagojevich gets 14-year prison sentence
• Gas leak forces road closure near Beecher
• Bodies of two men found in Sauk Village home
• Palos fire district might seek 25-cent tax hike
• Divide and conquer? CCH mayor wants to cut city council by half
• Forecasters say season’s first real snow expected Thursday night
• Phil Kadner: Working stiffs treated like chumps by Congress
• Village rejects settling suit against nuns
• Matteson man robbed of rent money
• Palos fire district might seek tax increase
• Remembering Pearl Harbor: Oak Forest man was prison guard for war criminals
• Four veterans offer helping  hand at battleship memorial
• 70 years after Pearl Harbor, Southland native recalls horror
• Trustees approve slimmer 2012 budget
• Kyle Hastings’ son files to seek state Senate seat
• Mokena SD 159 teachers suspend intent-to-strike notice
• Orland Park man charged in Tinley Park carjacking
• Robbers beat elderly priest
• Matteson water rates to rise 25 percent
• Evergreen Park man charged in robberies
• Chicago Heights OKs emergency pact
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• Kadner: He wants county post to cut property tax bills
• Blagojevich hoping family, shame lighten sentence
• Blagojevich’s sentencing judge known for impartiality
• Garry McCarthy has verbal shootout with FOP head over staffing
• Southland libraries delve into e-reader mystery
• Oak Lawn soldier’s homecoming brings bliss
• Matteson bracing for 25 percent water rate increase
• Orland Park approves slimmer 2012 budget
• Evergreen Park rejects settling suit against nuns
• Mokena SD 159 won’t decide on MIS closure until February
• Will County to offer household pick-up and drop-off sites for electronics recycling
• Will County pols line up for 2012 primary ballot
• Tinley Park man dies in rollover Dan Ryan crash
• Oak Lawn water tower recognized
• Former NFL linebacker seeks Senate seat
• Tinley Park-Park District December eNewsletter
• Obama makes case for extending payroll tax cuts
• Molinare switching boards from SD 161 to SD 210
• Joliet veterans clinic on pace for 2013 grand opening
• Any defiance could hurt Blagojevich at sentencing
• Fewer, but longer, class periods could be in store for Rich 227
• SD 227 board members get new iPads
• Children board Polar Express for visit with Santa
• Whale activists  sue to free Lolita
• Family, friends gather in Oak Lawn to greet Army Spc. Polcyn
• Soldier’s  arrival  brings joy  
• Lawsuit settlement would allow retirement center in Evergreen Park
• Bikers donate toys at annual Southwest Side parade
• Poll: Should tavern reopen?
• Share your memories of McCuddy’s
• CCH man dies in Markham shooting
• Tinley parade helps Together We Cope
• Lynwood man charged in robberies
• Orland Plaza tenants await word on lease case
• Kadner: A bank branch closes, and people pay the price
• Cain to make announcement Saturday; aides privately expect he’s out
• Canine cop deserves no overtime, Tinley says
• Social worker was tireless advocate for the mentally ill
• Convict’s wild escape attempt in vain
• Should fans still hope for McCuddy’s to make a return?
• Chicago Ag school enrollment would increase under plan
• Advocate agrees to $7.5M malpractice award
• Push for veterans TV channel gets a boost
• Tinley Park woman ‘discovers’ a worthy investment
• Chicago cop admits role in Latin Kings case
• Jury finds Lockport man guilty of killing father
• Apartment fire displaces 25 residents in Chicago Ridge
• Rep. Jackson probe will continue, House ethics panel says
• Judge: Blagojevich sentencing will take two days, even if lawyers wrap up sooner
• Police search for escaped convict moves to Homer Glen
• Truck rollover backs up traffic on I-57 near I-80
• Ex-Chicago cop pleads guilty to working for Latin Kings
• Lockport man convicted of beating elderly father to death
• Herman Cain to make campaign announcement Saturday
• Freight train derailment shuts Archer, disrupts Metra
• Freight train derailment disrupts Metra traffic
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• Illinois’ economy has state over tax-break barrel
• Tinley Park High School on Christmas ornament
• Illinoisans help decorate White House for holidays
• Santa plans extra stop  at Commons
• New education center in Crete aims to give kids a head start
• Officials say Sauk Village biz ‘hooked up’ more than just cell phones
• Son’s tragic death inspired mom’s quest
• Placed on hold: Attempted robbery of Matteson phone store still unsolved
• Kadner: No sentence too stiff for official prostitution
• Tinley Park suspends liquor license for selling can of beer after 2 a.m.
• Woman suffers minor injuries in carjacking in Tinley Park
• ISU locking up .xxx domain names
• JJC to host holiday concerts
• Pet pig shot in Homer Glen survives ‘close call’
• Quinn: Sears help ‘more than adequate’
• Poverty rates rise among area schoolkids
• Mokena chief heads police association
• Mokena SD 159 teachers threaten strike
• Volunteers, donations keep Thorn Creek preserve ‘alive’
• Newspaper calls on judge to open Cellini hearing
• Will County ready for electronics trash ban
• Where’s Tinley Park’s WW II honor wall?
• Homer Glen residents trying to stop deer kill
• SD 227 headquarters bid comes in under budget
• Oak Forest’s new police dog already becoming ‘a great asset’
• Should canine cops be paid for (r)overtime?
• Holiday fun planned in Tinley Park
• Doctors’ financial ties may lead to needless MRIs
• Frankfort tree lighting ceremony Thursday
• Frankfort firefighters announce Toys for Tots locations
• New Lenox to deliver gifts to seniors
• Appeals court must consider evidence against Drew Peterson
• Demolition of Harvey’s Dixie Square Mall could begin by year’s end
• Homewood to host holiday celebration Friday evening
• Services set for slain NIU student
• Give Blagojevich 15 to 20 years in prison, prosecutors urge judge
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• A John Wayne Gacy victim finally identified — three decades later
• Pension reform bill goes to Quinn
• Ill. House nixes tax break for businesses
• Chicago men sentenced to prison after 2008 Oak Lawn break-in
• Orland fire retirements were ‘business decisions’
• Services set for Lynwood man found slain in home
• Demolition of of Harvey’s Dixie Square Mall could begin by year’s end
• Supporters see smaller center in Tinley Park
• ‘Regular guy’ had vision for Oak Lawn
• Chicago firefighter allegedly aided son in attack
• Olympia Fields may switch emergency services
• Midlothian resident robbed at gunpoint
• Two Midlothian homes burglarized; $10K in jewelry stolen
• A Gacy victim finally identified — three decades later
• Anti-loitering law upsets some Country Club Hills aldermen
• Firefighters battle four house fires in Joliet area
• Fire department offers holiday safety tips
• Saturday - Vogt Visual Arts Center Christmas Open House
• Kadner: Orland Township offers discount drug card
• Wind, rain to whip area; snow possible to south
• Another roadblock for Country Club Hills financial audit
• Tinley Park woman fights off lung cancer: ‘It’s the power of prayer’
• Shoppers snap up Cyber Monday deals
• Prosecutors win delay on exonerated convicts
• Concerns raised in Crete over planned ICE detention center
• Quinn: Budget deal will keep state mental health centers open
• Report on Orland fire district probe due Tuesday
• Aurora man charged; allegedly had sex with girl, 13, in Mokena
• Shoppers snap up Cyber Monday deals
• Lynwood police: Man found shot to death in home possibly ‘targeted’
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• Bergstein’s takes Chicago Heights deli on the road
• Palos Heights police issue burglary alert
• Northwestern tops list of most vegan-friendly colleges
• Mokena soldier: Welcome home celebration amazing
• Santa stops in Orland Park
• Madrigals offer look at Christmas past
• Hundreds line up to see Saint Nick at annual Oak Lawn fest
• Report details homelessness in the Southland
• SD 161 collecting donations for family displaced by fire
• New words of Catholic Mass take effect Sunday
• Two contracts OKd for Tinley Park vets plaza
• Volunteers dive into helping nuclear sub’s crew
• Residents renew resistance vs. airport near Peotone
• Will County’s recycling sites accept holiday lights
• State reaping less from lottery in new fiscal year
• Crete resident to hold meeting about proposed ICE detention center
• Chicago Ridge man keeps on pedaling
• Shoppers, shoving and a show of love mark Black Friday
• ‘Wheel’ watching spells success for Rich East teacher
• Police: Black Friday shoppers in Joliet being good
• Blago wants tapes played at sentencing
• Words of mass are changing
• Maggie Daley, Chicago’s gracious first lady
• Public memorial for Maggie Daley set for Sunday
• Orland Park charity not just toying around
• Church provides Thanksgiving dinner for the needy
• Black Friday gets off to a ‘Harry’ start in Orland Park — on Thursday
• Hard work ethic spurs Cooper’s Hawk founder
• Turkey Trot runners burn off the calories
• Homer Glen mulls asking voters about deer culling
• Homer Glen earns international honor for outdoor light rules
• Cops: Alleged burglar found cash in van
• Oak Forest trash pact extended for eight years
• Rahm flips switch, tree ablaze in lights
• Oak Forest man victim of Halloween-masked robber
• Prosecutors to corrupt: Wake up, work with us
• Markham man charged with murdering NIU student from Park Forest
• A chief debriefed: Tinley Park’s next top cop talks about new gig
• Poor economy no speed bump for Thanksgiving travelers
• More villages opt for electric rate changes
• State workers suspended over money to aid disabled
• 70 years for 5-kilo-a-week ‘major drug dealer in Markham and Harvey’
• ‘Doctor Who’ fans have other plans than shopping on Black Friday
• Firefighters’ food drive a big help to Lockport pantry
• IDOT opens some lanes
• Police: Joliet postal worker stole mailed credit cards
• Court moves Illinois congressional filing dates
• Orland Park OKs new tool for economic development
• Blagojevich ally Rezko gets 10½ years, minus time served
• Homewood school board president earns state honor
• Man gets life term in home invasion
• Southland food pantries: Donations mean turkeys are no rare bird
• Family support system in place after Frankfort Square home fire
• ‘Everybody’s grandma,’ oldest to graduate at SXU, dies at 87
• Man breaks into Kenny Williams’ downtown home, defrosts lobster
• Fire destroys Frankfort Square home
• Tony Rezko sentenced to 10-1/2 years in kickback scheme
• Quinn touting report on gambling expansion
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• Jesse White launches top-to-bottom review of disabled placard abuse
• Oak Lawn bridal salon celebrates new home
• Oak Lawn bridal salon celebrates new home
• Bear sighting in Orland Park: It’s Conte covering for Hanie
• Cops catch gas station robber in ditch
• Judge seals Kustok case file
• Village OKs sale of building to former Bears star’s company
• Traffic changes coming at Flossmoor Hills School
• Man found innocent of killing deaf 15-year-old girlfriend in 1981
• Primary looming, Jackson faces ethical cloud
• At least 20 Illinois legislators not running again
• Oak Forest man charged with robbing two Southland banks
• Judge bars release of information from Kustok murder case
• Man found innocent of killing deaf 15-year-old girlfriend in 1981
• President Obama to sell jobs plans to New Hampshire electorate
• Toy drive helps keep memory of Dowling alive
• Alsip man charged with attacking paramedic in ambulance
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• Three charged with armed robbery in Crestwood
• New Rhodes Scholar raised in Lemont
• EIU student from Orland Park found dead
• More than 50 arrested in holiday retail theft rings
• Woman marks 102 with Palos Heights celebration
• SD 227 board questions use of advisory periods
• Quinn speaks to Top Teens
• Rosie’s Drive-In featured in ‘Mike and Molly’ TV show
• Oak Lawn church serves up early Thanksgiving dinner
• Women play for a cause
• Mokena kicks off holiday season with fest
• Hollywood actress helps give youth conference extra buzz
• Kadner: A lesson about life from Loraine Cook
• District seeks  tax levy increase
• Pent-up demand drives up Thanksgiving travel: AAA
• 1 dead, 1 wounded in South Side shootings
• OTB parlor eyed in Orland Hills
• Wind gets best of roof of Merrionette Park apartment
• Trial ends in Illinois redistricting lawsuit
• Lincoln-Way students’ art hits the road (map)
• Union School district seeking increase in tax levy
• Orland Hills man gets twisted ideas — for a living
• it’s not a ‘mancession’
• Lawsuits, closed process mark Sauk Village police chief search
• ‘Design Star’ finalist shines at Sandburg
• SD 230 tax levy to remain as is
• More lane closures on LaGrange Road in Orland Park
• Prosecutor: Cellini’s conviction should stand
• Grain exports are booming
• Tinley Park hires police chief from Elmhurst
• Missing Orland Township man OK
• Crews battling apartment building fire in Blue Island
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• Crews battling apartment building fire in Blue Island
• Police looking for missing Orland Township man
• New Lenox, Aldi put to the test
• Christmas Fest set in Mokena
• Phil Kadner: Southland just too lazy to fight rich and powerful
• Stacking their way to the record book
• Gonzalez hopes toll board post means Southland jobs
• Ill. GOP testifies in redistricting suit
• Crestwood library shows off new look
• Months later, family still seeks answers in Mokena man’s death
• Midlothian teen robbed of cell phone, iPod
• Tinley Park man allegedly had sex with girl, 13
• Response group wins Home Town Award
• Attorney: Unruly passenger to plead guilty
• Cops: Three visits to Stagg, three students arrested
• Two charged in alleged attack on Oak Lawn bartender
• Thieves nab $6K in landscaping equipment in Oak Lawn
• Gonzalez hopes toll board post means Southland jobs
• Accused teen killers want new judge
• Preckwinkle offers more money for health and dental care for the poor
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• Panel to interview applicants for JJC president
• Smucker recalls jars of chunky peanut butter
• Filmmaking a real scream for Mokena man
• Man charged in fatal Aldi robbery found hanged in cell
• President reflects on his 21 years of leading school
• SD 163 dedicates media center to past member
• Man gets 12 years for home invasion in which his grandfather was beaten
• District 81 committee looks into board president’s wife’s pay
• No deal yet for SD 135 teachers
• Filmmaking a real scream for Mokena man
• Kadner: Lansing resident fights for adoptee rights
• Three decades later, woman recalls finding teen girl’s body in forest preserve
• No change? That Salvation Army bell ringer might take plastic
• Would-be ruse burglar in Tinley Park comes up empty
• Religious trinkets taken in Tinley Park burglary
• Tinley Park home burglarized
• Oak Forest man charged; allegedly beat grocery store employee
• Study: Ill. ranks high in taxes on poor families
• Proposal would limit height of buildings around Midway
• Phil Kadner: Leaders must unite to help the Southland
• Homeschoolers find something ‘extra’ in Homer Glen
• Chicago Heights teen shot in crowd ‘didn’t deserve this’
• 24 hurt in Pace bus crash
• Trooper honored for pursuit, arrest
• Summit Hill starts chief search with town hall forum
• New Crete school emerging from merger in style
• Oak Forest police expand canine unit
• Orland Hills mayor hired for key Bloom SD 206 post
• Preckwinkle backs down from plan to slash $2 million payment to CTA
• Skunks raising a big stink in Naperville, surrounding towns
• Chicago Archdiocese to pay $3.2 million to abuse victim
• Purse snatcher strikes in Tinley Park
• More Illinois birth certificate rules take effect
• Congress pushes back on healthier school lunches
• They have clout in court: Volunteers watch out for kids in Will County
• Police: Missing elderly woman last seen Thursday
• Kadner: Waiting for justice after 20 years of guilt
• Supporters want Beverly clinic to stay open, stage protest
• Chicago moves to ban synthetic marijuana after mother’s plea
• Chicago Ridge man faces aggravated DUI charge in Matteson fatal crash
• She’s dead, but someone’s parking for free in her name
• Marian Catholic band fifth in nation, first in Class 2A
• Lipinski to hold town hall meeting Saturday
• Alleged drug dealer’s attorneys: Show us the heroin
• Raising a stink
• Supreme Court to hold pre-election health care showdown
• Orland Hills mayor considered for key Bloom SD 206 post
• Preckwinkle’s tax increase package passes first hurdle
• ‘Every Step Counts’ double for Saturday 5K in Tinley Park
• Supreme Court will hear argument on Obama health care law
• ‘60 Minutes’ airs report on Former House Speaker Hastert, Prairie Parkway
• Investigators still piecing together SW Side home explosion
• Send holiday treats to the troops
• Energy assistance available for needy families in Will and Cook counties
• Roseland residents celebrate at reunion
• Lawmakers punt on pensions as $85B liability grows
• Tow trucks haul gifts for needy kids
• Group looks to raise money for planned Cal-Sag trail
• 2 Southland men wounded in Urbana shooting
• 2 Southland men wounded in shooting
• Supporters to rally  for Beverly clinic
• SW Side home explosion critically injures two
• Sims leads food drive to help the needy
• ‘Mike Hike’ honors Homer Glen soldier
• Man killed, customer shot  in South Side Aldi robbery
• Prairie Parkway part of ‘60 Minutes’ report Sunday
• Oak Forest residents pay tribute to vets
• Student harassment on the rise?
• Bricks sold for veterans plaza
• Kadner: Property tax bill defeated but fight isn’t over yet
• Food drive benefits Southland veterans
• Mokena SD 159 woes: $1M deficit, still no teachers contract
• Illinois’ fallen soldiers honored at MVCC
• Plan in place to widen Bell Road in Homer Glen
• Baileys suit alleges cheesy move by Eli’s
• Oak Lawn Children’s Museum plans patriotic exhibit
• ‘We’re still hurting’: Matteson shooting death remains unsolved
• CCH probe into arrest results in battery charge against cop
• Tinley Park resident to join Will County Board
• Beverly man killed, customer shot in South Side Aldi robbery
• SD 140 to pay off debt, reduce levy
• Veterans get a day in spotlight
• Cellini: Toss guilty verdict after juror didn’t disclose convictions
• Two Midlothian policemen honored
• Midlothian woman indicted in fraud scheme
• Prairie Parkway part of ‘60 Minutes’ report Sunday
• Southland firefighters support Dixmoor department
• More Illinois counties added to tree-killing beetle quarantine
• Will Co. Courthouse bailiff a Vietnam hero
• Next battle after the war zone: Joblessness
• Kadner: Banding together to feed hungry on Thanksgiving
• Sauk Village hires CC Hills ex-official
• Southland swim coach is making a splash
• Tow trucks collect toys for the holidays
• Gambling proponents not tossing in chips on new Southland casino
• Burbank school salutes veterans
• Sizing up Oak Forest veterans tribute
• Oak Forest veteran captured WW II on film, from the front lines
• Park Forest woman killed in fiery crash in Matteson
• Computer swiped in coffee shop caper in Oak Lawn
• Burglar takes Midlothian woman’s rent money
• Illinois lawmakers delay decisions, add session day
• Quinn still plans to close Tinley mental health center by July
• Snow flurries to sweep through area
• Will County foreclosures down from 2010
• Road rage leads to broken van window in Oak Lawn
• Nixon’s long-secret Watergate testimony coming out
• Park Forest woman killed in fiery crash
• Workers, employers clash on social media
• Will County budget talks entering final stages
• Case of man charged in 2009 Tinley man’s murder now in hands of judge
• Penn State trustees fire Paterno, Spanier, students react
• Gambling bill fails in state House
• Fast-talking scammers targeting seniors
• 19th Ward residents: Leave us alone
• Chicago Heights carjackers strike twice in just minutes
• Kinzinger, Halvorson face protests from opposite political groups
• Tinley Turkey Trot 5K Run/Walk
• Report card should show country failing students
• ‘Thriller’ hits the Heights
• Is Mary Alice Quinn Chicago’s ‘unofficial’ saint?
• Halloween in Southland has scream theme
• A plea for help: Hearing Tuesday on Tinley Mental Health Center
• Fire district probed for theft scheme
• Cardinal to celebrate St. James’ 100th year Tuesday
• Doctor says President Obama in ‘excellent health’
• Former Burr Oak Cemetery director begins prison sentence
• Fire forces evacuation of Robbins mental health care facility
• Herman Cain tells Fox News he was ‘falsely accused’ of sexual harassment
• Pulse: High-tech race for Will Co. circuit court clerk
• Chicago area couple buy ‘Field of Dreams’ site
• Schools flunk? That’s bunk, Southland educators say
• Fancy shoe sales a nice fit for charity
• More than 500 children show costumes in Tinley Park
• Nice day for a fright wedding: 30 years of wisecracks, zombies and Aqua Net
• Sheriff’s police to visit registered sex offenders on Halloween
• Halloween doesn’t have to be gorge-fest to be fun
• Bears’ Knox in Oak Lawn to welcome fitness club
• Surprise! Soldier back home
• Phil Kadner: Jackson still under cloud from Blago scandal
• Famous folks aplenty RIP in Southland
• Two charged in Orland Park jewelry heist
• The best Southland haunts you’ve probably never heard of
• Jackson still under cloud from Blago Senate scandal
• Disney Radio rocks Oak Lawn school
• Southland towns to get broadband access
• Dip in test performance has SD 230 officials searching for answers
• Two charged in Frankfort burglary
• Oak Lawn turns down gold-buying business
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• Phil Kadner: Awaiting enlightenment from ComEd’s smart grid
• Barkeeps juggle for cocktail title
• Illinois American Water seeks another rate hike
• ‘Transformers,’ vampires big this Halloween season
• Frankfort to hold special meeting on local restaurant
• Barkeeps juggle for cocktail title
• Lockport man electrocuted in park
• Oak Lawn man convicted of killing girlfriend
• Southland cross country teams take steps toward safety
• Cook County residents ‘cop’ a plea: Don’t make us pay more
• Push to decriminalize small amounts of pot in Chicago, Cook County
• Orland fire trustee dismisses resignation request
• University Park teen shot, killed
• Police: Olympia Fields man dead in car crash
• Monee woman remembered for giving nature, volunteerism
• Poll: Decriminalizing marijuana
• Woman abducted, robbed in Oak Lawn
• Rob Blagojevich wants to speak to ethics panel about Rep. Jackson
• Two men in custody after burglary, manhunt in Frankfort
• Illinois lawmakers say no gaming compromise in the works
• Police: Electrocution victim was stealing copper from wires
• Bad performance leads to ‘dumb’ man’s arrest
• Possible routes picked for proposed Illiana Expressway
• Some relief for Orland Park traffic woes weeks away
• ‘Smart grid’ bill gets nod
• Imposing a tax for police who already patrol streets
• Man thought to be Gacy victim found alive in Fla.
• Illinois Senate overrides Gov. Quinn’s veto of ComEd rate-hike bill
• 8 possible routes picked for proposed Illiana Expressway
• ATF boss unfazed by gun probe
• Car hits Palos Heights house
• Channahon mayor pleads guilty to tax fraud
• Ex-Goldman board member pleads not guilty to fraud
• Riot squads clear Wall Street protests in 2 cities
• Governor striking out with electricity, union contracts
• Panel: Boys should get HPV vaccine given to girls
• Oak Lawn police issue scam alert for seniors
• Report on Orland Fire Protection District probe rescheduled
• Two caught, two sought in Orland Park jewelry store robbery
• Homer Glen residents seek help in fighting deer kill
• Bomb squad defuses grenade found in downtown Joliet office
• Mokena man survives horrific ordeal
• Candle starts Crestwood blaze
• Legal wrangling in fatal DUI case still ongoing
• Rings stolen from distracted Tinley Park homeowner
• ‘Laughs for Life’ show will raise funds to fight cancer
• NWI officials say Illiana Expressway will be needed
• Phil Kadner: Jackson seeks meetings with Will County mayors
• Calls for Channahon mayor to step down after tax fraud plea
• Open house Tuesday on future high-speed rail route
• Sen. Kirk’s transit plan an insult to Southland
• Kirk touts public-private transportation concept
• County courts criticism: ‘Just totally crazy’ to pay for courthouse parking
• Ex-Orland fire chief: Hold me responsible for images on computer
• Quinn appoints Illinois transportation secretary
• Oak Lawn Dominick’s to close
• Jurors asked to dig deeper under Preckwinkle’s proposed budget
• Aurelio’s sues Frankfort franchise operator
• Matteson trustee resigns to take village job
• Will County worried about new dumping rules
• Obama offers mortgage relief on Western trip
• Chicago man gets 30 years in prison for shooting Joliet father after fight with sons
• Hearing on Tinley Park Mental Health Center closure set for Nov. 1
• Ill. lawmakers gear up for busy fall veto session
• Four teens charged with targeting Metra passengers in armed robberies
• Suburbs drowning in city water fees?
• Church thinks ‘outside the box’ with annual Fall Fest
• Pink feathers pack punch against breast cancer
• Few signs of movement on paying overdue bills
• Student’s ‘little’ fundraiser hauls in big donations
• Phil Kadner: Crestwood officials reward indicted village employee
• Chief warrant officer back from tour in Iraq
• Ceremony honors fallen Evergreen Park soldier
• Children enjoy seeing themselves on the big screen
• Oak Lawn store sells $250,000 Little Lotto winner
• Similar abduction attempts in Chicago Heights, Park Forest
• Crime Report: Man charged in Metra scare
• Hometown resident to run for Congress
• DEA to collect unwanted drugs
• Will prosecutors continue to fight release of Conner tapes
• The Bridge hosts bash for after-school programs
• Oak Lawn store sells $250,000 Little Lotto
• Crestwood to pay police chief’s legal fees
• Miles mean smiles: More drivers reach 200,000 club
• State behind on bills for burying the poor, too
• Poll: Will your car make it to 200,000 miles?
• SD 81 board prez’s wife’s job, pay not OKd by school board
• Cellini chooses not to testify in corruption trial
• New roadblock for potential closure of Mokena Intermediate School
• Prosecutors want Supreme Court to halt handover of jail recordings in fatal DUI
• Prosecutors want Supreme Court to halt handover of jail recordings in fatal DUI
• ‘A great day’ for those with ties to Libya
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• Emanuel to CTA unions: Be ‘part of the solution’ to budget crisis
• Will County officials bicker over spending
• Neat Repeats opens new, bigger store
• Illinois promotes program for sexual assault victims
• Beverly swimmer just getting started with swim through Straits of Gibraltar
• Gibbs gives his insights at SXU
• ‘A great day’
• Cook Co. inspectors accused of taking cigarette tax bribes
• Cellini’s alleged victim: ‘I told Bill I would not be shaken down’
• Illinois to seek waiver from No Child Left Behind
• I-80 ramp closes this weekend
• Will County board members have ‘healthy’ tax debate
• Illinois to seek waiver from No Child Left Behind
• Lisa Madigan says she’s concerned about gambling expansion
• Poll: Quinn approval rating at 35.5 percent
• Illinois jobless rate hits 10 percent
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• Social Security benefits to go up 3.6 percent
• Family sues in death of Beverly firefighter
• Christ Medical Center breaks ground on pavilion
• Grand jury indicts state trooper; also charged with official misconduct
• Oak Lawn activist indicted in election petition fraud case
• Catholic press group honors ‘heroic lives’
• Mayor: No termination pay for fired Country Club Hills police chief
• Joliet says either no new Cook Co. casino or put it near Indiana
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• High winds expected Wednesday afternoon
• Nonprofits bear burden of Illinois’ unpaid bills
• Homewood natives out with horror-film ‘Farm’
• All in the family in Union School District 81
• Foes, supporters weigh in on Evergreen Park retail complex
• Demoted employee to reapply for job
• Rep. Lipinski intercedes;  defense pact stays in U.S.
• Former Southland couple recount overcoming memory loss in book
• Friendly Rahm appears over gambling bill
• Cellini defense tries to dent wiretap evidence
• Christ Medical Center affiliates with cancer care specialist
• Lipinski intercedes; defense pact stays in U.S.
• Matteson man shot by father remembered as ‘very caring person’
• Demoted SD 135 employee to reapply for job
• Can ‘Mad Ball’ authors end the Cubs curse?
• Obama on reason for N.C. visit: ‘I’m the president’
• Truck with equipment for Obama tour stolen
• Gov bets on veto; deals plan to scale back gambling bill
• Lincoln-Way Transition House helps give special-needs students a brighter future
• Gov. Quinn says he’ll back scaled-down gambling expansion
• Southland leaders welcome Quinn’s support for casino
• Cellini defense seeks to show witness as liar, drug addict
• SD 135 boss accused of bullying employee who has been suspended
• Chicago plumbers sued for alleged fraud
• Can ‘Mad Ball’ authors end the curse?
• Obama moves to make jobs bill more appetizing to Congress
• Foes of retail plan to attend EP board meeting Oct. 17
• At EPHS, urine trouble if you go too often
• Oak Forest flag football players promote breast cancer awareness
• Making Strides Against Breast Cancer: Walkers raise funds at event in Orland Park
• Contestants flock to annual Orland Park Open Spelling Bee
• Poll: High school restroom breaks
• Road construction hassles threaten area businesses
• Amtrak rider nabbed in Naperville with 45 lbs. of pot
• Therapist horses around —  all in the name of relaxation
• Residents try to pick the perfect pumpkin
• Mokena’s Hollow Fest has something for all ages
• Homeless man accused in rape had history of drifting, arrests
• Crime Report: Not the best judgment in Chicago Heights
• Trial recording: Cellini a ‘nervous wreck’ over alleged pay-to-play deal
• Mokena SD 159 to share track with park district
• Amtrak passenger nabbed in Naperville with 45 lbs. of marijuana
• Tape: Cellini unnerved by alleged shakedown
• $7 million bail for Steger man in murder-for-hire plot
• Going long distance to help the hungry
• Franceschini gets Mokena SD 159 board seat
• Teacher’s music has kids listening
• Deadbeat state: Illinois owes billions in unpaid bills
• 83-year-old details sex assault by homeless man in Orland Park
• Preckwinkle aide to union workers: Take unpaid holidays or risk 1,000 plus layoffs
• Oak Lawn dog attack victim: ‘I survived, but would a child?’
• Cook County providing $15M for local jobs assistance program
• ‘Party game’ death video released
• Cops: Cary man used gator to guard marijuana operation
• Jarrett Payton shares ‘most important’ lessons with Elgin youths
• Politicians try to get handle on Wall Street protests
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• Steger boy robbed of wallet, phone
• Poll: State scholarships
• Cop sues Will County officials in ‘honeybee killer’ case
• Quinn pushes to abolish controversial scholarships
• Steger man charged in murder-for-hire plot
• Orland Park man charged after approaching boy with baseball bat
• Quinn pushes to abolish controversial scholarships
• Oak Lawn Park District to add fieldhouse, refurbish pool
• State Police: Three horses wandering down I-355
• House Democrats warn supercommittee against cuts
• Cook Co. corrections officer indicted on child rape charges
• State OKs merger of Provena and Resurrection Health Care
• Nonprofits bear burden of Illinois’ unpaid bills
• Oak Lawn cuts trick-or-treat hours
• Midwest Wheelchair sports club wins $10K grant
• DeWitt named Homewood village manager
• Tinley plugs into bundling
• Woman acquitted in ‘punch death’
• Tobacco shop owner charged, threatened
• Breast cancer forum to be held Saturday
• Young breast cancer survivor walks to spread awareness
• Today’s poll: What about that BlackBerry?
• Police: Matteson man who killed son acted in self-defense
• Intruder tells Tinley Park man he came ‘to get your weed’
• Woman charged with battery after biff on bus in Tinley Park
• Emanuel: Budget with new taxes, sewer revamp a ‘great jobs bill’
• Joliet woman found not guilty in ‘party game’ death
• Loose pit bull sparks Oak Forest neighbors’ feud
• Six hurt in crash in Crestwood
• Bones of 8 John Wayne Gacy victims secretly exhumed
• Engagement ring stolen in $10K Oak Lawn apartment burglary
• Two boys punched by strangers in Oak Forest park
• Glenwood trucker cited following fatal wheelchair crash
• Republican senators vote to kill Obama jobs bill, tax increase
• Road construction hassles a threat to area businesses
• Worth man turns himself in  for jewelry thefts in Orland Park
• District 230 hires lawyer to haggle IDOT purchase
• 911 budget needs rescuing, officials say
• St. Gerald Parish honors late Oak Lawn man
• Man is sentenced to 10 years in fatal DUI
• Veterans cherish special salute in Alsip
• Trautsch to join Oak Lawn Village Board
• Poll: Wall St. protestors
• Ground broken on Englewood Flyover to relieve train traffic
• Ex-strip club worker arrested in Homewood bank robbery
• Are you occupying Wall Street?
• Three teens charged with helping friend kill parents for money
• Bail denied for three teens charged with helping friend kill parents for money
• Man gets 10 years for fatal DUI crash
• Mokena SD 159 teachers seeking ‘reasonable’ contract
• Former Will County State’s Attorney Tomczak pleads guilty in deer culling spat
• NJ Gov. Christie backs Mitt Romney for GOP president nod
• Evergreen Park man dead after south suburban crash
• Work under way to ease  Chicago rail congestion
• Financial power broker Flynn dies at 72
• Police: Father shot, killed son, 26, in Matteson
• Notre Dame switching from sheepskin diplomas
• CTA eliminates 200 positions to save about $22 million annually
• Evans steps down as Country Club Hills police chief
• Ex-forest preserve worker disputes reasons for his firing
• Daley calls city audit on donations to charity ‘insult to my wife’
• Orland Park moving ahead with business relocation help program
• Homewood walk gives hope to cancer patients
• Soldier welcomed home in Frankfort
• Homewood walk gives hope to cancer patients
• Anti-airport group holds fundraiser
• Orland Park moving ahead with business relocation help program
• Mayor: Orland project means jobs
• Southland woman makes ‘Special’ push for marathon
• Habitat for Humanity store holds celebration
• Circus comes to Mount Greenwood
• Forest preserve worker accused of growing pot in the woods fired
• Study: Teen smoking dips in Will County
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• Poll: Bears-free Sunday
• Mayor recommends Trautsch for Oak Lawn village board
• Oak Lawn woman scares off burglars: ‘My dogs bite’
• Teen smoking dips in Will County: Study
• Police: Man charged with sexual assault threatened to stab worker
• Drivers getting relief with lower gas prices
• “Swamp Brothers’ show off reptiles at Tinley Park High School
• Union School District keeps jobs in the family
• Educators gather at IMSA on workplace readiness
• County fires forest preserve worker accused of growing pot in the woods
• When marathon runners strip, homeless people benefit
• SD 228 school pools weeks from reopening
• Court hearings delayed in ‘erectile pumps’ case
• Racetrack advocates see future in gambling bill
• Tinley Park woman makes ‘Special’ push for marathon
• Frankfort family on the run to support burn victims
• Metra train strikes semi truck on Southwest Service line
• Train derailment, explosion in Bureau County prompts evacuation
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• Long war, deep scars
• Jewelry stolen from Tinley Park apartment
• Country Club Hills demotes part-time cops
• Little change predicted in next year’s Will County tax bills
• Judge allows body of young John Wayne Gacy victim to be exhumed
• Study: Tax break in casino law may cost schools $100M
• Police: Tinley Park man threatened schoolkids with pocketknife
• Nearly $6K stolen from Tinley Park bar
• Little change predicted in next year’s Will County tax bills
• Mokena Park District eyes school building
• Senate Democrats rewriting Obama’s jobs bill
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• Toni Preckwinkle fires Cook Co. comptroller over tax reporting flap
• Ill. powerbroker goes on trial
• Country Club Hills police investigate  summer camp
• High-flying anti-tobacco lesson a hit at Tinley Park High School
• Rabid bat numbers down this year in Illinois
• Car crashes into Tinley Park restaurant
• State grant spurs construction of special recreation center
• Mokena Park District interested in leasing school building
• 500-plus pools, including 9 at local schools, closed by state
• Halvorson to challenge Jesse Jackson Jr. for Congress
• Orland Park police seek suspected jewelry thief
• Will County gets $200K grant to fight rise in heroin use
• Tax break in casino law may cost schools $100M: study
• Senate Democrats rewrite part of Obama’s jobs bill
• AAA: Area gas prices fell every day in September
• Cook Co. Sheriff: 102 fugitives duped by electronics sting
• Man to testify how fellow inmate wanted him to kill prosecutor
• I-55 crash causes 17-vehicle pileup
• Orland Park OKs short-term water deal
• Peraica shows up late, put in pokey
• Sheriff: 102 fugitives duped by electronics sting
• Blessed be the pets at Burbank church
• Circus shows scheduled in Mount Greenwood
• Orland Hills resident arrested during drug raid
• Preliminary Orland fire district budget under scrutiny
• Matteson man robbed at gunpoint while walking home
• OSHA cites Mokena business for exposing workers to hazards
• Orland Park resident arrested during drug raid
• Metra train strikes vehicle in Tinley Park
• Frankfort eyes use for $400K state grant
• Seven candidates for Oak Lawn trustee seat
• Crashes snarl traffic on northbound I-55
• Lansing woman gets court supervision for mistreating monkeys, dogs
• Halvorson to decide on run by end of week
• Protests against Wall Street spread across US
• Man robbed at gunpoint in Tinley Park
• Have a Spooky Time at Ghostly Golf
• Casino bill may cost schools over $100 million over 2 years: study
• Gasoline prices in free fall; Chicago-area average is $3.64
• Officers learn about scams targeting seniors
• Clerk, postal worker among potential Cellini jurors
• Jury selection to continue Tuesday in William Cellini corruption trial
• Electricians union official resigns amidst pension flap
• Cook County sues Channahon and Kankakee over sales tax ‘scheme’
• ‘I’m not alone’: Domestic violence vigil in Homewood provides support
• Robot brings stroke expertise into Blue Island hospital 24/7
• Frankfort to use $400K state grant for downtown projects
• Two injured in Tinley Park crash
• Halvorson to decide by end of week whether to challenge Jackson Jr.
• Cook County sues Channahon and Kankakee over sales tax ‘scheme’
• Senior health fair Oct. 13 in Oak Forest
• Can’t pay for burial? Cook County morgue to donate bodies to science
• Security guard’s death in Orland Park ruled accidental
• Poll: Should unclaimed or indigent bodies be donated to science?
• County Commissioner Fritchey: Scrap Recorder of Deeds job
• No injuries in small fire in Tinley Park
• Wall Street protesters enter 3rd week
• Obama: Congress should vote on jobs bill in Oct.
• ‘Double dip’ curbs don’t apply to most Illinois workers
• Volunteers help build Blue Island playground
• Bad news for your nose — skunk population increases
• Several men take victim’s wallet in Chicago Heights
• Busy Southland mom gets celebrity help, thanks to national contest
• Billboards to help disabled residents find jobs
• Yemen’s al-Qaida remains threat after drone strike
• Special Olympics get help from truck convoy benefit
• Cook County targets cigarette tax evaders
• 20-year-old fatally shot in Chicago Heights
• Big rides create big smiles at Children Museum’s fall fun fest
• Trucks for bucks
• Library fundraiser scheduled
• October eNewsletter
• Spike in food allergies prompts schools to ban, limit shared treats
• Still no agreement on teachers contract in SD 159
• SD 162 event highlights ‘magical moment’: dads-kids bond
• New Lenox holding coat drive
• Construction worker killed when truck backs over him
• Will County sheriff’s  chief deputy retires
• Poll: Are school food bans going too far?
• ‘Pope’ of Illinois politics faces corruption trial
• Mom of man killed in ‘party game’: ‘He didn’t give permission to die’
• Tinley students set to walk to school this week, part of international event
• D230 approves $121 million budget
• Fermilab pulls the plug on Tevatron
• Homewood to spend $1.5M on ‘green’ HVAC system
• Fermilab shuts down pioneering atom smasher
• Three minor injuries in two-vehicle crash
• Former Chi-Lite Clarence Johnson dies
• Homer Glen to post more village info online
• A park renewed and a mystery solved
• O’Hare flight to Miami diverted when pilot gets sick
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• Slain motorist identified as South Holland man
• State to mark Walk to School Day on Oct. 5
• Police: Woman shot by ex-boyfriend in his second attack this week
• Tollway: 12 workers stole as much as $25,000 in tolls
• Coroner rules alcohol, drugs factor in drowning
• Class act: St. Linus School basks in Blue Ribbon status
• Fests, health program on deck in Oak Lawn
• Beecher man charged for beating up an ATM machine
• Intruder enters Oak Lawn home, asks owner if she was selling a car
• Oak Lawn man stymies burglary
• Two hospitalized following water rescue in Cal-Sag Channel
• Mokena SD 159 OKs pay-to-play plan for extracurriculars
• A gunman on Rialto roof? Performance art nixed by theater
• Republicans fight tax increase in Walsh’s Will County budget
• Police: Woman shot by ex-boyfriend
• No one hurt in Tinley Park fire
• Services held for Hickory Hills brothers killed in fire
• Student charged with H-F High vandalism
• Walsh’s Will County budget calls for property tax increase, meets GOP resistance
• Poll: World Trade Center beams
• Couple charged with indecent solicitation of child in Oak Lawn
• Chicago to rate early childhood programs
• Chicago plans upgrade to ambulance services
• Garlic Fest features cooking, gardening demonstrations
• Disciplinary panel wants Blago license suspended
• ‘Rahm tax’ resurfaces
• Southlanders: Chicago’s off track with commuter tax idea
• Hickory Hills house fire claims brothers, 5 and 3
• Two children die in Hickory Hills fire
• Frankfort teacher in running for month-long museum stay
• Burbank a sweet spot for world-record candy bar
• More than 80 arrested in Illinois during criminal alien crackdown
• Machine fire shuts down Chicago Heights factory
• Four in custody after wild police chase
• Home intruder shot to death in Chicago Heights
• Census: More gay couples reporting marriage
• Merkel: Germany wants ‘strong Greece’ in euro zone
• Census: More gay couples  reporting they’re married
• GOP’s money men: Romney, Perry, Paul
• Longtime Star editor Merwin  paved way for female journalists
• Evergreen Park retail plan pits city residents vs. suburb, jobs vs. trees
• New Lenox OKs tax increases, capital improvement plan
• New Lenox fire district seeks cadet applicants
• Will Chicago put a tax on suburban commuters?
• Union calls for Quinn to slowdown on closures of state facilities
• Pit bull victim wants Chicago Ridge to toughen law
• Hiring controversy in New Lenox
• District 227 cuts meeting schedule
• Crematorium approved for Homewood
• Homer Glen names trail system; honors fallen soldier
• Life sentence for Lansing killing
• Prosecutors must turn over jailhouse recordings of man in fatal Steger DUI wreck
• Chicago aldermen eye tax on suburbanites who work in city
• Alleged sexual assault of 83-year-old shocks Orland Park
• CFD not billing for some ambulance service?
• Watchdog questions comptroller, treasurer raises
• Blago’s fate is delayed
• Report: Illinois could be short $8.3B this year
• New Lenox man hopes re-enlisting in Navy Reserve inspires others
• IDOT hiring 16 supervisors
• Alleged cop killer’s DNA not on guns
• Defendant’s DNA not found on guns in shooting that killed Chicago cop
• Widow of Joliet Fire lieutenant suing I-80 construction firm
• Defendant’s DNA not found on guns in shooting that killed Chicago police officer
• Couple suing Hollywood Casino Joliet and hotel, saying room had bedbugs
• Family sues, asks why asthmatic boy sent to 3 hospitals in 11 hours
• Senior health fair Wednesday in Lemont
• IDOT hiring 16 supervisors during budget crisis
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• Firefighters compete in Tinley Challenge
• Veterans eat for free in Tinley Park
• Parking rates to increase this week at Mokena’s Metra lots
• Parking rates to increase this week at Mokena’s Metra lots
• Firefighters compete in Tinley Challenge
• Turf tiff: Crestwood residents, forest preserve at odds
• Turf tiff: Crestwood residents, forest preserve at odds
• Veterans eat for free in Tinley Park
• Two commissioners agree to take pay cuts
• Tinley Park aims to replace faulty water meters
• Man fatally struck by car in South Chicago Heights
• Man arrested in assault of woman in Orland Park
• Fall Festival a trip back to rural life
• Lake Katherine walk raises money for the needy
• Homewood car salesman sacked over Packers tie doing well in new gig
• Southland grandparents face challenges in second turn as ‘moms’ and ‘dads’
• Increase in diabetes: ‘A public health emergency in slow motion’
• Woods ‘watchman’ accused of growing pot
• Chicago fire chief defends lack of digital radios
• Chicago woman attacked outside Oak Lawn gas station
• Investigation of part-time CCH cops reveals questionable backgrounds
• A balanced financial plan earns approval in SD 229
• SD 227 OKs budget with $5.2M shortage
• Lawyer: Likely delay in Blago sentencing
• Burke suggests privatizing Chicago’s ambulance-fee debt
• SD 227 board’s goals to stay same for now
• Rich District 227 mulls broadcast of its meetings
• Olympia Fields jail inmates to spend nights in Chicago Heights
• Metra CEO tells riders: Big  fare hike is ‘jolting’ but needed
• Forest Preserve watchman accused of growing pot near county home
• Tinley Park man who did time for bank fraud back in trouble
• SD 161 plans to hire assistant superintendent
• Four eye vacant seat on Oak Lawn board
• Chicago Heights aims to reduce debt, repair infrastructure
• It’s a ‘dog day’ in Southland for AIDS charity
• Impatient robber flees after trying to rob bank
• Police search for man in sexual assault of woman, 83, in Orland Park
• Oak Lawn teen followed, windshield smashed
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• Joliet fall victim on ventilator
• 2 Cook commissioners waffling on pay cut
• Demand for apartments strong, Orland Park officials told
• L-Way East classmates gather to ‘Finish Pat’s Path’
• Three Southland suburbs owe $15.6M to Chicago
• Imprisoned in the ‘90s for huge bank fraud scheme, Tinley Park man now back in trouble
• Illinois launches Asian carp anti-hunger program
• Ill. hospitals with tax status decisions on hold
• PADS site to aid homeless
• Tinley Park, Lemont join lawsuit alleging tax-diverting practice
• Bachmann cancels Will County appearance
• Settlement checks, vindication at last in Clark refinery case
• Ingalls raises $25K for cancer
• Dump truck spill prompts hazmat response in Homewood
• Alsip school open after cheerleaders sickened
• Police: Home in foreclosure, so Oak Lawn man grew pot to sell
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• Cop’s death blamed on cleaning supply fumes sprayed at station
• Former Orland fire officials getting money, ranks, insurance benefits
• Report: Fumes from cleaning product killed cop
• More commissioners balk at pay cut
• Ex-Chicago cop charged with lying during trial
• Senior is scam victim
• City fee may rise on O’Hare car rentals
• Cop dies after inhaling fumes at station
• ‘Guy aisle’ debuts in Tinley Park CVS
• Former Chicago cop charged with lying at trial
• Sisters salute Orland Hills soldier
• Simon tours Southland community colleges
• Warm temps, sunny skies lead to high mold counts
• Park Forest school celebrates ‘Peace’
• Northbound LaGrange Road lane closed Thursday
• Vandalism at H-F High School causes thousands in damage
• Man pleads guilty to murder in slaying of Darien family
• ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal too late for Chicago Heights mom
• Cullerton talks of changing gaming expansion bill
• St. Linus wins Blue Ribbon Award
• Stagg teacher, coach John Wilson Jr. dies
• Hazmat incident ties up traffic in Posen
• Canine calendar to raise funds for cancer fight
• Water permit worth $400K in Olympia Fields
• Frankfort roadwork to take 2 years
• ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal too late for mom
• Chicago Heights eyes land acquisition
• Long wait over, PADS getting building
• Memories still fond at 50 for St. George Class of ’61
• Rutherford defends brochure
• Will County’s neighborhood stabilization program lauded
• Matteson to share community center with SD 159
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• Vaccine effective only 3 years
• Joliet votes Tuesday on multiple tax hikes
• Illinois Supreme Court won’t free Peterson
• Chicago River plans call for 4 boathouses
• Rahm dodges police station closings, wants beat officers
• Court orders Drew Peterson to remain jailed
• Harry ‘Bus’ Yourell dies at 92
• Crestwood woman to donate kidney to brother
• Orland Park OKs controversial apartment complex
• FBI: Al-Qaida ‘obsessed with planes’
• As economy sinks counties pick up tab for unclaimed bodies
• JJC creates president-search profile
• Richards teacher on leave, suit filed after chemistry class accident
• Cheney: ‘Scooter’ Libby didn’t deserve prosecution by Patrick Fitzgerald
• Study: Whooping cough vaccination fades in 3 years
• Obama on deficit: ‘We can’t just cut our way out of this hole’
• Students in Frankfort hope for a chain reaction of kindness
• Fest takes look back at Will County history
• Marine, family get flight over speedway
• Couple celebrates 60 years of marriage by reaffirming vows
• Man allegedly threatenes to kill Madigan
• Former Sen. Percy dies at 91
• Country Club Hills officials log $30,000 in cell phone bills
• Vigil planned for cross country runner fatally struck by car
• Chili lovers pack Palos Park
• South Holland man dies in I-57crash; three injured
• CPD abandons Tahoe as patrol car
• Richard O’Neill, former Oak Lawn village manager, dies
• Plane crash kills Chicago Heights man who ‘walked with God’
• On the beat with Cook County animal crimes cops
• CCH officials log $30,000 in cell phone bills
• Metra mulling major fare hikes
• Illinois poverty grows even as state help shrinks
• Two charged with New Lenox holdup
• 19-month-old girl hit by Jeep driven by cousin dies
• Lincoln-Way East cross country runner fatally struck by car
• Blue Island park board president dies
• Two men charged in New Lenox gas station holdup
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• Race Fan Rally last pit stop before Joliet’s Nascar weekend
• Woman wants body exhumed to see if Gacy victim really was her son
• Wellness plan for Chicago city workers
• Fewer credit cards for Chicago agencies
• Cook tax bills set to be mailed in three weeks
• Fire commissioner axes four firefighters, suspends 43 more
• Will County to give regional school officials monthly stipends
• Project takes on bullying
• Car wash to help Scout, troops serving overseas
• Oak Forest attorney arrested on sexual assault charge
• Bill J. Figel, IBM programmer, dead at 81
• ‘Sully Shuffle’ 5K honors former Oak Lawn coach
• Perk gives Illinois lawmakers coloring books
• Fruitful decision: Move rejuvenates South Suburban Food Co-op
• Pond near scene of Palos Twp. slayings searched
• Oak Lawn residents to help decide on new trustee
• Will County to give regional school officials monthly stipends
• Walsh: Will County wants airport authority before any more state funding
• Evergreen Park teacher is first-rate in second career
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• Cops: Daughter-in-law lured Crest Hill woman to her death
• Emanuel says more crime statistics help research
• Feds suggest stiff sentence for Blago
• Hazel Crest man accused of killing a disabled man
• Southland leaders to Metra: Don’t cut service
• Homer Glen 5K honors Olivieri
• Sims to run for U.S. rep in 1st District
• Flood plain program in Homer Glen
• Markham police suspend officer over invalid FOID card
• Homewood gets tough on water
• Police: Teen used hammer to kill parents
• Tinley Park unforgiving over vehicle stickers
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• Haze from Minnesota wildfire prompts health warning
• Joliet primed for NASCAR madness as Chicagoland hosts Cup kickoff
• Channeling my inner Richard Petty
• FBI still seeking ‘fencing bandit’
• Teen charged with parents’ murder gave conflicting stories, police say
• Tinley Park man blames himself for fire at parents’ home
• Chicago may ban phone use while bike riding
• Daley lawyers want him out of Burge suit
• Rahm: Bodyguards mostly for former mayor’s wife
• Alleged drug dealer arrested for stalking
• Judge to rule on phone-calls issue
• Smoke on the waters:   Minnesota-borne haze wafts to Illinois
• Monee event to attempt world handstand record
• Hometown coffee shop to host arts and crafts event for kids
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• Oak Forest attorney accused of sexual attack
• Double homicide shocks Palos neighborhood
• Suit: Riley Fox’s parents didn’t pay investigators
• Rahm wants overhaul of travel, mileage policy
• Police increase patrols at Orland Square Mall
• Quinn vetoes bill to raise Illinois electric rates
• Building burns in Chicago Heights
• Lawyer gets six years for theft
• Park district employees charged with vandalism
• Restaurateur Joseph Zimmermann dies
• More traffic woes for Orland Park
• 9/11 memorial plaza in NYC opens to public
• Lincoln-Way CROP Hunger Walk slated for Sept. 25
• Will County offers stop-smoking program
• Bullying forum at Moraine Valley
• Deaths of couple near Palos Park ruled homicides
• Rahm reduces Daley bodyguards
• Private eyes suing Riley Fox’s parents over unpaid bills
• U.S. attorney: Speak up on corruption
• Democrats: Illinois would receive millions under Obama plan
• Don Gould to run for re-election to Will County Board
• Police talking to person of interest in deaths of couple near Palos Park
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• Chuck’s Fest a barbecue bonanza
• The Plaza faces uncertain future
• No one hurt in Orland Park fire
• Sept. 11 memorial unveiled at Oak Lawn Metra station
• Oak Forest crowd gathers to remember Sept. 11 attacks
• Man, woman found dead near Palos Park
• Ill. foster-care dispute  a matter of law and faith
• Car crashes through house, killing Lockport Township man
• Woman shot in attempted robbery at Orland Square Mall
• Report: One hurt in robbery attempt at Orland Square Mall
• Memorial for drunken-driving victim Sunday
• Police: Oak Lawn man attacked 12-year-old girl
• Country Club Hills drops terror-threat warnings
• Report: DNA method helpful in search for Asian carp
• Southland firefighters recall Ground Zero aftermath
• Readers remember 9/11
• Chicago’s secret 9/11 memorial a place to heal
• O’Halloran opposes Orland Park financing of apartments
• Doctor loved his work, getting to know families
• Air travelers not reluctant this Sept. 11
• 9/11 prompted Frankfort fighter to join Army as teenager
• Chicago firefighters relive aftermath of 9/11 in NYC
• Marian Catholic grad’s family can’t get away from 9/11 loss
• Closing Tinley Park Mental Health Center could spur development
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• Elderly Will County man victim of ‘common con game’
• Community college retirees draw hefty pension checks
• New York, Washington beef up security after unconfirmed al-Qaida bomb plot
• Woman dies after injecting hot beef fat into face
• President Obama lays out $450 billion jobs plan
• Oak Lawn memorial a work in progress
• Rogue Chicago cop gets 12-year term
• It’s ‘flag day’ and more for Blue Island hospital
• Oak Lawn fest gets jump on fall
• Trade-off: Closing Tinley Park Mental Health Center could spur development
• Quinn: 1,900 layoffs coming
• Maria HS marks 100th anniversary
• Orland Park approves Dave and Buster’s deal
• Obama unveils jobs plan; tells Congress ‘you should pass it’
• Officials chase unconfirmed al-Qaida bomb plot
• President Obama lays out $450 billion jobs plan; asks Congress to act fast
• Orland Park site for walk to honor teacher killed by drunk driver
• Tinley Park man involved in standoff faces 30 years in jail
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• Audio files reveal 9/11 confusion, horror faced by air traffic controllers
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• From Ground Zero to the Southland
• Blago sentencing may be delayed
• Cook changes policy on jailed illegal immigrants
• Local ministers who were there recall terror of 9/11
• Man charged with girlfriend’s murder
• Chicago to allow paid maternity leave
• Free golf outing gives Oak Forest veterans taste of the ‘High Life’
• Firefighters ride  to remember heroes
• ‘Bozo’ producer, director, dies at 82
• Cook County revises contract approvals
• Plaza Cafe leaves Orland Park for Oak Lawn
• Boats damaged in fire at Oak Forest marine dealer
• Joliet teen fleeing police shoots own thumb
• Two-year road project begins at I-55 and Central
• Woman shot by boyfriend in south suburban spree dies
• Crowd hears Orland park plan for apartment building
• Quinn plans layoffs  as part of budget cuts
• A promise kept: Daughter pushes insurance law after cancer killed Frankfort man
• Cook County residents can appeal assessments online
• Chicago PD sick leave under review
• Standing-room-only  crowd attends meeting
• Hollywood calls Frankfort Square teen
• Chicago targets ‘sidewalk showrooms’
• Another charged in prostitution ring
• Metra seeks input on schedule tweaks
• Senior Health Info Kit Makes Healthcare Easier
• Mokena selling Metra parking tokens
• 99 apply to become Tinley’s top cop
• Local police departments face civil suits from two arrestees
• You can now try to lower your Cook property taxes — online
• Orland Hills man charged with indecent solicitation
• Quinn says legislature’s budget forcing him to make ‘reductions’
• State officials: Join fight to close local waterways
• Orland Park residents get say on $62M apartment complex plan
• Chicago bachelor adopts five siblings and their cousin
• Circus entertains families at Balmoral Park racetrack
• Some workers still labor on holiday
• Dolphin dies at Brookfield Zoo
• Ford Heights seeks support for casino
• Motorist attacks cyclists
• Fire damages Italian restaurant
• Woman dies in ATV accident
• Simon wants to make Ill. districts more efficient
• Lockport library moving into Gaylord Building
• Family, friends celebrate  soldier’s return to Oak Forest
• Firefighters lead Frankfort parade
• A bit part: Richton Park skate rink in ‘Interrupters’
• Cubs fans worry about losing — Old Style beer
• Winged roller coaster being built at Six Flags Great America
• Small world: Chinese visitors tour exotic Lockport farm
• Oktoberfest comes to Bridgeview
• Lightning starts two house fires in New Lenox
• Lighting starts two house fires in New Lenox
• Lynwood woman killed in crash on Illinois 394
• Lynwood man dies after found shot in the head in a car in Gresham
• 9/11 Southland events
• Obama yields on smog rule in face of GOP demands
• Metra’s impact on development differs in Orland Park, New Lenox, Manhattan
• $29 million malpractice award upheld
• Despite pledge, Emanuel pushes cuts to cops budget
• Senate Dems seek veto-proof ComEd measure
• WWII vets get heroes treatment after Honor Flight to Washington
• Canine officer Alpha hangs it up for Frankfort PD
• Contractors restore more than just a home
• Kennelly family speaks: Our sole purpose is to seek justice for our son
• Live rabid bat found inside Crete home, seventh Will County rabies case this year
• Tobacconist who owned shops in Southland sentenced for tax fraud
• Halvorson to challenge Jackson in 2nd
• Blue Island man fights life term
• Illinois National Guard headed home from Vermont
• Felony conviction didn’t stop south suburban man’s police career
• New Lenox plans new buildings, higher sales tax
• Quinn grants 74 clemencies, denies 99
• Pedestrian killed on Eisenhower had been arrested that night for DUI
• Illinois Marine reserves train for Afghanistan
• Rabid bat found inside Crete home
• Smoke shop owner gets 6 years on tax charges
• Oak Forest man robbed at bus stop
• Thunderstorms, 105 temps expected Friday
• Summit man shot, killed in home
• Chicago principal on carpet for credit card use
• Alderman eyes big savings in PD, FD
• Metra conductors put on notice
• Free ride is over for most seniors
• Oktoberfest comes to Toyota Park in September
• Lemont car club finds new home for its shows at a church
• Artist: Oak Lawn 9/11 sculpture a challenge
• Oak Lawn golf lover lands hole-in-one — at 89
• Cops: Burglars target elderly Oak Forest man; may hit again
• Firefighter hurt battling blaze
• Bird in New Lenox tests positive for West Nile virus
• Orland Park man charged with soliciting sex from minors
• Driver hurt in Mount Greenwood bus crash
• One reported hurt in apartment blaze near Joliet
• Tinley Park-Park District September eNewsletter
• Officer returns fire after friend shot on South Side
• Officials seek to split Great Lakes, Mississippi
• Mobile salon a blessing for homebound, time-strapped
• Free RTA rides end for most seniors
• Legion post closure ‘unlikely’
• Farmers flush but worried economy not recovering
• Law meant to help smokers kick habit
• Police: Homer Glen woman stole $38,000 from employer
• Black, Hispanic Chicago aldermen urge Quinn to OK gambling bill
• Bolingbrook man found innocent of suffocating son
• Police: Burbank contractor tries to bribe cop
• Murder suspect tried to pay fellow inmate to kill prosecutor, authorities say
• Tinley Park to get steel beam from World Trade Center
• Gas leak reported in Merrionette Park
• Lemont man charged in fatal Orland Park crash
• Ex-deputy chief files complaint vs. CC Hills
• 3, including baby, seriously injured in LSD rollover
• Burglary suspect’s photo found on stolen laptop
• Police: 14 bags of drugs bound in suspect’s underwear
• Police: Son shoved dad, 70, in argument over garbage
• Prosecutors: Man murdered over $500 bet to chug bottle of whiskey
• Did jailed suspect target Will County prosecutor?
• $2M bail for man accused of shooting girlfriend, ex
• New Argonne facility to bring jobs
• Kindergarten student left at wrong bus stop
• Drew Peterson’s lawyers push for release from jail
• Fall Fest carnival opens Wednesday night
• Murder suspect accused of trying to put hit on prosecutor on case
• Men accused of stealing $60,000 in toilet paper, plastic utensils
• Muslims celebrate end of Ramadan
• 1 accused of trying to rob Oak Lawn game store
• $2M bail for man accused of shooting girlfriends
• No one hurt in Oak Forest fire
• Customs agent gets 4 years for changing immigration data
• Firefighters battle fire at Harvey auto dealership
• Orland Hills Wal-Mart reopens after evacuation
• Palos Hills man wanted for bank theft arrested in Dominican Republic
• Calumet City motorcyclist killed in Kankakee area crash
• Police: Man stole books, DVDs from libraries to sell online
• Buyer surfaces for Moo & Oink
• Leaders discuss ideas for veterans clinic
• Leaders discuss ideas for veterans clinic
• Mokena man charged with DUI in wreck that killed two seniors
• Sausage suit alleges improper links
• Sausage suit alleges improper links
• Rahm plans to trim TIF districts
• Files on abusive priests can be released
• Developer Jim O’Connell, of Evergreen Park, dies
• Meetings about park changes in Tinley
• Taco Bell in Crestwood robbed
• Orland Park to hold public hearing on Main Street project after all
• Mokena man charged with DUI in wreck that killed two seniors
• 2-car collision in Country Club Hills sends 5 to hospitals
• Body found in hopper at coal plant
• Woman, 95, found dead outside home after fall
• AAA: Slight dip in Labor Day travel, but more hitting road
• 32 years for last defendant in Derrion Albert beating
• Court dismisses ‘bad mothering’ lawsuit
• Lawmakers send electric rate bill to Gov. Quinn
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• Cicero spends $120,000 at hot dog stand linked to board member
• 160 Illinois troops head to New York for relief efforts
• More than 1,800 riders take part in Wounded Warrior Motorcycle Run
• Vets have high hopes for new VA clinic
• Former Sen. Rickey Hendon owes IRS $31,531
• Tinley Park village hall expansion may cost less than budgeted
• Will County Fair sparks old memories, creates new ones
• Will County Fair sparks old memories, creates new ones
• Motorcyclists show their  support for injured soldiers
• Illinois National Guard soldiers on standby for hurricane relief
• Two car  collision sends five  to hospitals
• Three killed in wreck
• Gleason ran dealerships in Niles, Forest Park
• Volunteers gather to help feed the hungry
• ‘My dad says this is what strippers do,’ pole dancing competitor says
• Irene lashing Va coast with hurricane winds, rain
• Building anxiety in Orland Park
• Franciscan St. James Health will hold car show in Chicago Heights
• Laid-off in Country Club Hills suing
• PADS program helps former homeless woman
• Tinley Park officials: Tenants can bypass landlord
• Chicago firefighters recovering after serious burns
• University Park mayor, resident clash over flowers
• SD 230 tentatively OKs $121M budget
• Tinley Park students bask in ‘a whole different school’
• Ruling: Oak Lawn board did not violate Open Meetings Act
• Cook Co. has $16M for former property owners
• White Sox fan loved life
• Notre Dame starts aerial lift safety program
• New Lenox trustee to run for Will County Board
• Clock ticking again on potential SD 159 school closure
• Police arrest suspect in Oak Forest, Markham shootings
• Richton Park man killed in wrong-way Chicago Heights crash
• Man killed in South Side road rage crash
• Murder suspect shot in Lockport
• $300K bail for teen charged with shooting cousin
• Suit: Mold found in SW Side medical worker’s blood
• Property foreclosed? Cook Co. hold $16M in fund waiting to be claimed
• Former Orland Hills cop sues over alleged ticket fix
• Two firefighters badly burned, one injured in Englewood blaze
• Fundraiser to help vets soar the skies
• Gorman: Orland Park moving too fast on apartment project
• Libyan-Americans hope Gadhafi’s rule near end
• Tinley Park tenant finally gets running water
• Wife sues over fatal truck crash in East Hazel Crest
• Man walks away from rollover crash in Country Club Hills
• Tinley tenant just wants running water
• Survey: Teens risk health
• Ruling on supers’ pay expected
• Motorcyclist flees cop, dies in crash
• Third man sought in shooting of baby
• $16 million goes unclaimed in fund for foreclosed owners
• Midlothian puts attorney on staff
• Gorman: Orland moving too fast on apartment project
• Posen man fears home in path of new interchange
• $20M bail for Dolton woman accused of killing teen
• Flossmoor cops: Man tried to lure student
• Gas leak reported in Chicago’s Morgan Park community
• Local jobless rates improve in 11 Ill. metro areas
• Driver who left special ed student on bus charged
• Longtime  Blue Island bar owner Kaliski dies
• CPS board OKs tax increase
• Tollway board ready to OK $12B improvement plan
• Quinn knocks Madigan for attending Boehner bash
• Gun-advocacy group continues litigation
• Fire board nixes flu shot
• School superintendents taking over in tumultuous times
• Attorney: Fire chief targeted on computer material, promotions
• Silver Cross ER in Joliet to become veteran facility
• Silver Cross ER in Joliet to become veteran facility
• New welcoming sign gets rude treatment in Homewood
• Slammers owner sells interest in Schaumburg team
• Appeals court won’t close Chicago locks over carp
• 1 chased, arrested outside fitness center
• No one hurt in Evergreen Park fire
• South Holland man diagnosed with West Nile
• 2 charged in string of Chicago robberies
• Ill. woman accused of reporting deaths in scam
• 2 suburban women charged with ID thefts
• Tinley Park couple conned out of silver, gold
• Teen questioned after shooting of 1-year-old on South Side
• 2 police officers hurt in crash during traffic stop
• Chicago Heights man held in Lincoln Park armed home invasion
• For open government, SD 135 to post more info on website
• Country Club Hills alderman disallows picture-taking
• Wounded veteran tells his story
• Orland Fire Protection District chief resigns amid controversy
• Madigan attends Boehner fundraiser, skips Dem events
• Democratic leaders tout their job creation
• Senator can’t explain SW Side ‘scholarship house’
• Strongest earthquake since World War II shakes East Coast
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• Homewood board votes to aid new retail store
• Homer Glen picks finalists for 159th Street developmment study
• Rahm goes home again
• Pool chemicals lead to haz-mat call at Homewood Hotel
• Oak Forest man drowns in Wisconsin
• More rain on the  way for Southland
• A blow to Blue Island: Forging plant moving to Indiana
• New plates let Sox fans go to bat for education
• Homer Glen man held in assault on elderly relative
• Earthquake shakes East Coast
• White Water Canyon Water Park and Sprayground will be CLOSED today, August 23.
• Chicago schools announce plans for longer day
• Quinn: Road project near Ford plant to create 1,200 jobs
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• Pregnant woman wounded in Roseland shooting
• RTA sues over tax-avoidance efforts
• CC Hills aldermen grilled on summer camp
• Bloom Township paying more to help the poor
• Emanuel keeps up pressure on Quinn for casino
• Woman gets probation for state contract fraud
• Holiday Inn returning to Matteson
• Prosecutors try to keep testimony secret
• Flossmoor family escapes house fire
• 8 injured in Lake Michigan boat crash
• Service to honor 58 veterans
• Man gets 70 years for robbing pizza deliveryman in Evergreen Park
• Country Club Hills Theater commission on tonight’s council agenda
• Property values fall in Orland Township
• Man reported missing in Tinley Park is found
• Cook County to hold online town hall meeting on budget
• Teen driver ticketed for striking motorcyclist on SW Side
• Body found stuffed in garbage can near UIC
• Wisconsin crash victim ID’d as Burbank man
• No bail in slaying of pregnant teen
• Trailblazing Will County Board member leaving her post
• Rabid bat in Homer Glen is fifth case in Will County
• Social Security disability on verge of insolvency
• Teen has Olympic taekwondo dreams
• Hazel Crest names village manager
• Tinley Park health panel debuts
• Vacant home in Flossmoor a source of concern
• Joliet fire lieutenant brain dead after I-80 motorcycle crash
• Tinley Park ‘Benches on the Avenue’ award winners
• Four paws up for Woofstock
• Palos Township crash sends four to area hospitals
• District 227 looking to cut $5 million
• Southland Prep charter school kicks off second year with upgrades
• Duck shot in Lockport, two others missing
• No bail for man charged in Oak Lawn bank robbery
• Vets find out what’s there to help them
• Festival links school for kids with autism with community
• Joliet man drowns in Kankakee River
• Stripper sues former boss over wages
• Rahm says he’s ‘having a blast’
• Farmers market Tuesday in Oak Forest
• Converters stolen from New Lenox Metra lot
• Glenwood officer fatally shoots motorist who tried to run him down, police say
• 3 of 4 rescued horses ready for new home
• SouthtownStar editor awarded Stanford journalism fellowship
• Tinley Park approves medical center plans
• Quilters put love into their creations
• Abby Foundation raises money to help women, children
• Suicidal intruder at senator’s office
• Man mourns dog shot by cop
• Cal City house fire kills man
• Ranks of Chicago ‘beer snobs’ growing
• Oak Lawn bank robbed; man in police custody
• Woman arrested for making false bomb threat
• Bus driver fired over teen left behind
• 3 hurt, vehicle hits pole in Sauk Village
• Regional school chiefs sue to get paid by state
• Harvey man dead after police shooting
• Man sues Frankfort motel, claims room had bed bugs
• $5M bail for suspect in Gurnee slaying, stabbing
• Paralyzed man dies in Calumet City house fire
• No one hurt during Harvey blaze
• First human cases of West Nile virus reported
• Truck flips on Stevenson, 4 hurt in collision
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• Family awarded $333K for dog killed by cop
• Burglary call leads to South Side drug bust, 30 plants seized
• Man wounded in Gage Park shooting
• Seminar on expunging criminal records Thursday
• Chicago high school to breed racehorses
• Will County official heading to Florida for ‘new chapter’
• Asian carp spurs call to ‘re-reverse’ river
• Summit fire displaces 28
• Fewer precincts for Will County
• Will County to spend $1 million on new mobile emergency command center
• Parents question Millennium School traffic flow plan
• District 227 board agrees to play nice
• Borman backups in rear view mirror
• Woman guilty of traffic charges that ultimately led to son’s death
• Candlelight walk tonight to honor Alsip teen
• Special ed student left on bus in Crestwood for five hours
• Will County Board approves new election precincts
• Tinley Park to announce bench design winners Saturday
• Will County to spend $1 million on new mobile emergency command center
• Judge rules against Catholic Charities on foster care
• Tollway rate hike hearings tonight in Chicago Ridge, New Lenox
• I-80 clear after one-car crash near I-57
• Chicago Ag School to breed racehorses
• Suburban man gets 17 years for mortgage fraud
• Cops: Man sent naked photos of himself to minor girl
• Police: Man fatally shot on Southwest Side
• Family rescued, firefighter hurt in extra-alarm Summit fire
• Purse-theft victim has to fight to get bag back from prosecutors
• Frankfort gets 1st home with fire sprinklers
• Frustrated protesters walk out  of immigration program hearing
• Tinley Park road realignment to begin
• Teen mom slain in Marquette Park
• 9 areas targeted in Chicago foreclosure program
• White: I’ll run again for secretary of state
• Man demands police lodging
• Theresa Ziccardi, Homewood schools food supervisor, dies
• Ethel Darden, Illinois’ oldest resident, dead at 111
• Bond refinance to save Tinley Park almost $400,000
• Flossmoor house fire under investigation
• Orland Park to largely finance apartment building
• Expansion plan at Oak Lawn’s Christ hospital gets OK
• Crestwood police chief pleads innocent in water scandal
• Oak Forest gets grant for Metra station
• District 228 is steeling  for further state cuts
• Homewood to host Dog Days
• Teens accused of car burglaries at forest preserves
• Charges upgraded to murder in fatal beating of infant
• Obama visits Ill. town that got stimulus money
• White: I’ll run again for secretary of state
• Man who robbed Evanston bank captured in Chicago
• 3 charged after traffic stop turns violent
• Judge ponders charity’s right to adoption contract
• Do you create handmade crafts items you would like to sell? We are currently lo...
• Indiana man who pointed pellet gun at cop in standoff facing 35 years
• ‘Call of Duty’: Sox players take on U.S. soldiers
• Rahm touts wellness plan to trim health care costs
• Lockport students enjoy new hallway, regular schedule
• Park Forest to clean water lines to end discolored water
• Assessment factors released
• State OKs plan to close Oak Forest hospital, switch to outpatient care
• State denies 3 hospitals tax exemption
• Will County clerk says reducing precincts could save taxpayers $200,000 per election
• McGuire says she’ll seek fifth term as Will County circuit clerk
• Lollapalooza band’s stolen gear bought at a flea market for $1,000
• Quinn signs new law creating environmental justice commission
• Alsip woman charged in fatal Tinley Park crash
• $250K bail for teen charged with DUI for fatally striking 4-year-old
• Man who swallowed diamond ring pleads guilty to theft
• Quinn to Emanuel: Don’t count on gambling money
• 5 injured in explosion near Herscher
• Police recover $100K worth of pot from West Side home
• Southlanders primed for World Youth Day
• County offers pet owners way to take rabies seriously
• Shelters: Spike in pets given up a bigger concern than IDs
• Country Club Hills mayor criticizes summer camp
• No details Monday on financing Orland Park complex
• Tinley Park credit rating unchanged
• Police: Palos Hills man charged with DUI after sideswiping semi
• West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes found in Joliet
• Teen charged with DUI, reckless homicide in death of Tinley girl, 4
• Fate of Oak Forest Hospital up for vote Tuesday
• Sheriff: 5 arrests since fugitive info posted online
• Beloit couple found with $1.4 million in cocaine
• Beloit couple found with $1.4 million in cocaine
• Park Forest man accused of robbing longtime friends
• Oak Forest food mart burglarized
• Law lets schools give life-saving allergy shot
• South, Southwest Side neighborhoods ranked unhealthiest
• Tinley Park nail salon burglarized
• Man exposes himself to Oak Forest girls
• Lottery sales up 3%, set record
• Cats help alert family to fire
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• Ill. law expands ban on military funeral protests
• Report: More  Ill. principals younger, female
• Prairie Fest celebrates restoration project
• Chickens bring farm life the big city
• Alsip family mourns teen in fatal Tinley crash
• Heritage Village finds new home in Lockport
• 1893 expo’s historic Japanese panels reunited, restored
• Chicago woman among those killed at Indiana State Fair stage collapse
• Officer hurt busting party
• Teen dies, four hurt in Tinley Park crash
• Carmageddon? No. But I-80 construction in Will County no picnic either
• It’s back on the farm in Mokena
• Fire guts Orland Park townhome, no one hurt
• Bachmann wins GOP 2012 test vote
• Playing ball to fight multiple sclerosis
• Authors meet their fans at Tinley Park book conference
• Orland Square celebration caps off end to ‘long summer’
• I-294/I-57 interchange would cost some residents their homes
• Palos Heights grandmother leads three-generation jump
• Country Club Hills alderman says city’s former inspector general threatened him
• Obama heads to northwestern Illinois this week
• Mom mourns son who drowned
• Metra eyes defibrillators on trains
• Rahm seems sold on new way to pick up trash
• CPS using celebs for school reminder
• Quinn: Fair is investment in farm jobs
• Lt. Gov. Simon’s band to perform at state fair
• Family escapes Country Club Hills house fire
• Honor guard gives veterans a fitting farewell at Lincoln Cemetery
• Man admits killing Lockport Twp. teen, gets 25 years in prison
• JJC President Proulx dies at age 66 after battle with cancer
• Man accused of taking pictures of nude teens
• City enlists the ‘pothole killer’ in fight to fix damaged streets
• Orland Park man charged with possessing child porn
• Buses to ride on Stevenson shoulders in pilot program
• Sheriff’s office puts info on fugitives online
• Police: Suspect killed, worker hurt in liquor store hold-up
• Drowned New Lenox man’s body recovered
• Rahm readies for fight
• Stein named interim Mokena SD 159 supt.
• Youth center near New Lenox a ‘Hub’ of inactivity — for now
• Orland Park Dominick’s closing in October
• State gambling bill still up in the air
• Orland Park loses contest, but dog park in plans
• Perfect score: Orland Park lauded for accessible info
• Spidey on slate for Movies in the Plaza
• FBI IDs bank robbery getaway car
• Crestwood officials indicted in tainted drinking water scandal
• Late hours OK’d again for Oak Lawn bowling alley
• Quinn expands safe haven locations in Illinois
• Woman guilty of murder for striking teen with car
• Woman in car mows down Gary purse-snatcher
• 1,000-pound staircase stolen from business
• Foot spotted in Illinois lake was mannequin’s
• Argonne works toward fuel efficiency
• U.S. homes got fewer foreclosure warnings in July
• Metra Rock Island train stopped in Tinley
• Developer looking at busy Alsip intersection for possible hotel, retail stores
• Fellow Oak Lawn trustees bid Hurckes farewell
• Country Club Hills residents pay for aldermen’s dinners, cable, gifts, more
• Country Club Hills officials’ kids paid to attend camp
• Fire players ‘pitch’ in to aid the needy
• Gov vetoes  legislative  scholarships
• Borman work finally done in Indiana
• Book club conference set Saturday
• New Lenox man feared drowned
• Teenager charged in death of woman killed on CTA stairs
• Man charged with stealing 400+ graveside vases
• Gov. vetoes  legislative  scholarships
• Sources: Porsche driver in fatal crash is Naperville dentist
• Tinley Park welcomes home ‘best of the best’
• Harvey cop charged with harassing girlfriend after ramming her car
• Lockport Twp. teen girl’s murder case could be resolved this week
• New law will increase electronics recycling in Illinois
• Hearings sought for inmates who allege Burge abuse
• Truck trapped under power line on Near North Side
• Military killed Taliban who downed U.S. helicopter
• Wisconsin GOP’s stand could reverberate elsewhere
• It's a beautiful morning in Tinley Park! We have our final two "Concerts in the...
• Father charged in beating death of 3-month-old girl
• SUV rolls over, crashes on Dan Ryan
• Man to get $6.33 million in priest-abuse case
• Durbin questions Illinois rate of false deaths
• Quinn signs law to bring back Ill. doctor database
• Thornton 205 board meets amid turmoil
• Daley a defendant in torture lawsuit
• Thousands attend job fair at CSU
• Country Club Hills police chief goes on disability leave
• Proposed Chicago Heights recycling plant gets cool reception
• Tinley Park Fire Department “Fill their Boots” for MDA
• Homer Glen approves major housing, business development
• Tinley Park ballfield to get new lights
• Homer Glen has new village manager
• County rule change would allow pygmy goats and pigs
• Sing your way into the Rialto
• Tinley Park lifts water restrictions
• Man charged with theft after swallowing diamond ring
• Emanuel: Chase to create 400 jobs in Chicago
• 2 sought in South Side bank robbery
• Law to bring back Illinois doctor database
• State Farm to monitor some drivers, adjust rates
• Ill. can seize abandoned paychecks after 1 year
• Probation for Blagojevich trial witness
• The Tinley Park-Park District recently had two of its establishments featured in...
• Residents may now register for Fall programs through on-line, mail-in or drop-of...
• Mokena approves one-year contract with union
• Cold front, rain on the way
• Teen boy, 2 men shot in Roseland drive-by
• Ill. to seize abandoned cash after 1 year
• Field Museum to host exhibit on 9/11 attacks
• Waterway operators meet on Asian carp
• Cook County officials unveil budget website
• Drug tests to continue for Ill. high school sports
• Hearing tonight on trash station in Chicago Heights
• Grant Park damaged by Lollapalooza, storm
• Planned tax increase for CPS a tough sell
• Off-duty cop injured on Ryan
• Shakeup at top at Chicago PD
• South Side Marine’s sacrifice honored 66 years later
• State treasurer doesn’t want to be ‘a pessimist’
• State treasurer retains faith in stock market
• Burglars target Oak Forest businesses
• New events posted on our "Special Events" page: - Aug. 11: Free Concert: Bagshot...
• ComEd: Smart meters could save customers nearly $3 billion
• Midlothian park receives fitness-oriented makeover
• Watchdogs: How Vrdolyak once helped Blagojevich
• Surgery centers slip on infection control
• Christian school to open in New Lenox
• Food, Fab Four cover band attract crowd to Orland Park
• 70 years of ribbing, hamming and wedded bliss
• Feds investigating scholarships awarded by former Rep. Molaro
• Putting poverty in the forefront
• Walkers make strides against domestic violence
• Osteen brings message of hope to the Cell
• Beverly turns out to support brain cancer research
• Frankfort residents dig in to ribs
• Full moon may outshine meteor shower
• Backup comes through for crowd’s love of ribs in Frankfort
• Soldier back from Iraq, on to school
• $29.5M Lotto prize claimed by Southlander
• Chicago Heights plan would let officials bypass competitive bidding
• Architectural wanderers: Frankfort couple expert Chicago tour guides
• Once told she’d be a good secretary, McSweeney-Moore retiring after 17 years as judge
• Quinn nominates state VA chief
• Homecoming ‘surreal’ for Tinley Park airman
• 75-year-old pilot explains encounter with F-16s
• Corvette tribute has a lot of (Purple) Heart
• Civil rights group questions special police patrols
• Quinn signs law aimed at helping veterans’small businesses
• False government death reports leave people in the lurch
• Quinn blocks law letting people collect roadkill
• Quinn signs law aimed at helping veteran-owned small businesses
• Bridgeview teen killed in rollover crash on Ike
• American Airlines flight evacuated at O’Hare after landing gear fire
• Three men charged in Oak Lawn home invasion, police chase
• State trooper injured in Stevenson crash
• ...and here's a video from the exit of the water slides! White Water Canyon is o...
• It's a hot one out there! Check out the view from the top of White Water Canyon'...
• Man hits jogger, flips van near Crete
• It’s official: Weather experts call July ‘extreme’ month
• Man fatally hurt diving into backyard pool
• Man reported missing man on Southwest Side
• Man, woman shot on Southwest Side
• Sole witness in 1988 murder says he identified wrong man as killer
• Republicans back proposed ‘Fair Map’
• Tinley Park officials: Business panel still has key role
• Harlem Avenue to close for 11 days in Frankfort
• Elderly brother, sister robbed of $6,000  by apparent con man
• Obama celebrates 50th birthday at White House
• Waukegan stick-up men order victims to disrobe
• Oak Forest bar manager gets prison for trying to hide money from IRS
• Romeoville woman gets 8-1/2 years for slashing husband’s throat
• Mom of slain 13-year-old: He ‘died doing what he loved to do’
• $65M bond sale possible for start of Orland Main Street project
• Firefighter hurt during Gresham blaze
• New Lenox woman hurt in Indiana crash
• Heat-related death toll rises to 20
• Dump truck driver blamed in fatal Stevenson crash
• Feds find no Asian carp in 4-day hunt near Chicago
• We hit the 800-club! Thank you to all 800 "likers" out there in Facebook land!
• Tinley Park couple charged with illegally dispensing drugs, fraud
• 36M pounds of turkey recalled in salmonella outbreak
• Body of missing canoeist found
• 2 Hammond teens robbed, 1 shot in West Pullman
• Census shows jump in Illinois same-sex households
• Man found in Dolton home shot multiple times
• Police shoot, kill man on West Side
• Taste of Orland Park gets cooking Friday
• Police: Break-in attempted at township offices
• Police: Oak Lawn woman shot, three arrested in home invasion
• ‘Sickest Kids’ fever hits Southland teens
• Riding in memory of Kelle Rae
• New Silver Cross Hospital goes high-tech
• Orland Park teen among modeling finalists
• Gunman robs man in Oak Forest
• Pickpockets target Tinley Park businesses
• Study: Healthy eating is privilege of the rich
• Tinley Park businesses take  a ‘Night Out’ against crime
• Suburban megachurch breaks ties with group over gay counseling
• Police shoot man on West Side; two officers injured in confrontation
• Tinley Park launches wellness panel
• Heat wave death toll climbs to 18
• Lightning sparks Frankfort fire, cat rescued
• New Ill. law beefs up efforts to reunite lost pets
• Sickest Kids band at Orland mall today
• Quinn: No decision yet on gambling expansion
• 72 charged in probe of child sexual abuse network
• Man found dead in Dolton home
• Trustee: All Giordano’s using approved ingredients
• Woman goes into labor during bar exam, finishes
• Cops: West Pullman carjacking lands parolee back in jail
• City watchdog: Fire 54 firefighters for alleged fraud
• Kinzinger under fire for vote on debt deal
• Southlanders on debt crisis: ‘It’s so shaky’
• With debt deal done, peace truce fading
• Hurckes to resign from Oak Lawn village board
• President Obama signs debt limit bill after Senate passes it
• Quinn makes good on Packers bet
• Country Club Hills cuts inspector general post
• 40 years for Chicago distribution chief for Mexican drug cartel
• 7 people in Illinois sickened in national salmonella outbreak
• Suburban man pleads guilty in fish-toxin case
• Orland Park panel OKs iPads for officials
• Former Hackney’s bookkeeper pleads guilty to stealing $186K
• Report recommends keeping Oak Forest Hospital open
• Coroner: Teen dead in Homer Twp. pool had heart condition
• 3 stabbed, 1 held in ‘random’ Walgreens attack
• Provena St. Joe gets new leader
• Boat club plans vote on women members
• Crews hunting for Asian carp in lake near Chicago
• Watch the new Tinley Park-Park District informational video and see all the FUN...
• Birth control covered now with no co-pays
• Restoration to memorialize lynching of Chicago teen
• SD 161 toughens disciplinary policy with pilot program
• Gov. signs Illinois Dream Act into law
• Long summer days mean long Ramadan fasting periods
• South Side Irish Parade on return route?
• White Sox honor Oak Lawn girls for volunteering to help others
• Mokena SD 159 nixes fundraising festival
• Quinn adviser fined by ethics panel
• Coroner: Teen dead in Homer Twp. pool had heart condition
• Woman died of natural causes while driving
• 18 years for leader of family tax fraud scheme
• Authorities finally put down dog who bit child — but not before it bit again
• Sunday’s Little Lotto prize split four ways
• Palos Hills woman loses $5,400 to telephone fraud
• Palos Park man dies after group home incident
• Purina recalls cat food over salmonella
• Blagojevich to face sentencing Oct. 6
• The Tinley Park-Park District's Fall programming brochure is now out! Start pick...
• Learn the art of Black and White Photography. Class begins on Thursday and runs...
• Insurers must cover birth control with no copays
• WEDNESDAY: Thomas the Train Day at Tinley Junction! August 3, 2011 11:00 a.m. -...
• Finally, a VA check for disabled Oak Lawn Marine’s wife
• Nugent rocks RidgeFest
• New Lenox festival full of rides, food and mud
• Midlothian gazebo a volunteer venture
• Amid bee die-off, healthy hives thrive in cities
• Night Out against crime set for Tuesday in Lockport
• Analysis gives ammo to areas that say ComEd gives them short shrift
• Run marks Oak Lawn Children’s Museum birthday
• Volunteers bring playground to life in Blue Island
• Mom killed when 4-year-old steers car into ditch
• ‘Bursting with anticipation’
• Landmark honoring plow creator back in Homer Twp.
• Man’s death from Agent Orange inspires  efforts to raise awareness, money for research
• Classic car show sidelined in Homer Glen
• Oak Forest city council honors soldier
• Man robbed at ATM  in Chicago Heights
• State treasurer readies for debt-ceiling crisis
• Two gay Country Club Hills employees say mayor, city manager harassed them
• Police officer charged with neglect also worked security for SD 227
• Restaurants innovate, thrive in Chinatown
• Power outage not cool for Oak Forest residents
• Tinley man dies after getting tangled in rope
• 55 arrested in huge sweep of south suburbs
• Wrong dog killed, Kendall shakes up Animal Control
• Cal-Sag Trail asks for residents’ input
• Cops seek assailant in slaying of Hazel Crest man
• Police: Nothing suspicious about woman’s death at Sybaris in Frankfort
• Former Will County exec Mikan sued over golf course expenses
• Oak Forest to resume standard water rules
• Quinn to sign Ill. Dream Act for scholarship money
• Feds to step up hunt for Asian carp near Chicago
• video from Super Stolie and the...
• Officers witness robbery, arrest masked suspect
• Man held, dog safe after undercover dogfighting sting
• July 2011 now the 7th wettest month on record
• Drivers beware: Big toll increase in the works
• Local food pantries get a ‘fresh’ luxury
• CCH inspector general post targeted for elimination
• Woman upset that Homer Twp. cut her flowers
• In days, July goes from drought to wettest ever
• Preckwinkle: Cook sales tax hike needed to die
• Chicago lowers curfew for kids younger than 12
• Despite huge shortfall, Preckwinkle has no regrets on sales tax cut
• Illinois Tollways to charge higher tolls
• Deputy marshal shoots at gang member and misses
• Chicago council OKs earlier curfew for kids under 12
• Prosecutors: Therapist charged DCFS but didn’t see client
• Emanuel: Make drivers stop for pedestrians at any intersection
• Power outage leaves courthouse in dark
• RidgeFest kicks off on July 28 
• Two shot on Southwest Side
• Downers Grove manhunt ends without arrrest
• Police search for bi-polar woman missing on Southwest Side
• More than 68,000 lightning bolts during storm
• Gov. signs school athletes concussions legislation
• Tugboat strikes object in canal, all safe
• Two new job openings are available at Tinley Fitness. Visit our website's "Emplo...
• Rural US disappearing? Population share hits low
• Hearing focuses on free-standing birth centers
• Don't let the rain wash away your plans to come see Super Stolie and the Rocksta...
• Alleged cop killer looks ‘like a little kid,’ says officer’s widow
• GOP files lawsuit over state congressional map
• Preckwinkle: Layoffs possible for county
• Evergreen SD 124 chief to retire
• Palos survivor remembers Stalin’s reign of terror
• Bat-wielding man charged with assault in Tinley incident
• 50 new Chicago cops to patrol CTA buses, trains
• Craigslist  customer robs Tinley teen
• Cook leader: End some pot arrests
• Alsip teen killed in crash in Mexico
• Man who allegedly bragged about killing cop held without bail
• Orland deputy fire chief retires
• RidgeFest opens today
• Parents sue trucker over daughter’s death
• Former trooper who viewed child porn on duty gets 60-day sentence
• Golf pro’s clubs, watch taken at Olympia Fields charity event
• Deal may require vehicles to average 54.5 miles-a-gallon
• District 124 schools chief to retire
• Man pleads guilty to making fake 911 call to try to help buddy
• Northwest Side man is 16th to die from recent heat wave
• Beecher man accused of possessing child pornography
• Tinley Park man nabbed in public corruption probe gets probation
• Free kids concert tomorrow night! Super Stolie and the Rockstars Thursday, July...
• Police say woman harassed by pickup driver
• Child pornography discovered at Tinley Park hotel
• SUV driver scares teen girl in Tinley Park
• Pair caught on bad-check charges
• Robbins church passes out hope along with gas cards
• Slain officer mistakenly listed among low-performing cops
• Restlessness grows over debt-ceiling debate
• Fighting the fakers: Police crack down on local counterfeiters
• Local firefighters raise money to fight muscular dystrophy
• Accused killer sues Will County police
• Homer Glen, home builder may settle lawsuit
• Burglars steal jewelry from Tinley Park house
• Homewood frees some downtown parking for employee use
• Social Security  offices to close  30 minutes earlier
• Crete might host ICE detention center
• Union report lists $242 million in potential city savings
• Worker accused of sexually assaulting dementia patient, 93
• Some hearsay evidence banned in Drew Peterson murder trial
• Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich seeks new trial on fraud conviction
• Stolen debit card, soup kitchen ID lead to bank robbery suspect
• 15 county deaths now linked to recent heat wave
• Police search for teen missing from Southwest Side home
• Looking for a better trained pet? Our dog obedience class begins July 27, regis...
• Report: Smartphone users overpay $331
• Man arrested after Lansing barricade incident
• Mom gets probation for son’s jaywalking death
• Wealth gap widens between whites, minorities
• Post office ponders closing 1 in 10 retail outlets
• Report: Lobbyists worked to keep Oak Forest open
• Rivers Casino impacting Joliet?
• One Chicago building trade union agrees to lower OT pay
• Quinn defends his position on budget, workers’ wage freeze
• Supplying the troops
• Along Cal Sag, path to possibilities is wide open
• ‘Cash Dash’ events Thursday in Palos Hills, Tinley Park
• Two Southland deaths bring heat total to 13
• SW Highway bridge/road project complete
• Man arrested in Tinley Park for sex trafficking
• Cops: Drunk driver got lost in cornfield
• More charges for man accused of killing Lockport teen
• Man crushed between rail cars dies
• Chicago cop catches baby thrown to him by kidnapping suspect
• Gage Park woman pushed from window: authorities
• Calumet City man arrested for public nudity outside Dunkin Donuts
• Truck tips over on I-80; lanes blocked
• Cook County lobbyists earned nearly $1 million in first half of 2011
• Chicago’s first protected bike lane completed
• Move over December 25, it's July's turn! Today is Christmas in July at Tinley Junction batting cages and miniature golf. Santa is scheduled to make a rare summer stop at the golf course between 1-3 p.m. and all golfers receive a FREE present!
• Weekend downpours ‘a godsend’ for worried farmers
• Security cameras planned for more Chicago schools
• Chicago Heights man dies after putting hand through window
• Show brings together antique-engine fans for a humid weekend
• Report: Gambling cash flows to campaign coffers
• Heat a factor in 11 Chicago-area deaths
• Prosecutor: Man dressed in drag shot love rival at dice game
• Service Saturday for Metra victim
• Good cause, bad weather at Tinley Park 5K
• Hundreds soothed by jazzy sounds in Olympia Fields
• Norway suspect borrowed from Unabomber’s manifesto
• Storms cause flooding, power outages
• What beer is best at quenching thirst? Cold, cold, cold.
• Bathroom goes from ugly to astonishing
• A helpful voice in the darkness
• Man dead after rollover crash near Markham
• Robbins officials decry lack of jobs for youths
• Randy’s Market customers bid farewell to store
• Midlothian boy beaten to death, autopsy determines
• Heavy equipment operators compete in Orland Park
• Dropped-off passenger remembers women killed in crash
• 17 restaurants in lineup for Taste of Orland Park
• Boehner, Obama trading blame
• Eisenhower band desperately needs instruments
• As debt debate rages, area congressmen hope for compromise
• Dry spell has lawn lovers on edge
• Army Corps: More Asian carp DNA found near Lake Michigan
• Recovery rough for Plainfield teen injured in snow-blower accident
• Midlothian boy dead; DCFS targets mother
• Storms roll through city, suburbs
• Oslo bombing, shooting Norway’s worst violence since WWII
• Judge temporarily halts Illinois union raises
• Dozens cited in bogus driver’s license sting
• Quinn grants 50 clemency petitions
• Oak Forest train crash victims' families search for answers
• Dolton man shot, killed in Ind.; 2 held
• Heat blamed for 7 deaths this week
• DCFS investigating death of 5-month-old Orland Park girl
• 4-year-old boy dies in Beecher shooting
• Summer fitness classes begin next week! Choose from Cardio Sculpt, Pilates Matwork, Pilates on the Ball, Butts & Guts, Fitness Yoga, Ballet Fitness, Tai Chi, Senior Fitness or Stress Management Yoga. Call 708-342-4200 for full class details and reg
• Missing 12-year-old girl may be with south suburban man
• 2 elderly women killed, 8 Metra passengers hurt in Oak Forest crash
• Not much heat relief coming, but we’ll take it
• 2 dead, 8 hurt when Metra train, car collide in Oak Forest
• Will County confirms rabid bat discovered
• Steger teen was shot to death, put in trunk
• Homer Glen water change to be decided by governor
• Modeling hopefuls face hot competition
• 4-year-old boy dies in shooting
• CPS backtracks on impact of teacher-screening test
• R. Kelly out of hospital
• Sticky situation
• Injured passenger: ‘It was overwhelming’
• Council panel advances new curfew for younger kids: 8:30 p.m. weekdays, 9 p.m. weekends
• 2 dead, 8 hurt when Metra train, car collide in Oak Forest
• FATAL SHOOTING SHOCKS A TRANQUIL NEIGHBORHOOD
• Will County again to offer workers voluntary furloughs, incentives to leave
• Looking to communicate better with your pets? Join us Monday, July 25th for our Animal Communication class. Our one-day class will help you awaken your telepathic connections with the animals around you. Thsi is a one night class. Just want a better
• Truck loaded with sugar tips over in Tinley Park
• Cool front coming, but don’t expect much relief
• Police: Parolee charged with shooting two cops
• ALERT, ALERT! Do you have a specific area of interest at the Tinley Park-Park District and want to receive emails about only those areas? We have now added a link to sign up for our email distribution list, where you can select exactly what kind of emai
• Woman suing Lockport high school after falling on bleachers
• Emanuel to send his children to private school
• Driver taking state test strikes utility pole
• Illinois boy drowns at summer camp in Michigan
• Teen wounded in Chicago Lawn shooting
• Semi tips over in Tinley Park
• District 227 faces $10M budget hole
• District 227 residents  protest building deal
• If debt deal near, Obama would OK stopgap measure
• New Lenox: Energy supplier can save residents money
• Orland fire district explores medical insurance options
• Oak Lawn negotiates new water contracts
• Towns limiting water use during heat wave
• Sweating stinks, but you have to do it
• Getting through the heat: ‘It’s all about working smart’
• Oak Lawn scouts to cycle 130 miles to camp
• ‘Fighting lawyers’ case moving again
• State to buy delinquent mortgages
• New restaurant planned in Tinley Park
• Feds: Palos Hills firm defrauded Medicare
• Southland Cooling  centers
• Frankfort to pay $8K for downtown sites
• Case of public defender charged with attacking prosecutor moving to Skokie
• South Suburban College bookstore clerk accused of theft
• New commission to oversee charter schools
• Judge won’t dismiss charges against Peraica
• Heat, ‘oppressive’ humidity prompt excessive heat warning
• CTA orders 300 ‘next generation’ train cars
• $1M bail for man who tried to flee fatal crash
• Metra to install pollution filters on trains
• Suburban man sentenced to 6 years for swindling $5M
• Retailers to bring fresh produce to 1,500 places
• Fleeing vehicle loses tire, ending police chase on South Side
• Homer Glen bat positive for rabies
• Singer to run for Will County executive
• Residents can chill at police station
• ‘Transparency’ goal of Orland Park plan
• Too hot on the course? Not for these golfers
• Homewood Hall of Fame member Judy Hoffman dies
• Orland Park, Mokena restrict sprinkling
• SD 228 faces $6 million budget shortfall for 2011-12
• Judy Hoffman dies in Florida
• Sid’s Greenhouse to close
• 87-year-old grandma takes leap out of plane
• Rich High School district buys building for admin center
• Marine veteran adds name to Iwo Jima survivors flag
• Man accused of killing Steger woman waives extradition
• Fog forces closure of all but one city beach
• Lake Forest teen killed by falling tree on Wyoming camping trip
• Business groups complain about Illinois taxes
• 32 years in videotaped beating death of Fenger student
• Trailer hauling watermelons rolls over on I-65 ramp
• Looking to hit the greens, but don't want to walk 300+ yards between? Stop at Tinley Junction Miniature Golf! Here are a few special events coming soon at Tinley Junction: July 25 - Christmas in July! Santa visits between 12-3 p.m. All golfers will
• Chicago man kills another over dripping air conditioner
• Two police officers shot on West Side
• Man shot, killed by police on South Side
• Homeless man struck, killed by vehicle in Bridgeview
• Adult getaway opens in Midlothian
• Borders final chapter to end in liquidation
• Fisk supports event to fight cancer
• Neighborhood burglary brings brief lockdown at St. Rita
• SW Side homeowner hurt when sewer drain falls in
• Plan for Dave & Buster’s advances in Orland Park
• Frankfort awards contract for 80th Avenue improvements
• The heat is on — and we’re on the street
• Family mourns “bubbly” Steger teen
• New charges in bike-related beating death
• County issues 956 civil union licenses
• EXTREME HEAT ADVISORY: The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat weather alert for today, July 18, from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., and the heat is expected to continue throughout the week. Please be careful when going outside! Stay hydrated and cool!
• Drew principal  to also handle curriculum duty
• St. Christopher fest a test of eating endurance
• Heat can’t keep them away from Tinley Park party
• Park Forest mayor, former state rep on health panel
• Autopsy: Man slain in bike fight died from head injuries
• Richton Park looking to the wind for power
• Driver grabs license plate, tries to flee fatal crash
• Family’s joy turns to tragedy after girl’s drowning
• Births, deaths follow trends
• Illinois ramping up fight against child porn
• Feds seek man in ‘Timberland’ shirt during bank heist
• Senator to Metra: Not so fast on service cuts, fare hikes
• Man hurt during fight over bicycle dies
• Sidewalk sale, free food have customers smiling
• Mokena Intermediate School gets new principal
• Police shooting of dog creates outrage in Midlothian
• Bankrupt Country Club Hills police chief part of failed ventures
• Prosecutors: Blue Island man hired hit man for killing
• Cop would get a kick out of prize
• Joanne Mackey dies at 73
• Thieves see lots of loot at Metra train stations
• Contest names ‘The Best of’  nearly everything in Southland
• Final ‘Potter’ draws big crowds
• Emanuel announces layoffs of Chicago city workers
• Mayor’s buddy gets top park job
• 26-foot sculpture of Marilyn unveiled in Chicago
• McCarthy sworn in as Chicago’s top cop
• Blago’s home up for sale
• Injured Oak Lawn soldier comes home
• Bears’ Tillman scores with sick kids in Oak Lawn
• Prosecutors: Ex-cop offered man $400 to kill his girlfriend
• Emanuel sends layoff notices to city workers in union showdown
• Barn destroyed by fire
• Our neighbors in Orland Park are finalists for the PetSafe "Bark For Your Park" contest! They are the only remaining city from Illinois, and they need your help to get $100,000 for a dog park in Orland. You can vote once per day at barkforyourp
• Courthouse wedding leads to arrest
• Cost of driver education may climb
• New Lenox traffic stop nets $800K worth of cocaine
• Ill. budget cuts reduce seniors’ drug benefits
• Final ‘Potter’ flick draws big crowds in Southland
• Woman found dead in Englewood building
• Man dies after Southwest Side crash
• Forecast for Tinley Park calls for HOT and HUMID temperatures for the next week! Please be safe and stay hydrated while out in the sun. If you haven't yet stopped by White Water Canyon Water Park this summer, it just might be the perfect way to coo
• Man arrested after reporting his pot stolen
• Ex-school official, board member indicted in $800,000 scheme
• Tollway now sports Midlothian signage
• Midlothian to get World Trade Center fragment
• Joliet Diocese installs new bishop
• SD 227 board member wants vote on new administrative center
• Sheriff’s officer suspended, accused of endangering kid
• Chicago city attorney  follows Daley to law firm
• Quinn to visit Israel
• Blue Island man, son charged in murder plot
• Fair set for Sunday at Frankfort Mosque
• Flasher strikes in Steger
• Debate goes on over site of new Will sheriff’s station
• ComEd: ‘Smart Grid’ might help reduce outages
• Wild ride leads to DUI
• Accident kills worker in Mokena
• Work to continue on 171st Streeet in Tinley Park
• Drew Peterson tries to stop movie about him
• Joliet Diocese installs new bishop
• Emotions run high at Oak Forest Hospital hearing
• Police: Ex-cop had son, cohort kill girlfriend in River Forest
• Jackets soaked in liquid opium seized near O’Hare
• Car hits building in Orland Park
• Car hits vacant Oak Lawn storefront
• Mistrial declared in Roger Clemens perjury trial
• Innocent plea in fatal beach fight
• Driver passes out, van misses Alsip restaurant
• Illinois home foreclosures up 4 percent in June
• ComEd: All power will be restored by Friday night
• Prosecutors: Blagojevich not fulfilling bond terms
• Indiana Dunes vulnerable to climate change, report says
• 17-year-old dies in police custody
• Report: Minority drivers ticketed more often than white drivers
• Homer Glen appointment stalls
• Potter cast spell over generation
• Golf ball drop raises funds for Oak Lawn 9-11 memorial
• FBI hunting  bank robber
• Daniel Ruettiger, father of 14 including ‘Rudy’
• Police: Thieves ransack Oak Forest home
• Biker speeds through Tinley Park neighborhoods
• 3 bombings kill 21, wound 141 in Mumbai terror attack
• FBI hunting Matteson bank robber
• Quinn signs coal gasification plant bill
• Plainfield man accused in shootings says wife abused him
• 170,000 still without power after storm
• Tinley parks board member Medrow dies
• Man fights with EMTs after being found drunk in car
• 1 teen killed, 1 critical after West Pullman shooting
• A few spots still remain for our Family Camp-out this Friday! Join us for a fun night of camping under the stars. Participants enjoy swimming, games, astronomers, s'mores, a movie, breakfast and more! This is always a fun-filled event! Call 708-
• Orland Plaza merchants facing uncertain future
• Harvey man shot in home dies
• Man, woman sought in pit bull attack
• City Hall eyeing paid maternity leave for workers
• Federal loan to help fund PADS complex
• Chicago Police limiting  vacation, leave payouts
• R. Kelly’s house  in foreclosure
• Facing an uncertain future
• Regional agency may end District 218 board appointment stalemate
• Country Club Hills mayor’s girlfriend, 12 others laid off
• Chicago’s proposed curfew crackdown not kids stuff
• State workers protest pay freeze
• Police: Alleged con artist pries open safe in Tinley Park
• Piggy bank collection, jewelry stolen from Tinley home
• Radogno announces re-election bid
• Officer shoots, kills man in Beverly
• Plea possible over online threats aimed at Glasgow
• 18 years for sex ring leader
• Police: Plainfield man, 76, shot wife, stepdaughter
• The next session of our sewing and quilting classes begin soon. Call 708-342-4200 for class details and learn these life-long skills. Imagine creating your own clothes, just the way you want them or making a beautiful quilt for yourself or a loved one!
• Union pickets over Quinn canceling raises
• Motorcycle gang members face murder, drug charges
• Man accused of threatening witness in murder trial
• FBI joins search for suspected child sex predator
• 350,000 remain without power 24 hours after storm
• Boy, 11, charged with murder
• Collinsville outlaws saggy pants
• Grants awarded to encourage smoke-free apartments
• Man runs into glass door, dies
• 1 dead, 2 hurt in Washington Heights shooting
• Orland Park trustees OK buyout of shopping center
• Fed funds flow to  six Southland towns
• Court rules public works plan is legal
• Oak Lawn trustee fights alley hours
• RTA pulls credit cards for most employees
• Mokena joins drug recycling program
• Harry Potter marathon starts Wednesday
• Two displaced, firefighter slightly hurt in Chicago Ridge
• Two displaced, firefighter slightly hurt in Chicago Ridge fire
• Chicago Heights man dies after crash
• 561,000 without power after storms pelt Chicago area
• Honor student was drunk, high at time of fatal crash
• Storm collapses Palos Hills festival tent; 7 people injured
• Anti-airport group meets Quinn in Tinley Park
• Warrant issued for Lockport man accused of molesting 6-year-old girl
• Quinn defends civil unions law in adoption dispute
• State probing boy’s drowning in Steger
• 2 men die in separate motorcycle crashes
• Looks like a bunch of people enjoyed a dip over the weekend! Check out these photos from Patch.com!
• 8-year-old boy shot while playing with friends in Englewood
• Homewood Days mixes with pedal power
• Mayor cuts credit card access from 500 to 30 workers
• Ceremony honors Tinley Park Marine
• Till’s mother wanted museum and mausoleum for her slain son
• Mokena man’s horror flick set to premiere
• Pets count their blessings at Orland Park church
• University Park boy drowns in Steger pool
• Demolition starts Friday on former Tinley Ice building
• Mourners remember Kennelly at funeral
• Ex-Burr Oak Cemetery director Carolyn Towns pleads guilty, gets 12 years
• Country Club Hills Theater $6.6M in the hole
• Beverly teen was ‘sweetest guy around’
• Cops angry over delay in charging suspected cop killer
• Ditka’s son pleads not guilty to felony DUI
• Burke’s bodyguard detail to be reduced
• Wheels wow em’  in Beverly Classic
• Teens charged with Flossmoor burglaries
• Man charged with sex abuse
• County may offer severance program
• Remembering a  father’s sacrifice
• Housing advocates bring concerns to Preckwinkle
• Casino plan like a house of cards
• Quinn optimistic about ruling on construction funding plan
• Beecher man charged with sex abuse
• Ex-Burr Oak Cemetery director pleads guilty, gets 12 years
• Mosquitoes with West Nile found in Lemont
• Have a great weekend Tinley Park! Next week, plan on coming out to the Bettenhausen Recreation Center on Wednesday for our FREE movie in the park. We'll be watching Princess Bride!! Mawwaige...mawwaige...
• Outbound Ryan reopens after 2 crashes on South Side
• Lemont man accused of sexual abuse
• 3 Richton Park teens accused of hate crime
• Oak Lawn brainstorms flooding solutions
• Police seek shooter who wounded 2 in Cal City
• Inmate questioned in death of police officer
• Woman shot while driving on Southwest Side
• Crest Hill nixes lingerie football
• Father, daughters thrown overboard in boat crash rescued
• Cop hospitalized, hit with brick by would-be robbers
• Cool digs for shelter dogs
• Chicago cops question  teen in commuter death
• Rahm, police chief back early curfew
• Tinley Park misses out on magazine’s Top 10 list
• Tinley Park to honor ‘Old Ironsides’ on July 16
• Charges filed in ATM robbery
• Americans keep getting fatter
• Tinley Park travel team goes global
• Teens accused of burglary
• Frankfort wants lower speed limit on U.S. 30
• Murder suspect charged in teen’s death
• Orland Park board to vote on mall purchase
• Two Chicago women accused of fraud in nursing grants
• Aprati returns as Chicago Heights chief of staff
• SD 161 hires new principal for kindergarten program
• Man wanted in beach beating death turns himself in
• Midlothian mulls senior housing
• Veto raises questions as new school year nears
• Orland trustees to vote on Plaza purchase
• State unions ask arbitrator to decide canceled raises
• One ticket to ride in Chicago area?
• Looking for a fun-filled overnight at the park? Register for our Family Camp-out on July 15-16 held at Community Park. Families enjoy swimming at White Water Canyon waterpark, a giant campfire, smore's, star gazing, crafts, breakfast and a late ni
• Govt to ease foreclosure rules for unemployed
• Cops: Drunk driver, 69, charged in fatal hit-and-run
• Suspect questioned in shoving death of woman at Fullerton L stop
• 5 adults, 9 children displaced in Woodlawn blaze
• Girl fights off attacker in Pullman alley
• Boy, 15, critically hurt in Southwest Side shooting
• Obama conducts Twitter town hall
• Chicago City Council  OKs midnight closing time
• Chicago aldermen to redraw ward map
• Cook board prez, chief judge headed for turf tiff
• $3 million bail for man charged in 1957 death
• Bluegrass on the Green set for weekend in Frankfort
• Orland Fire Protection District trustees claim savings
• Blue Island park in for makeover
• Chicago Heights community center seeks funds for roof repairs
• Visitation Friday for Orland man who fell from boat
• Attorney for former Gov. Ryan vows to ‘fight on’
• Sheriff’s deputy found dead in vehicle
• Illinois drops writing from standardized exam
• Lockport Twp. man charged in teen’s killing
• Beverly youth dies after Fourth of July beating at Indiana beach
• 9-year-old boy shot in head on South Side
• Humane Society offers reward for stolen air conditioners
• Summer camp is almost half over, but we still have four fun-filled weeks left and we want YOU to be part of it! The second session of Day Camp begins July 11 and runs through August 5. Teen Camp session 3 and 4 are starting July 11 and July 25, registe
• CASTING CALL: Adult auditions for Tinley Park - Park District's Requiem for a Heavyweight. When: Sunday, July 10 from 12-3 p.m. and Monday, July 11 from 6:30-9 p.m. Where: Bettenhausen Recreation Center
• Vandals damage several cars in Oak Lawn
• No injuries after tire bits catch fire
• Jewel-Osco in Olympia Fields to close
• 3 critically hurt when car hits South Side house
• Woman dies after Worth crash
• Fuel problem strands 350 passengers on Amtrak train
• Man killed in East Hazel Crest crash
• Rahm: Fest will stay, be  re-evaluated
• Emanuel questions school  security
• Pastors protest cut to burials for poor
• Quinn ready for battle over raises
• It wasn’t for the chicks; Ford Heights man with gator gets a year conditional discharge
• Teen’s call of duty: high seas
• Youth soccer coach enters plea
• Moss, Korean War veteran, basketball fan dies at 80
• Frankfort to pay off 2002 bond debt early
• Orland Park resident questions rail quiet zones
• Neighbors help Orland Park family flee fire
• Body of Orland Park man found in Lake Michigan
• Weis taking job with Chicago Crime Commission
• Midlothian heist nets fur, electronics, jewelry
• 3 charged with stealing from south suburban storage facility
• Cops: Man exposes himself to nanny in Tinley Park
• Musical equipment stolen from Oak Lawn church
• Two robbed at gunpoint in Midlothian
• Three cars burglarized in Tinley Park
• Firefighter hurt battling extra-alarm blaze
• Provena, Resurrection health care systems OK merger
• If you're hot and you know it... ...stop by White Water Canyon Water Park! Open til 8:00 p.m. tonight.
• Iowa woman charged after dogs die in car
• Man seriously wounded in Southwest Side shooting
• Teen boy shot, killed in Roseland
• Motorcyclist killed in single-vehIcle crash on I-80
• Strange but true tales from Chicago
• Kids love horses, bands and treats at Oak Lawn parade
• Veterans breakfast kicks off Fourth in Mokena
• Tinley Park unites for Independence Day
• Southwest Side snub?
• Hot dog cart owner battling Worth to stay open
• Amtrak blamed in latest crash lawsuit
• Palos Heights native takes second in N.Y. hot dog eating contest
• Three injured in crash
• For U.S. troops, danger doesn’t die
• White Water Canyon Water Park is opened today from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Come on out for some water park fun before you head over to McCarthy Park for the main event! Fireworks are scheduled to begin at approx. 9:15 p.m.
• Happy July 4th Tinley Park! Congratulations to all of the runners who completed the 5K Run/Walk this morning. We have a full day of events scheduled for you so come out and join us! Opening Ceremonies at McCarthy Park are at 4 p.m. and will kick off a fu
• Family worries, menial job for imprisoned Blago
• Tinley considers vacant land deal
• Orchestra, fireworks dazzle Orland Park
• Sweet treats for Palos parade-goers
• Hot dog eating contest winner hungry for the top
• For U.S. troops, danger doesn’t die
• The honor guard: Memorial Squad gives veterans a proper sendoff
• Groups proud to show  appreciation for vets
• Remembering  fallen heroes
• More reasons to celebrate
• South Side group collects supplies for U.S. troops
• Quinn signs bills to increase protections for vets, servicemembers
• Tinley Park ready to extend trash contract
• Olympia Fields officials look for ways to build water main
• Orland Park hopes to win dog park contest
• Tinley man dead in motorcycle crash
• I-55 crash kills Beecher man
• Fourth of July show lights up Chicago Heights
• Quinn bars disclosure of gun-permit holders
• Midlothian parade crowd celebrates freedom
• L-Way West remembers musical director
• Vets commission reaches out to heroes
• Three injured in Tinley Park fire
• Chicago tourism slowly recovering
• Rahm shelved with bad ankle?
• Bones found in Evergreen Park
• Heartsfield guitarist Perry Jordan dies
• Oak Fest bounces back with big night
• Emanuel backs away  from layoff deadline
• Police, feds focus on where street gangs hook up with Mexican drug traffickers
• Private company begins managing Illinois Lottery
• Duckworth making calls about run for Congress
• Thieves take air conditioners from Chicago animal shelter
• Tinley Park enters 2nd leg of redevelopment plan
• Army Corps: St. Louis-area rivers remain manageable
• Neary, educator, sports official, dead at 85
• Police stepping up DUI, traffic enforcement over weekend
• Friends, neighbors say goodbye to Lura Lynn Ryan
• New trustee has personal stake in restoring Burr Oak cemetery
• Park Forest police chief retires
• Suspect killed by police in strip mall shootout had criminal history
• Thousands without power after violent thunderstorms
• Hail shatters showrooms at Garfield Park Conservatory
• If you are attending the 4th of July Celebration at McCarthy Park, or even if you aren't, please remember to leave the fireworks to the professionals. Release: Fireworks/Sparklers Not Allowed at 4th of July Celebration
• Semi overturns on I-57; trucker ticketed
• Southland Fourth of July events
• South Side man found guilty of shooting cop
• Oak Forest man, 60, found dead at home with gunshot wound
• Honest guy fined $500 for false police report
• Heat wave expected to hit today
• Cook County pulls plug on troubled Project Shield program
• Suspect shot at Country Club Hills strip mall dies
• Roadwork near Tinley Park 80th Avenue station
• Quinn OKs new Ill. budget, with extra cuts
• $29.5M Lotto ticket sold in Tinley Park
• Honest guy’s fib costs him
• Navy Pier to get revamp that will cost $155 million
• Four Cook County officers hurt, suspect shot in Country Club Hills
• Woman sues Will County nursing home over mother’s death
• Cop accused of posing as elderly father in attempt to steal pension money
• $200K bail for Monee man accused of molesting girl
• West Nile found in mosquito in Evergreen Park
• Feds charge woman who donned nun costume to rob Palos Heights bank
• FREE CONCERT TONIGHT! What: The Neverly Brothers When: Thursday, June 30 at 7:00 p.m. Where: Tony Bettenhausen Recreation Center Band Shell, 8125 W. 171st Street, Tinley Park (east lawn) Who: All are FREE to attend Refreshments, candy and chips will be
• Census: Fewer black children in Chicago, biggest U.S. cities
• DNA testing approved in Beaman’s case
• Ill. group gets $1.4M to help migrants
• Monee man charged with molesting little girl
• Crews investigating two-alarm Steger blaze
• Rahm Emanuel: 625 city worker layoffs if union won’t accept reforms
• Cop accused of posing as elderly father in attempt to steal pension
• Report: Chicago’s Lake Michigan beaches have poor water quality
• Insiders got early notice of college savings deal
• Federal building in Chicago named for ex-Rep. Lipinski
• Cops: Robber  killed man, stole from his house for days
• Civic Federation shares cost-saving tips
• Safety could get costly for some Will County pool owners
• NASA program ‘inspires’ former Sandburg student
• Will 911 command center dead
• Ill. likely to see fierce battle over gun control
• Oak Lawn addresses parking at Town Center strip mall
• Southland food pantries request help
• Police: Car  hits preschool in Palos Park
• Emanuel: 625 city worker layoffs if union won’t accept reforms
• 2 teens charged in Mokena graffiti spree
• Man held on $5 million bail in New Lenox Township man’s murder
• School District 227 forum topics may  include dress code
• Oak Forest firm accused of $20M Medicare fraud
• Daughter of 227 board member hired to teach at Rich Central
• 50 years for man who videotaped sex with 9-year-old
• Evergreen Park resident cruises through work
• Federal building in Chicago named for Lipinski
• What happens at White Water Canyon Water Park before 11:30 a.m.? Swim Lessons! There is still time to register for group lessons! Teaching your child to swim can save a life one day!
• Mega Millions rolls over; $250K ticket sold in Dolton
• Hospitals find risk factors for surgery mix-ups
• Police: Cicero house customized for pot growing
• Woman’s death after Bishop Ford crash ruled natural
• Man found critically wounded on sidewalk in Pullman
• Chicago man  charged with murder, theft
• They didn’t buy Blago’s story
• Monkeys, dogs found mistreated in Lansing
• School District 130 OKs boundary change
• Hair gets to go to prison with Blago
• Orland district firefighter hiring decision a month away
• Agreement near in Orland Plaza lawsuit
• Veterans invited to free Fourth of July breakfast
• Garbage can locations an issue in Homer Glen?
• Oak Forest to continue to maintain Metra station lots
• Homewood looks at creating two new TIF districts
• Oak Lawn trustee still wants shorter hours at bowling alley
• Quinn signs workers compensation reform
• Woman kept malnourished monkeys, dogs in elderly mother’s home
• Tinley Park juror: Blago ‘really cheated the people of Illinois’
• Lura Lynn dies with husband, ex-Gov. George Ryan, at her side
• New fitness classes begin next week! Cardio Blast is a strong, hour and half strength and cardio class and starts Tuesday. Looking to get outside and exercise? Our new Bootcamp in the park classes begin in July. Summer is the perfect time to start a
• Oh, what a beautiful morning to plan a day outside! Been a while since it's been pool weather, but White Water Canyon opens at 12 p.m. Also, plan to spend the 4th at McCarthy Park for our 4th of July Extravaganza! Live music, games, food and drinks
• Juror from first trial praises Blago jury
• Guilty verdict bitter defeat for Blagojevich
• Country Club Hills eliminates city-issued credit cards
• Woman dies two days after Bishop Ford crash
• Post-Blago: Shadowy powerbroker is next up
• Some jurors found Blago likable but not credible
• Judge unseals Vaughn case file
• Family faces goat decision
• Tinley Corvette show a hit
• State grant to aid Olympia Fields senior community
• Mokena hires design firm for U.S. 30 lighting project
• ‘Stunned’ Blagojevich found guilty on 17 counts
• Court: Calif. can’t ban violent video game sales
• Romeoville plane crash victim identified
• Prosecutors: Mom killed baby, carried him around for hours
• Quinn signs seat-belt measure into law
• Prosecutors: Mom killed baby, then carried him around for hours
• Hazel Crest man charged in $10,000 jewelry heist
• Tinley woman doesn’t fall for sob story ruse
• $2,000 stolen from Tinley Park home in ruse
• Tinley Park garages burglarized
• Earth’s date with asteroid delayed a few hours
• Former radio personality Weber strolls down ‘rock ’n’ roll memory lane’
• D227 looking to boost the number of special education pupils in general classrooms
• Line of thunderstorms moving into area
• Populations around U.S. nuke plants soar
• Former radio personality strolls down ‘rock ’n’ roll memory lane’
• Orland Hills celebration brings families fun
• 2 injured in Romeoville plane crash
• Chicago Pride Parade marches on after tires slashed on 51 floats
• Council may cancel Welch’s credit card
• SouthtownStar open for business in a new home
• Dozens of Illinois towns must curb sewer overflows
• Fans line up to see Selena Gomez
• Thorn Creek volunteers save center from closing
• Air Force general retires
• Homer Township, Homer Glen unite for celebration
• Tae kwon do competitors kick it up a notch for national championship
• Tae kwon do competitors preparing for national championship
• Residents vent steam with Lipinski
• Man dead in catch basin may have been rescuing kitten
• Time is crucial with  missing persons cases
• Cubs changing building plans
• Judge sends Black back to prison
• Bike path closed
• Home schooler’s mom unhappy with Lincoln-Way SD 210 Board
• State sues Tinley firm over business practices
• Mokena mom has special welcome for Air Force son
• Will County judge unseals Vaughn murder case file
• Midlothian repeals ban on single-serve alcohol sales
• Soldier from Midlothian receives hero’s welcome
• Oak Lawn hits for cycle in bike challenge
• Pro-gun advocate rips CPD chief
• Lockport Township softball complex to open
• EPA says Markham dump cleanup done
• Ex-media mogul Conrad Black ordered back to prison; wife faints
• ComEd: 13,000 still without power
• Remember to stop by the Bettenhausen Recreation Center this weekend for your LAST CHANCE to enter to win a diamond key pendant from Rogers and Hollands Jewelers --- and stop by R+H at Orland Square Mall this weekend for their Bridal Extravaganza!
• Quinn OKs new congressional districts
• Orland calling all dog owners
• Local Little League coach collapses on field, dies
• White Water Canyon Water Park and Sprayground is closed today, June 24. All classes held at the water park are also cancelled.
• Obama: Gay couples deserve same rights as all
• Monument planned to honor police torture victims
• Shedd to host Navy divers in exhibit
• Tinley Park business accused of selling unneccessary body scans
• DCFS investigating death of 3-month-old Calumet City boy
• Southwest Side man dies trying to rescue kitten
• ComEd: 27,000 still without power
• Memorial beam stops in Tinley
• Rahm’s tenants move out early
• Orland Hills turning 50, and it’s having a party
• Slapstick take on American culture opens at Andrew
• Blago jury ends week without  a verdict
• Menards, Meijer to anchor mall
• Two Orland Park trustees tag team Metra board
• CPS boss: Fewer ‘teacher days,’ more teaching days
• Crete teen out on bond
• ComEd: All power back by late tonight
• More prison time for killer
• ComEd: All power back by late tonight 5,000 in Southland still lacked power Thursday
• 3 hospitalized after Oak Forest crash
• Chicago Ridge man gets longer prison term in wife’s murder
• Body found in Roseland is missing Indiana woman
• Census shows whites lose U.S. majority among babies
• Quinn OK with no concealed weapons in Illinois
• New CPS chief wants teachers to make home visits
• I-55 ramp to Illinois 126 reopened after gas leak repaired
• 1 held in slaying of 13-year-old on Southwest Side
• Looking for a birthday party idea? Tinley Fitness hosts birthday parties on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Party packages include the use of raquetball courts and pool, a party room, party attendant and lifeguard. Call (708)342-4255 to book your party T
• White Water Canyon Water Park and Sprayground is closed today, June 23.
• 13-year-old boy killed, older teen wounded on Southwest Side
• Body found duct taped in bag on South Side
• 95,000 customers still without power after storms
• Richton Park man killed in Dan Ryan crash
• Boy, 1, taken in carjacking found safe
• HIV positive man claims he was denied medication while jailed
• Chicago cops target gang
• Rahm vows  to limit unused vacation days
• Northern suburbs among areas hardest hit by storm
• Chicago to host G-8, NATO meetings
• Naval Academy for teen
• SD 218’s Pratl quits; challenger drops case
• School renaming draws residents’ ire
• Welch, aide spend freely on taxpayers’ dime
• Crete teen accused of having child porn
• Chicago school board OKs top execs’ salaries
• Seat belt law for all?
• Mayor Emanuel vows to change unused vacation days policy
• Accused priest’s lawyer: Fitzgerald ‘couldn’t find any rabbis or nuns’ to prosecute?
• Vienna Beef steamed  at local competitor
• Man gets 55 years for brutal murder of landlord
• Storm cleanup under way; 18,000 without power in the south suburbs
• Oak Lawn’s Unity Party files suit against mayor
• We do RUN, RUN, RUN ... do you RUN-RUN??? Stars & Stripes 5K Run/Walk: Monday, July 4 at 8:00 a.m. McCarthy Park Like this post if you're registered for the park district's Stars & Striped 5K Run/Walk. Also, share it with your Facebook
• Bridge work to reduce LaGrange lanes in Orland
• 38 charged in major drug trafficking ring
• Giant Slide at State Fairgrounds for sale
• AAA: Americans will drive less, fly more for the Fourth
• Illinois creates website to share state data
• Board to decide if new CPS executives get pay raises
• Blagojevich jury ends seventh day
• Tinley Park man celebrates 60 years working for Ford
• Fire damages Homewood restaurant
• Orland Hills verbal altercation results in arrest, claim of beating
• Public gets early look at Illiana plan
• Undercover cops to bolster Taste security
• Services set for Lincoln-Way West band director
• New principal at Oak Forest High
• H-F High alumni group feels unappreciated
• Crete-Monee fires teacher, coach Ryndak
• Woman dies in Matteson crash
• Pay on the agenda as lawmakers return
• This Saturday is the 3rd Annual Vogt Visual Arts Center Art Show and Sale! Today is the last day to register for a table ... but even if you aren't selling art at the event, you can stop by and browse hundreds of fabulous works of art between 10:00
• 71st Street underpass project kicks off
• Summit man killed in crash
• ComEd crews work to restore power in Palos Hills
• Lincoln-Way West mourns death of band director
• 3 winning lottery tickets sold in south suburbs
• Post-Blagojevich scandal reforms are a mixed bag
• Jackson Jr: South suburbs must work together on casino plan
• Report addresses blizzard fiasco
• Lincoln-Way North science teacher soars with NASA
• Southland ‘planking’ fans admit fad is silly, but harmless fun
• Proposed water line a problem for Olympia Fields park plan
• Mall approved for former Evergreen Park golf course
• Chicago Heights to pay for business marketing plan
• Orland Park takes second look at iPads for top officials
• Frankfort gets new police vehicles, radios for half the cost
• IDOT to hold meeting about proposed Illiana Expressway
• School mourns death of band director
• 2-month-old West Side girl dies in house fire
• ‘Jackass’ star Ryan Dunn dies in car crash
• $1 million Powerball ticket sold in Homer Glen
• Comed: Storm-related power outages restored
• Blagojevich jurors end 6th day of deliberations
• Child, mom hospitalized after car, bus crash
• Bail increased for Harvey cop accused of harassing ex-girlfriend
• $75K bail for man who tried to operate on dog
• 50+ cats found at woman’s home
• No Happy Father’s Day for ‘deadbeat dads’
• Man sought in Park Forest bank robbery
• White Water Canyon Water Park and Sprayground will open today at 2:00 PM.
• Study: Portable pools as risky as in-ground pools
• FBI seeks weight-loss doctor for fraud
• Boy, 5, dies after falling into lake at Jackson Park Harbor
• New Lenox may soon see lower electric bills
• Study: Wrongful convictions cost taxpayers $214M
• Fine Arts Fair inspires creativity in Frankfort
• New Chicago waterways sewage treatment years away
• Corvette convention attracts crowds to new Tinley center
• New Lenox Library expands hours
• U.S. nuke regulators weaken safety rules
• Alsip woman attacks waitress, cops say
• Four charged in bat beating
• Deputy chief announces retirement
• Palos Park man dies after being shot in Chicago grocery store
• South Siders celebrate Polish heritage
• E Street Band sax player Clarence Clemons dies
• Parade participants put best paw forward in Oak Lawn
• Township’s pet pantry gets a boost from ‘Pet-Palooza’
• Cancer survivor turns to running after diagnosis
• New Lenox Relay paints the town purple
• Can bill help colleges make the grade?
• College grads have better odds of beating cancer
• Southland dads talk about their Father’s Day plans
• Like father, like son
• Oak Forest officials want to address area flooding
• Siblings win Cubs’ Batkid contest
• White House visit inspires SD 227 board member
• Vendors upset over fest changes
• Orland Park man a spokesman for Weight Watchers
• Veterans with impaired vision hit the golf course
• From India to America, Matteson man more than a tailor
• Tutoring program proposed in Olympia Fields
• New trial on Ill. abortion notification law
• Supreme teacher
• Seven years later, a picture-perfect proposal
• Tinley Park changes village board schedule, will meet twice monthly
• Two prominent homes — one well known, one not so much
• Frankfort Township adds senior housing units
• SD 218 seat still vacant
• Will increases cost  of civil union license
• New look for Will County Board
• New Habitat for Humanity resident feels blessed
• Arrest warrant issued for former Lincoln-Way employee
• 20-year-old District 227 board member to visit White House
• SouthSide Polish Fest coming to Bridgeview
• ‘Vetting’ the convention center: Big test for Tinley Park, expansion project
• Blago jury seeks clarity; no verdict after 5th day
• Gender factor? Eleven of 12 Blago jurors are women
• Senate Dems say they’ll agree to construction bill
• Matteson fire chief to recruit minorities
• State high court limits taking prisoners’ savings
• Hundreds mourn fallen Homer Glen soldier
• Frankfort youth soccer coach facing new child porn charges
• This Sunday is Father's Day! The Tinley Junction Batting Cages and Miniature Golf has a fun, local idea for dad's day. Dads, bring your kids out for a round of mini golf and receive a discounted rate! Call the Tinley Junction at (708)614-1854
• Weiner resigns in wake of sex photos scandal
• Ill. unemployment climbs in May to 8.9 percent
• Property values plunge in Palos Township
• Just in time for opening - THE SUN IS OUT! White Water Canyon open for normal business hours today. ALSO, mention either Facebook or Twitter at the gate to receive 2-for-1 admission before 2 PM this afternoon!
• Vandals damage cars, houses in Oak Lawn
• Drivin’ the Dixie marks 10th year
• Rain, rain, go away... White Water Canyon wants to open today! SPECIAL DEAL: 2-for-1 Admission from 12-2 PM at White Water Canyon today! Just mention you saw our Facebook page at the front gate between noon and 2 PM this afternoon to receive two one-day
• ‘A phenomenal woman’: Orland Park resident’s legacy recalled at SW Side school
• Olympia Fields plan session gathers resident input
• Will County may vote on new map
• Victim’s brother: Bat attack tied to fight
• Tenth anniversary for Drivin’ the Dixie
• Homer Glen soldier’s death ‘just hits home’
• Big changes to Tinley Park zoning plan
• HR director out at Orland fire district
• State faces tax breaks ending for 100 firms
• Summit Hill SD 161 names interim superintendent
• Mokena man dies after Olympia Fields crash
• Quinn sets Friday deadline for capital spending OK
• Later weekend hours restored for Oak Lawn bowling alley
• Man found slain in home
• Tinley Park to hire firm for police chief search
• Blagojevich jury finishes 4th day of deliberations
• Orland issues lane closure alert for Thursday
• Oak Forest traffic light cause traffic delays
• Girl, 8, killed in South Side hit and run
• Orland fire district eyes staff changes
• Longer school days, more pay for teachers
• Passing (up) the bucks: $1.6M in lottery prizes unclaimed in Southland
• No one injured in explosion at Deep Tunnel reservoir
• Oak Forest outlines summer street improvement program
• Rash of car break-ins in Chicago Ridge
• Park Forest house condemned because of cats
• Man in wheelchair robbed in Chicago Heights
• Emotional goodbye from Homewood’s village manager
• Homer Glen hopes for big turnout for fallen soldier
• New chore? Tinley man wants village to cut parkway grass
• Chicago Heights teen hit with baseball bat in critical condition
• Matteson man charged with drug possession
• Just a reminder that tomorrow is our FREE screening of Despicable Me on our giant, inflatable movies screen! Show starts at dusk near the outdoor band shell at the Tony Bettenhausen Recreation Center. Questions? Call (708)342-4200 for more information.
• Boy fatally shot on 15th birthday
• Tribute planned for Homer Glen soldier’s funeral
• Olympia Fields seeks resident input tonight
• No one injured in blast at South Holland Deep Tunnel reservoir
• Explosion reported in Deep Tunnel in South Holland
• Quinn signs law making it easier to fire teachers
• Man surrenders after Florida deaths
• Chicago, county  to share services
• Blagojevich jurors  continue deliberations
• Garfield Elementary pupils build greenhouse in partnership
• Feds: SXU part-timers can hold union vote
• Biking to work: SouthtownStar’s Arvia peddles his tale
• Village extends pickup of water-damaged items
• New district map could get approval Thursday
• Matteson mum on lawsuit being dismissed
• Mokena homeowners complain about graffiti incidents
• Coach to hire own lawyer
• Horsemen urged to tell Quinn to OK slots at tracks
• Friends’ fishing trip turns tragic
• Services set for fallen Homer Glen soldier
• Heavy pedaling
• Justice man indicted on sexual assault charge
• Good Monday everyone! This week, many sports camps and are events going on at the Tinley Park-Park District. Also, don't forget that this Wednesday night we are having a FREE screening of Despicable Me on the east lawn of the Bettenhausen Recreatio
• SD 161 pitches safety upgrades at baseball fields
• SD 161 extends benefits to nurses
• Rahm: 150 more cops to hit the streets
• Nice surprise for Flossmoor: lower medical insurance costs
• Librarian, bartender, teacher among Blagojevich jurors
• Long-term costs add up for dog ownership
• Pet pantry aims to fill a need
• St. Fabian Fest keeps growing
• Walkers take to the track to fight cancer
• Shedd dolphin calf dies
• Two Orland Park men charged in 2010 attempted bank robbery
• Man critically injured after jumping from Red Line train
• South Side man dies from shooting at graduation party
• Frankfort teenager killed in Orland Park wreck
• Country Club Hills Theater opens amid layoffs
• Cops: Soccer coach abused child
• Midlothian creek project to bring flood relief
• Three injured in Homewood crash
• Pop-up bike repair shop gives teens responsibility, free bikes
• Frankfort teen killed in Orland Park wreck
• Is biking to work possible in the Southland?
• Ice companies settle price-fixing charges
• Oak Lawn, Orland village employees will bike for bragging rights
• Indictment: Caregiver stole $8K
• Upscale Orland Park mall hits the auction block
• Southlanders feeling drained after flooding
• Bankruptcy court needs new quarters
• Dead, rabid bat prompts warning
• Jury ends first day in Blago trial
• SouthtownStar earns statewide accolades
• Bookkeeping error shows $90 million in mistakes
• Will County Board could have new district map next week
• Fallen soldier’s family to start ‘Heroes’ room at library
• The $90 million oops: Revenue error found in Cook County books
• $625K awarded estate of Oak Forest man given contaminated drug
• Shedd dolphin calf dies
• Man charged in shooting of two girls, ages 2 and 7, in Avondale
• Orland Park woman pedals to do her part
• Day care provider convicted of 2007 aggravated battery of a child
• Overflow crowd attends basketball player’s funeral
• Teller charged with stealing from Country Club Hills bank
• Orland Hills man’s body pulled from Indiana lake
• Tomorrow's Del Melton Kids Fishing Derby has been cancelled due to excessive flooding at the dock. Tinley Park-Park District officials deemed the dock at Centennial Park to be unsafe for the event. For more information, please call (708)342-4200.
• Amtrak studying Wi-Fi for Illinois trains
• Looking for a job? Check out employment opportunities at the Tinley Park-Park District: - Park Foreman *NEW* - Tinley Fitness Aqua Instructor - Tinley Fitness Child Care Attendant *NEW* - Lifeguard/Swim Attendant
• Man, woman shot in Marquette Park neighborhood
• Semi crash spills fuel on Dan Ryan on South Side
• Residents recovering from Southland flooding
• Country Club Hills concert series to carry on
• Orland fire staffing analysis under way
• Show will go on in Country Club Hills
• Homer Glen soldier killed in Iraq
• Police seek help in shooting death of Hillcrest student
• Two dozen families displaced by Alsip apartment fire
• Man returns bag with $17,000 inside
• Thousands miss out on Ill. college savings offer
• Judge allows coach charged with sex abuse to move to Wisconsin
• More rain expected Thursday afternoon, evening
• Police escort resident out of Midlothian meeting
• Chicago man arrested on drug, weapons charges in Oak Lawn
• My Story: Flood, rain doubles commute time
• Bring a blanket and come out to see Despicable Me on our GIANT inflatable movie screen Wednesday, June 15 at dusk! What: Movie in the Park: FREE screening of Despicable Me When: Wednesday, June 15 at DUSK Where: Lawn near the Tony Bettenhausen Recreatio
• Now for the bad news... White Water Canyon will be CLOSED today due to incliment weather. If you're missing the water, you probably haven't been outside yet, in which case I've seen mini water rides popping up all over the streets! I like
• Wow! Talk about a change in the weather! From nearly-100 to nearly-MONSOON! Thank you to everyone who participated in our Blue Crush 2 day event. The five winners of the free DVD vouchers have been notified. Been getting a lot of good feedback about the
• Toddler critically injured in three-story fall
• Flash flood warning issued, 59,000 without power
• 1 killed, 1 injured in Southwest Side drive-by shooting
• Cleanup continues in Oak Lawn after weekend storm 
• ‘CSI: Posen’? Man finds bones
• South Holland substance spill proves harmless
• Woman admits false rape report
• Vandals raid Little League office, steal equipment
• Slain Hillcrest student remembered, mourned
• Prosecutors: Blago’s a liar
• Former Beatle  may play Wrigley
• City council approves McCarthy as top cop
• Cops warn of ‘sweetheart scams’
• Motorcyclist points gun at driver, Oak Lawn cops say
• Public meeting on Illiana Expressway set for June 21
• Cook County files new plan on Oak Forest Hospital
• Homer Glen man a Joplin tornado survivor
• One hurt in Orland Park crash
• Pair plead innocent in woman’s death
• Seven charged with ‘elaborate’ mortgage fraud scheme
• U of Ill. wants $100 million for scholarships
• Madigan reviewing troubled college savings program
• Raffling off a total of 5 free DVD vouchers today! You still have time to make it down to White Water Canyon today and enter the raffle, or you can like the picture below! White Water Canyon Water Park and Sprayground is open 12-8 p.m. every day!
• Truck rolls over, dumping boulders onto Bishop Ford
• Mega Millions rolls over, $250K ticket sold in Crete
• 3 hospitals seek to suspend new medical center approvals
• Chief: Ho-Chunk center had problems before shooting
• Region bakes in near-record heat
• Country Club Hills to decide on fate of concert venue
• Firefighters battle extra-alarm Lansing blaze
• Orland fire district trustees hire law firm
• Transcript: Emanuel asked Blago for favor
• Summit Hill SD 161 board to study staff survey
• Will County plans for new courthouse, office buildings
• Will the show go on in Country Club Hills?
• Outlet mall proposed for New Lenox
• Cool off at with the cops at New Lenox police station
• Prosecutors end cross-exam of Blagojevich
• Gery Chico to lead state ed board
• Key issue: Does drug use harm others?
• Truck driver suffers minor injuries in I-80 crash
• 25 Hours left to "LIKE" this post for a chance to win a free DVD...
• WARM WEATHER WARNING: Cook County - Drink plenty of water, stay cool and check in on friends and relatives.
• Remember to LIKE our post about Blue Crush 2 Wednesday to be entered to win a voucher for a free copy of Blue Crush 2. You must be 13 or older to win. We'll draw the name at 5 p.m. tomorrow!
• No injuries in Blue Island industrial fire
• Mini Taste of Chicago Tuesday at Daley Plaza
• Dangerous heat to continue Tuesday, Wednesday
• Man killed in South Side police-involved shooting
• Friday night lights in Matteson
• Alderman: It’s no longer Welch’s ‘show’ in Country Club Hills
• Strike halts work on new Silver Cross
• Advocates for the homeless  decry proposed budget cuts
• Quinn plans special session
• Orland fire commissioner resists call for resignation
• Gorman debt cases closed by court
• Player’s death has friends reeling, cops investigating
• Another attempt to get Drew out of jail
• CPD chief meets aldermen
• Giving Back to the Community
• Nice surprise for Flossmoor — lower medical insurance cost
• New fire chief takes over in Matteson
• Frankfort trustees OK larger lot for Phillips Chevy
• Orland Park officials getting iPads
• Quinn wants lawmakers back to Springfield
• Woman sexually assaulted in Steger
• Hillcrest to hold vigil Wednesday for Ryan Royall
• Make sure you click "See More" on the previous image... Chance to win a voucher for a FREE copy of Blue Crush 2 to one of our Facebook followers!
• White Water Canyon Water Park and Sprayground: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 Blue Crush 2 Waterproof Watch Band Giveaway! The first 200 people to enter the park on Wednesday will receive a FREE Blue Crush 2 waterproof watch band. See the image for more details. In
• Blue Island police hope nickname, FB picture lead to stabbing suspect
• Plainfield Mom, daughter survive tornadoes years apart
• Missing man found near forest preserve committed suicide: autopsy
• Man held on $1 million bail in attack on child’s grandma
• Tinley Park's forecast the next three days: Today - Sunny, high of 92 Tomorrow - Sunny, high of 91 Wednesday - Sunny, high of 93 Take advantage of these beautiful summer days when they're here! Cool off at the water park or one of our 40 neig
• Woman airlifted after I-57 crash lands on electrical box in Markham
• Galesburg man remembers D-Day
• 2 shot, 1 killed at Southwest Side gas station
• Former Mayor Daley’s son profited after airport Wi-Fi deal
• Twenty hospitalized in Dan Ryan bus crash
• Tinley Park student out to cheer up sick children
• Crowd honors vets, military at St. Cajetan Mass
• Death of 4-year-old inspires foundation, fundraiser
• Mob attacks person at NU campus
• Leading basketball player slain during birthday party
• ‘MyPlate’ new guide for healthy eating
• Gun jams, so carjack victim lives
• Lockport plans summer full of fun
• Walkers, runners raise money for Hope Hospital
• South Holland man drowns at Indiana campground
• Mokena man killed in motorcycle crash
• 1 teen dead, 1 wounded during Lynwood birthday party
• No snoozing in cancer fight
• Chicago Heights summit aims to halt violence
• Runner dies during South Side half marathon
• After 30 years, AIDS battle goes on
• Semi full of pork splits, closes I-80
• Orland Days a family affair
• Can the Southland support a casino?
• Pedestrian signals planned
• Suspected scam artists thwarted in Tinley Park
• Road trippin' with Mr. Tightwad
• Critics worry mob will follow Chicago gambling
• Indiana wary of collateral damage due to expansion
• Mayors tout sites for casino
• Chicago copper theft an inside job?
• Five months of progress
• Amtrak, Metra trains collide in Union Station
• Firefighter, 2 cops injured in South Side blaze
• Joliet Catholic Charities puts brakes on adoptions as civil unions begin
• Courthouse hot dog vendor’s food ‘bad to the bun’
• After 30 years, AIDS fight goes on
• It’s a dolphin calf at the Shedd Aquarium!
• Metra evening commuters should expect delays, officials say
• Joliet Catholic Charities puts brakes on adoptions as civil unions begin
• Gov. Quinn signs off on new Illinois legislative maps
• New Lenox gets hookah lounge
• Jewelry, cash stolen from Midlothian home
• Payoff for PRIDE School: Visit from Hawks’ Campbell
• Firefighter, 2 cops injured in South Side blaze
• Markham gets new police chief
• Tinley Park names Valois interim police chief
• SD 130 nixes proposed boundary change
• Orland Days runs through Sunday
• Argonne breaks ground for new energy lab
• THIS SATURDAY: White Water Canyon Water Park and Sprayground opens and Giant Garage Sale at the Tony Bettenhausen Recreation Center!!! It's going to be a HOT one, so COOL OFF at the Tinley Park-Park District!!!
• Orland fire commissioner resigns
• Frankfort home care worker could face jail time
• Want a deal? Garage sale may have it
• With room to grow, Orland church moves to new home
• Chicago Heights soldier hurt in IED blast welcomed home
• Same-sex couples wed at Millennium Park event
• Prosecutor, Blagojevich square off
• Quinn appoints three  to state health board
• Harshbarger, former Will County court clerk, board member, dies
• Military veterans to be honored at special Mass
• New Lenox landmark to be dedicated
• New Lenox to get skate park
• Kingston concert is off
• Accused H-F pranksters have June 13 court date
• Emanuel’s $75 million in cuts mean longer bus rides, dirtier schools
• Three hurt in Lockport crash
• Mayor flips on casino in Tinley
• Reward offered for TCF Bank robbers dressed as nuns
• Looking to add a sizzle and spark to your workout? Try Cardio Salsa on Wednesday nights and heat up the summer with swinging moves! Call 342-4200 for full class details today.
• No bail for man accused of Southwest Side triple murder
• Man stopped for DUI on day he’s to be sentenced for DUI
• Civil union ceremonies held for Chicago couples
• 4 officers hurt during West Side police chase
• Quinn appoints 3 to health board
• Search is on for match to save teacher’s life
• Ford Heights, Country Club Hills and Tinley Park among towns interested in gambling
• Man run down, killed on Southwest Side
• Officers injured during West Side police chase
• Man charged in triple-murder on Southwest Side
• No answers yet about Country Club Hills infant’s death
• Cook pols invade Will, critics of new map say
• Rockdale couple get 1st civil union license
• Civil unions: Couples share cheers, tears
• Summit Hill names temporary superintendent
• Lincoln-Way upholds extracurricular policy
• Judge to Blago: Stop smuggling in testimony
• Daley joins law firm
• Get Dougie with it: Study session is a rap
• Quinn’s wins, losses raise questions of influence
• District 130 redrawing boundaries
• Sales manager takes over at Blue Island Park District
• Rod Blagojevich explains notorious ‘effin’ golden’ remark
• Preckwinkle promises 24-hour care center in Oak Forest
• $350,000 bail for woman charged in crash that killed baby, hurt 7
• Summer Day Camp begins June 13! Enjoy a fun-filled summer with field trips to the Field Museum, Legoland, Lincoln Park Zoo and more! Every week we swim at White Water Canyon Waterpark, enjoy a grilled hot dog lunch, play games, make crafts, run around
• Gay couples stand in line for civil union licenses
• Wrongful death suit filed in 2010 boating death
• Police fatally shoot male who shot at cops in West Pullman
• Woman charged in Dan Ryan crash that killed baby, injured 7
• SUV crashes into West Pullman carnival, 1 critically hurt
• Same-sex couples salute civil union law that goes into effect today
• Blago: I didn’t want cash for Senate seat
• DCFS probing Country Club Hills infant death
• In fall, students at Lincoln-Way high schools can use ID cards to buy lunch
• Orland Days runs through Sunday
• Congressional map headed  to court?
• Lawmakers OK Southland casino
• County keeping Oak Forest Hospital open, with many changes
• High court turns down new appeal from Conrad Black
• Matteson man county’s first heat-related death of year
• Foster is first candidate for new 11th Congressional District
• Kingston concert uncertain
• DuPage files new charges vs. Michael Cardamone
• Homewood-Flossmoor students charged over senior prank
• Senate OKs casino for Chicago, slot machines at airports, racetracks
• Orland fire district secretary axed
• Legislature approves gambling expansion; could cost Joliet $6 million a year
• Matteson resident 1st heat-related death
• New fitness classes start soon! Check out our brand new class:Ballet Fitness! Turn dance conditioning techniques into a healthy work-out. Class is held on Thursday, June 9-July 14 from 9:30-10:30am. We also have Body Bars, Yoga, Pilates Mat, Pilates Ba
• South Side man arrested for 2nd time on dog-fighting charges
• Palos Hills traffic stop leads to arrest, pot charge
• Ryan lawyers appealing ex-governor’s conviction
• Chicago launches computer program for poor kids
• Police: 2 dressed as nuns rob Palos Heights bank
• Some Illinois public school teachers earning six-figure salaries
• Police: Alcohol involved in Dan Ryan crash that killed baby, injured 7
• Just in time to beat the heat - White Water Canyon opens THIS SATURDAY! Who is going to cool off opening weekend?
• Alcohol involved in Dan Ryan crash that killed baby, injured 7
• Man dies more than a month after South Side crash
• Elwood cemetery ceremony remembers, thanks nation’s fallen soldiers
• Participants fueled by fun in annual Ridge Run
• Mokena parade honors those ‘who gave their all’
• On the stand: Blagojevich holds jurors’ attention
• Crowd honors veterans at Holy Sepulchre
• House passes new Illinois congressional map
• Illinois Senate OKs big cuts to governor’s budget plan
• Illinois Senate panel OKs ending workers’ compensation
• Lawmakers OK private fund for illegal immigrants
• Several suffer heat exhaustion in Lockport
• Police: Duo dressed in nun costumes rob Palos Heights bank
• Ag School could enroll more local students
• Ridge Run participants fueled by fun
• Recovering gambling addict: Casinos a bad bet
• Local Jewish leader meets with pope
• FBI: Masked men rob Palos Heights Bank
• Southland college student dances with Beyonce on Oprah finale show
• New Lenox has all-star lineup  for kids with sports, music camps
• St. Barnabas Mass honors military
• Workers’ comp overhaul rejected by Ill. House
• L-Way North teacher set to fly high with NASA
• Frankfort car dealer provides care packages for troops
• Rain can’t spoil Gaelic Park’s Irish Fest
• In 2nd day on stand, Blago talks of tough politics
• Vietnam Moving Wall moves visitors in New Lenox
• Remains of Vietnam vet from Blue Island to be shipped home
• Lipinski pushes for Korean War Museum in Chicago
• Injured woman reflects on friend’s death at Balmoral Park
• Settled voters rights lawsuit continuing to cost Chicago Heights
• Oak Lawn doctor receives plaudit from Make-A-Wish
• Two charged in cocaine deal
• Charges stand vs. woman in punch death
• The summer of  our (driving)  discontent
• Work zone woes  on I-80
• Man convicted in Will Co. sex case
• Illinois House OK’s legislative districts
• Tinley Park cop cited for DUI crash resigns
• ‘Duke’ O’Malley dies at 76
• GOP, Latino group unhappy with new Democratic-drawn state political maps
• Brian Carey bill OK’d; headed to gov’s desk
• 2 Chicagoans arrested in $5 million pot bust in Joliet
• Jury convicts Florida man who had sex with 13-year-old
• Parks leader in court on theft charge
• Falling concrete damages 15 vehicles on I-57
• 8 students hospitalized after inflatable slide tips over
• Teen charged in fatal police-involved shooting
• Car dealerships gather items for tornado victims
• Did you know the park district offers classes in Sewing, Quilting, Photography, Hypnosis, Animal Communication, Numerology, CSI hands-on Workshops, dancing & so much more! If you’re looking to get fit, we also offer a wide range of fitness cla
• Woman saves choking co-worker
• 1.1 million travelers expected at Chicago airports over holiday weekend
• Three hurt in Dan Ryan crash
• 4 held in Catholic school burglary
• Teenage boy dead, suspect in custody in Roseland shooting
• Volunteers come together for Vietnam Wall
• Colonel returns to school to relate military career
• Memorial Day weekend events throughout the Southland
• House committee OKs pension reform bill
• Plan to ban trans fats stalls in Senate
• Legislation aims to reunite lost pets with owners
• Oak Lawn trees get reprieve
• Weapons tested for link to slayings
• Earlier complaint surfaces about Crete-Monee coach
• Orland Park man’s quest to climb mountain begins with pole dance
• Jury: Man must pay $28M for sex abuse
• Southland will be part of health study
• Steger man says he used young  relative to placate sex addiction
• Home health care provider charged  with stealing $8,000 from elderly man
• Summit Hill SD 161 superintendent stepping down
• Gas fumes sicken Chicago Heights students, teachers
• Census: Illinois population continues to age
• Some ministers now back Oak Forest Hospital plan
• Our Stroller Strides class is perfect for moms & their little ones! Classes are held Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Our talented instructor will lead you through amazing workouts that will tone and strengthen your core as well as entertain your litt
• 6 accused of running fake ID ring
• Ford Heights teen accused of sexually assaulting niece, 9
• I-80 construction woes to make for a ‘messy summer’
• Census shows more empty homes in Chicago’s south suburbs
• Lawyer objects to buxom woman at trial table
• Ill. Capitol police short-handed
• Diocese loses appeal in clergy abuse case
• Ground broken for longer Gary Airport runway
• Will Co. district plans aired
• Olympia Fields man returns POW bracelet
• Jail calls latest issue in fatal DUI case
• Chicken project hatches opportunities for Tinley students
• Indiana man sentenced in attack on Southland men
• Summit Hill SD 161 superintendent resigns
• ‘Bold’ to replace old at Orland Square
• Orland fire chief is suspended
• Plastics firm eyes Tinley Park
• Police arrest ‘doctor’ who gave ‘accupuncture’ with toothpicks, expired pills
• Crete-Monee hoops coach charged with sexual abuse
• Man, woman charged in prostitution dispute
• Workplace injuries not going away
• Oak Forest approves police pact
• Jackson Jr. says Blago didn’t appoint his wife lottery director over campaign cash
• Home damaged by tornado in Kankakee County
• Calumet City youth football fracas plays out in court
• Christ ER nurses best in Midwest
• Police in Chicago, Dolton look for missing 14-year-old girl
• Tornado watch in South, SW counties as T-storms loom
• 8 activists arrested after demonstration
• Pair indicted for brutal slaying of pregnant Alsip teen
• Oak Forest Marine gets special welcome home
• U. of C. hires Daley to oversee lecture series
• Experts: Possible Blago witnesses all ‘land mines’
• House committee OKs new legislative districts
• Terrorist links Pakistani ISI to Mumbai attacks
• ZocDoc.com comes to Southland
• Vietnam Wall in New Lenox this weekend
• Florida man on trial for sex with teenager
• Harvey cop charged with driving into ex’s car
• Homer Glen hires search firm to find village manager
• Oak Lawn HS getting turf field in deal with car dealer
• Wine tasting approved at Homewood’s French market
• New Lenox firefighters get grant
• Graphic testimony heard in case of man accused of molesting Frankfort teen
• Craft brewers could still  distribute under Ill. bill
• Tower torn down after Chicago Heights fire
• Homewood village manager resigns
• Burr Oak Cemetery turned over to trustee
• Mayor Emanuel shifts 500 police officers, but union isn’t impressed
• Daley to join faculty at U of C, organize lecture series
• Man held in sexual assault of Palos Hills girl
• Activists climb smokestack in coal plant protest
• Prison watchdog warns about crowding
• AME church hoping to curb area violence
• Oak Lawn parking dispute may be resolved
• Two men shot on Southwest Side
• 3 hurt, including two cops, in West Englewood crash
• Prairie State now caters to night owls
• Vendor victory? Legislation would ease farmers market restrictions
• One year later, the 227 suit rolls on
• Chicago man charged in train threat
• Mokena residents to get I-80 noise barrier
• Analysis: Redistricting will help Democrats get elected
• Blagojevich’s attorneys ask for mistrial
• Trustees not opposed to Orland fire hires
• Plan seeks to contain Asian carp
• ‘Boomeritis’ a sore subject
• Orland Square makeover on tap
• Chicago man pleads guilty in Internet poker case
• Less than 2 weeks til White Water Canyon opens! The Park District also offers plenty of classes, camps and events this summer. Check all of them out in the Summer 2011 brochure. Download the PDF on our website
• Despite rise in patients, emergency rooms are increasingly closing their doors
• Half-million dollar jewelry heist reported on Jeweler’s Row
• Cop, civilian hurt in crash near Lawndale fire
• 1 hurt in area storms; 2 reported tornadoes
• Cook County assessor gave daughter a $10,000 pay raise
• Pfleger returns to mass after suspension: ‘The greatest gift’
• Driver cited, 16 cattle killed in I-80 ramp crash
• Bin Laden’s death could boost fundraiser
• ‘A day of memories, a day of tributes’
• No dogging it for PAWS walk
• Training center honors Brian Carey
• Illinois senators tour river
• Will County property taxes due
• Lightning damages ‘beautiful’ home in Beecher
• Daley name endures on Chicago signs
• Several cattle killed; others wander highway after I-80 ramp crash
• Olympia Fields works on park
• Tinley opts against a third slide at White Water Canyon
• Demolition to create prime site in Tinley Park
• A historic step for Tilsy-Konow Barn
• Ill. Democrats hold hearing on redistricting
• Teachers triathlon tests endurance
• Carrie Fest closes in style
• Gun club gets OK to keep shooting
• 100-year-old Monee man says he won’t budge for third airport
• Worker shot to death on Southwest Side
• Oak Lawn sisters on Oprah farewell show
• Mr. Tightwad’s guide to cheap summer fun
• Dolores Pender, mom to 15, grandma to 51, dead at 76
• Will County Board OKs pool safety rule
• Porter concedes Homer Glen trustee race
• Little Lotto winner in CCH
• Wrestler known as ‘Macho Man’ dies in wreck
• Cops stun man, but he flees in Orland Hills
• Salon slimed
• Orland Hills police warn of con artists
• Democrats unveil plan for Ill. House districts
• Life sentence in ex-Bear girlfriend’s murder
• Classwork like clockwork: Lockport student keeps attendance record perfect
• Tinley Park to search for a new police chief
• Summer Camp is right around the corner! Camp begins June 13. We offer Teen Camp (7th-10th grade), Day Camp (1st-6th Grade) and Tot camp (ages 3-6years. Register today for a fun-filled summer. Camp includes field trips, sports, crafts, swimming, fun a
• Tilsy Barn is landmarked
• Quinn: Chicago casino will be discussed
• Ill. gov gets bill banning gun permit disclosure
• Honor guard in place for police officer who died on duty
• Home for retired priests in Palos Park a godsend
• Rahm all in on Chicago casino
• SD 130 board turns down plan for bilingual school
• SD 140 delays residency probe
• Tips sought in Orland Park home invasion
• One man convicted, other acquitted in slaying of pizzeria manager
• Orland to suspend plan for hiring 11 firefighters
• Dems vying for even more seats
• Prosecutors rest, Blago to present a defense
• Angry customer threatens to shoot others at Oak Lawn McDonald’s
• Oak Lawn resident charged with abusing dogs
• Park Forest crash victim ID’d
• Orland to suspend plan for hiring 11 new firefighters
• Police: Boy fatally hit by van ignored signal; driver cited
• Mokena Jr. High student best in his category in Doodle 4 Google contest
• Midlothian mulls ban of single-bottle beer sales
• Lockport fest to raise money to fight brain injury
• Will County approves new billboard rules
• Tips sought in Orland home invasion
• End of the world? How about a May 21 party instead?
• Toil trouble for teens: job outlook is grim
• Specialized skills help some teens dive right in
• Dead boy’s dad wants tough sentence
• Sauk students read 1.6 million minutes to take top honors
• Rahm ready for 1st council meeting
• Ill. budget cuts bring protests
• Woman crashes into Orland Park dealership
• Park Forest woman killed on I-80
• Calumet City man accused of strangling teen has violent past
• Calumet Park officer charged with battery
• Blago defense: ‘Rich kid’ betrayed friend’s trust
• Conner attorney wants new trial
• Kirby School district to consider hiring pupils’ residency investigators
• Homer Glen trustee candidate seeks recount
• Chris Medina ‘bummed’ about ‘Idol’ finale snub
• Two gang members accused of slaying pizzeria manager
• Tilsy Barn dedication to highlight Earth Day fest
• Accused strangler has history of hurting loved ones
• Calumet Park cop roughed up teen, filed false report: prosecutors
• District 227 to buy office building
• Tinley Park art school makes a splash
• Beekeepers worry about potential bee shortage
• SD 206 Board hires board president’s wife
• Small brewers: Beer bill won’t help
• Rahm stops sign switches
• Cook County sheriff’s unit goes high-tech against gangs
• Judge tries to rein in  Blagojevich lawyers
• Lawmakers face big decisions, including cutting state budget
• Potential jurors excused
• AG: SD 227 didn’t violate Open Meetings Act
• Final Carrie Fest scheduled this Saturday
• Oprah feels love in big farewell
• H-F High journalism team wins state title
• New computers, iPads in Bremen SD 228
• ‘Roof police’ to raise money
• Order Frankfort Fall Fest plates now
• Homer Glen to celebrate Earth Day
• Pope appoints Ohio bishop to take over Joliet Diocese
• Automatic rate hikes zapped in McCarthy bill
• Stores, AGs reach agreement to cut tobacco sales to minors
• Builders see little  to like in market
• Orland fire commissioners asked to step down
• Emanuel announces $75M in spending cuts
• Orland Park rethinks sculpture purchases
• Orland Park starts drive for dog park
• Man dies after suffering heart attack while driving
• Glenn Kendall - Your two free water park passes are still waiting for you. Please contact the Tinley Park-Park District at (708)342-4200 for info on how you can pick them up. We will hold them for one more month before we will put them up for another con
• The White Water Canyon season pass pre-sale is over, but that still doesn't mean you can't be part of the FUN all summer! Season passes can still be purchased at the Tony Bettenhausen Recreation Center. With gas prices soaring, what better way
• Second person dies following motor vehicle crash in Dolton
• Oak Lawn man dies after suffering heart attack while driving
• Board member: SD 206 jobs going to politically connected
• Mokena home could become landmark
• Tinley Park police chief remembered as a ‘giver’
• Jury selection begins in Mumbai terror attack case
• Rich Township District 227 budget panel mulling cuts
• South Side man dies after traffic crash in Dolton
• Rich Township District 227 budget panel mulls spending cuts
• Tinley Park police chief was loved ‘to the moon and back’
• Blago judge: Obama not  aware of any seat swap
• LaHood said Washington connections good for city
• Trump for president? You’re out, he tells himself
• Chicago Heights company fined for safety, health violations
• Protesters greet Wis. Republican in Chicago
• REMEMBER: Today is the LAST DAY to take advantage of White Water Canyon discounted pre-sale passes. Stop in at the Tony Bettenhausen Recreation Center before 9 p.m. tonight, and don't let this opportunity to save on your summer FUN pass you by! Whit
• St. Xavier honors photographer, producer for work
• Scholarship bill raises immigration questions
• Oak Lawn school holds Make-A-Wish fundraiser
• Firefighters cook up a feast to help Sertoma Centre
• Cook County to relieve overcrowding at Markham court
• Hundreds pay respects to Tinley Park police chief
• Emanuel brings independent mind-set to Chicago
• Metra to expand quiet cars to all lines
• Homewood Railroad Days right on track
• Firefighters cook up a feast for charity
• Southland educators volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
• Dapper armed robber holds up bank in Homewood
• Dapper robber holds up Homewood bank
• Teen center expands in Orland Park
• Southland educators volunteer for Habitat
• Irish-American Heritage Center to inaugurate its first class
• Oak Forest man charged with battery after landscaping dispute
• Daley wraps up long goodbye with a ‘thank you,’ and a thumbs up
• Money gone, Eisenhower’s Rocky Clark fights to survive
• District 227 considering tardiness, sagging pants policies
• 20 and done: Rugai ends stay on City Council
• The more things change at City Hall ...
• Tinley Park police chief was ‘big teddy bear’
• Less is more at retrial of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich
• Chicago prepares for life without Oprah
• City must hire 111 black firefighters
• City must hire 111 black firefighters
• Former basketball star sentenced to 20 years for armed robbery
• Former Bloom basketball star sentenced to 20 years for armed robbery
• Chicago Heights clerk’s cashier charged with fraud
• Ill. House OKs deep cuts in preliminary budget
• Eisenhower student hit by car, dies
• Mylar balloon blamed for Evergreen Park power outage
• Ex-Plainfield man gets 7 years for child pornography
• Oak Lawn police: 2 tried to burglarize couple
• Boy, 12, shot in hand in West Pullman
• Baby left at doorstep of Archdiocese
• Former Park Forest man’s concept car electrifyingly efficient
• Lincoln-Way SD 210 foundation raffle tickets on sale
• Mokena SD 159 ponders policy changes
• Mokena SD 159 might drop Spanish class
• Tinley Park benches hit the streets
• Lincoln-Way North student wins deaf advocacy award
• Orland Park mom accused of endangering kids
• Focus shift in Blagojevich retrial
• Rahm appoints his chief of staff
• Police: Two arrested trying to burglarize couple
• Lawyers say officers made ‘bad decisions’
• Carey, others remembered at memorial
• Tinley Park tests waters for new slide
• Man exposes self to Oak Lawn pedestrian
• O’Connell wake to start earlier
• Mayors denounce ‘stealth’ tax; demand local share of income tax
• Audit: Some state employees overpaid by $25,000, more
• Sheriff fighting  rollback of  cemetery reforms
• NBC 5 sportscaster Daryl Hawks found dead in Atlanta at age 38
• School board member’s status uncertain
• Handicapped woman wins blizzard parking-ticket battle
• Family of man who died after misdiagnosis gets $3.7M
• Tinley Park woman making a difference in Peru
• 10 arrested in Cook County food stamp fraud case
• Wife braves storm to rescue husband, 2 friends in capsized sailboat
• Illinois foreclosures fall 16.6% in April
• Chicago Archdiocese ‘surprised’ at lawyer’s claims
• Dixmoor woman charged in Naperville church burglary
• Rock throwers damage 15 cars, trucks on I-80
• Tinley cop reportedly had open beer, gun out in crash
• Roadwork on U.S. 30 to begin today
• Armadillo roadkill turns up in Homer Township
• Grateful mom to firefighter who revived girl: ‘She would have died’
• Judge OKs controversial hot dog stand in East Pilsen
• Two Chicago Police officers charged with sexually assaulting woman
• SD 227 task force tackles money woes
• Volunteers try to save Thorn Creek programs
• Fundraiser to benefit Tinley teen
• New Lenox’s French Market to open Saturday
• Daley wants mayoral library display for him, dad
• Wife helps rescue men in capsized boat
• Orland Township to recycle electronics
• State revenue plan irks Tinley Park
• Source: DCFS probes Crete-Monee coach
• Fallen Homewood firefighter Carey to be honored in Springfield
• Rare denial of Oak Forest Hospital closure hinged on 1 vote
• Peers, officials: Tinley police chief touched many lives
• Off-duty paramedic revives baby after fall into Fox River
• Chicago names street ‘Oprah Winfrey Way’
• Hot enough for ya? Tinley Park currently registering 83 degrees. If it's any indication of the temperatures this summer, the water park should be on everyone's destination list! Pre-sale memberships are on sale until Monday, May 16, and the Whi
• Lawsuit claims Vatican covered up child sex abuse
• Quinn: Cutting education not ‘good way to go’
• Judge denies Blagojevich motion for mistrial
• 3,000 pirated DVDs seized at Plainfield flea market
• Manteno woman, 86, killed in crash
• Cops fatally shoot robbery suspect, 2nd escapes after convenience store standoff
• ‘There Are No Children Here’ author visits Sandburg
• SouthtownStar’s ‘Faces of Freedom’ wins national photo award
• Teachers, students mourn Tinley Park girl’s death
• Country Club Hills man charged in ’08 Forest Park crime
• Homer Glen merchants wary of 159th Street median
• Homer Glen opposes revenue cut for towns
• Four aldermen take office in Oak Forest
• Meeting tonight on Christ Medical Center expansion
• Mass. plane passenger tries to open emergency door
• Rahm reveals ‘scorecard’
• Fall Fest contest entries displayed at library
• Jury finds 4th person guilty in Fenger honor student’s murder
• State board rejects plan to close Oak Forest Hospital
• Authorities break up junior high ‘fight club’ in Naperville
• Crete-Monee basketball coach put on paid leave pending state probe
• Dad, stepmom charged in murder of boy found under concrete slab
• DUI charge for Tinley cop accused of fleeing crash scene
• Power line down; 147th St. closed in Oak Forest
• Chicago dad indicted for ignoring crossing gate, killing teen
• Due to Twitter giving an "Over Capacity" error message right at 4:55 PM, we're postponing selecting the Twitter follower until tomorrow at NOON. That means you have one more day to tell your friends and family to follow the Park District&#
• Record-hot day in Chicago hits 90 degrees
• South Chicago Heights baking supply firm may leave
• 12 wounded in Chicago shootings
• Rollover crash closes Interstate 80
• Teen arrested after Joliet explosions
• 12 wounded in city shootings
• South Side fire displaces 5; firefighter hurt
• 2 wounded in Southwest Side shooting
• Tinley Park girl killed chasing ball into street
• R. Kelly’s ex-wife planning to teach ‘art of seduction’ at new dance studio
• Oak Forest hospital’s future likely to be decided today
• Oak Lawn’s new dog park a barking success
• Chicago fire commissioner enters EPHS Hall of Fame
• Public gets chance to say goodbye to Daley
• SD 218 revises academic plans at Richards, Shepard
• Mokena gives green light to truck dealership
• Wet spring forces garden walk cancellation
• DCFS stops investigation into Justice boy’s death
• Sears considers moving out of Hoffman Estates
• Police: 5-year old Tinley Park girl killed chasing ball into traffic
• McDonald’s wants you to linger
• Man charged with killing ex-girlfriend in Oak Brook could get life sentence
• Quinn doesn’t support  automatic utility hikes
• Military doctor home safe from duty in Afghanistan
• Feds launch investigation of Newark PD
• Accused Blue Island serial killer indicted
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• Construction worker seriously injured by crane on South Side bridge
• Last chance to enter for the chance to win free water park vouchers (it's easy, just "like" this page). Pass the word along to friends and family and increase your chances of winning (make sure you let them know if they win they'll ha
• Amtrak, 15 states get $2 billion for high-speed rail
• Suburban teen is U.S. chess king
• 2 Chicago-related flights disturbed by ‘unruly’ passengers
• Slurs scrawled on driveways in Tinley Park
• Tinley Park dry cleaner robbed
• U.S. says it wants access to bin Laden widows
• Illinois lawmakers ponder immunity in overdose cases
• Sandburg students craft 4,000 paper cranes for Japan relief
• Man dies in crash on I-57
• Sandburg students craft 4,000  paper cranes for Japan relief efforts
• Parties show sewing alive and well
• Beverly Breast Cancer Walk draws more than 12,000
• Bettor a winner in life even as Kentucky Derby play fails
• Train death ruled an accident
• Videos show rare view of unkempt Osama bin Laden
• Tin Man back on the roof at Oak Forest business
• Tinley moms say adopting multiple children has been life-changing
• Flowers for Mom flows money to Cub Scouts
• Tin Man back on the roof in Oak Forest
• Train engine hits, kills man in Blue Island
• Court faces trial accommodating deaf defendant
• Board member: SD 159 will rank last in spending per pupil
• Deaf inmates sue for access to interpreters
• Mothers making a difference one life at a time
• SouthtownStar wins four Lisagor awards
• Tinley Park officer charged in hit-and-run crash
• Chicago-area rail lines placed on higher alert
• Firefighters head to Springfield for ‘Fallen Axes’ ride
• Richton Park to hold youth job fair Friday
• Two from battle-tested battalion welcomed home
• Kirk says no more ransom to pirates
• Police: Ford Heights man kept pet alligator
• Co-worker finds man shot dead, robbed in Loop liquor store
• Off-duty Tinley Park cop charged in hit-and-run
• House bans pols’ names from state-funded billboards
• Daley’s gift to Emanuel —  a $587M budget shortage
• Man shot by police at Beecher mobile home park dies
• State could order backseat passengers to buckle up
• ‘Home Alone’ house for sale with $2.4 million asking price
• Shepard High marks 50th anniversary of space journey
• Cops: Crete man arrested, rummaging cars for pot
• Man sues when mom’s casket didn’t fit gravesite
• Remains found on Southwest Side railroad tracks identified
• Prom: Riding in style will cost you
• Food fight? Missing prom is the price to pay
• Chicago woman sentenced for housing fraud
• Tinley Park seeks quiet rail crossings
• Daley: Don’t take away bodyguards
• SD 130 bilingual issue draws large crowd
• Shepard H.S. marks 50th anniversary of namesake’s space journey
• University Park mayoral candidate contesting votes
• Sandwich shop heroes save couple
• Illinois House rejects test of medical marijuana
• House rejects concealed carry law
• OSHA fines Chicago Heights steel company
• Two men shot in Markham
• Body found on railroad tracks on SW Side
• Fallen Illinois police officers remembered
• Man buys ‘Bozo’s Circus’ electric organ  at auction, will donate it to museum
• Palos Park to ticket litterers
• Tin Man going home again
• Will County tries to clarify seniors’ tax bills
• Blago retrial breaks early as attorney falls ill
• Ill. governor sees irony in timing of gun bill
• Police: Woman smuggled gun into prison in ‘intimate area’
• Obama pays somber respects at 9/11 ground zero
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• ‘Saturday Universities’ planned for Southland
• Cook County foreclosure program kept a third of clients in homes
• Harris: Blagojevich would’ve made himself senator
• ‘I love chicago more than you can imagine’
• Cook County Board approves changes in indigent burials
• Man arrested for Bolingbrook loan store holdup
• Palos house fire causes extensive damage
• Officials: SEALs thought bin Laden threatening
• Doctored bin Laden photos go viral
• Americans yearn to talk to SEALs in bin Laden raid
• Civil unions spark battle over adoption
• Family says body is missing street preacher
• Respect is a style never out of fashion
• Oak Lawn planners seek to quell parking lot tensions
• Three-fourths of Illinois burials recorded electronically
• Hearing scheduled on block grants
• Tinley Park police officer on leave after fleeing scene of weekend crash
• Mokena student a ‘Google Doodle’ finalist
• The trials of accomodating a deaf murder defendant
• Oak Lawn man named  to Leo Hall of Fame
• Homeowner, firefighter hurt in South Side blaze
• Fired from city job, now county job, too
• Jail program could halt if funding faulters
• No charges in Oak Forest ‘standoff’
• Oak Forest High principal gone on paid leave
• Tinley Park soldier gets “coined” in Afghanistan by Petraeus
• Pastor fasting to support Oak Forest Hospital
• Divided vote on SD 227 board president may be harbinger
• Isley Brothers to kick off concert season
• SD 157C leaders get raises
• Tollway authority targets gas costs
• Summer concert tickets available
• Illinois unions team up against cuts
• With bin Laden gone, U.S. faces decisions on Afghanistan
• Bin Laden’s neighbors noticed unusual things
• Bin Laden unarmed when SEALs stormed room
• Former Ford Heights cop back behind bars
• Frost advisory issued for Chicago area
• Garage fire spreads in Country Club Hills
• Chicago Heights police: Snitch led to killing
• Judge rebukes Blago defense after first witness
• Lemont pol’s iPhone woes put the byte on taxpayers
• Longtime Matteson trustee lauded at his last meeting
• Orland Park plans to buy two public art sculptures
• Body found in Cal-Sag Channel in Blue Island
• Victims’ kin lack closure
• Orland, Midlothian firefighters recall pain of ground zero
• Southland residents react to bin Laden’s death
• One unwary call led U.S. to doorstep
• Arabs react to bin Laden death
• Tough to qualify for Navy SEALs
• Bin Laden: A life of terror
• Not everyone believes bin Laden really is dead
• Bin Laden’s demise: U.S. rejoices after a decade
• Sea burial evokes  controversy
• Rahm picks Newark chief to run PD
• Prosecutors: Man beat, raped woman 
• Three teens shot on Southwest Side
• Both sides try to keep Blagojevich case simple
• Kustok gets new judge in murder case
• Mosque Foundation ‘relieved’ bin Laden is dead
• Summer camp is quickly approaching, make sure and register to guarantee your spot for a fun filled summer! We offer afternoon Tot Camp for kids ages 3-6 (am session is full), Day Camp for kids in 1st-6th grade (Centennial Park or Vogt Woods) & Teen
• Jobs for only 25% of teens: study
• Woman faces 15 charges in Lawndale crash that killed 2, hurt 9
• Oak Lawn man dies 3 days after crash
• Frankfort couple wins sustainability award
• Obama: Al-Qaida head bin Laden dead
• Fundraiser creates buzz for epilepsy awareness
• State Police secretly worked with FBI in bugging Rod Blagojevich
• Rich Central marks 50th anniversary
• Health advocates aim to ban trans fat
• Half-marathon runners conquer 13-mile mission
• St. Sabina rallies around Pfleger
• South suburban airport backers undeterred
• Will County property tax bills climb
• Praise the Lord and rev those engines
• Family mourns University Park teen
• Crowd salutes pioneering black women aviators
• Chicago Heights Mass celebrates John Paul II’s beatification
• Man, woman charged in football coaches’ slayings
• John Paul honored at vigil on eve of beatification
• Teens go hungry in support of Haiti
• Favorite emerges  for Chicago’s top cop
• U.S. mayors honor Daley for urban design leadership
• Cops take hold of cash, cars, canines through seizure laws
• Missing girl left chilling text message
• Police call leads to pot bust
• Center for disabled: Don’t shut us down
• Southland mayors wary of talk to cut tax sharing
• Blago defense wary of three potential jurors
• Quinn releases 2010 tax returns
• Marist student remembered at prayer service
• State government’s first money box found in Old Capitol
• 4 arrested in brawl at Richards High School
• Attempted kidnapping reported near Tinley Park
• Evergreen Park party a hit with royal wedding watchers
• Dart: ‘I Hate You’ song was woman’s cue to kill pregnant teen
• Quinn: OK borrowing or lose local tax revenue
• City worker accused of taking bribe
• Crestwood mom, 3 kids found downstate in Macomb
• Taxpayers pay $442,000 in IDOT lawsuit settlement
• Cook County honors own ‘royal couples’
• NASA delays space shuttle Endeavour’s last launch
• Obama visits tornado ravaged Alabama
• Police: Crestwood mom, three kids missing
• Man dead after Merrionette Park fire
• Marist student dies after overnight event
• Proposed Will County Board remap online
• Maggie Daley hospitalized again
• Young mugger under house arrest
• These Southland couples are royalty in their own respects
• Scientists to test water ‘gun’ in Asian carp fight
• SouthtownStar gets new home in Tinley Park
• Former Oak Lawn law firm defends billing practices
• Student’s anti-texting and driving film hits home
• Cancer patients see results with innovative treatment at Ingalls
• A reflective Daley bids farewell to 19th Ward
• Frankfort woman hurt in Matteson crash
• Two charged with murder in strangling of pregnant Alsip teen
• Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday
• Hickory Hills couple hospitalized after house explodes
• Sauk Village woman finds, returns lost $2,800
• St. Sabina parishioners protest Pfleger’s ouster
• Cook County’s “royal” couple will be honored on royal wedding day
• Police: Fleeing suspect runs into cops training session
• EPA to remove waste tires in Harvey, Chicago
• No one injured in Far South Side house fire
• Sauk Village woman returns lost $2,800
• Oak Lawn teen with cerebral palsy takes on half-marathon
• Rahm Emanuel warns non-profits not immune for financial sacrifice
• ‘In shock’: Cardinal George suspends Rev. Michael Pfleger
• Obama hails Daley as unifying force for Chicago
• 2,000 runners gearing up for Sunday’s Palos Heights half-marathon
• Bank sues to foreclose on Kustok home
• Pastor plans to fast to support Oak Forest Hospital
• Sun-Times accounting manager dies
• Orland fire district hires 11 firefighters
• Emanuel warns non-profits not immune for financial sacrifice
• Cardinal George suspends the controversial Rev. Michael Pfleger
• Explosion damages Hickory Hills home
• Kane sheriff seizes $2 million in heroin
• President Obama, First Lady tape Oprah show, give Daley gift
• Oak Forest celebrates return of the Tin Man
• 1 held in Alsip teen’s death
• Fugitive nose doctor’s plea deal rejected
• Man returned to Will County on sexual abuse charges
• Former governor Thompson to take on AG in gun info fight
• Police sergeant, 2 women hurt in 3-car wreck
• Man busted for deflating kids’ basketball
• Jury acquits man of stealing 99-cent hot dog
• Dead suspect linked to 10 shootings in Illinois, Wisconsin
• Plainfield woman Stebic missing 4 years
• 3 south suburban men arrested for breaking beer bottles outside Chicago tavern
• Menards advances Tinley Park store expansion plan
• Oak Lawn mayor rips report on legal costs
• IDOT sets public hearing on 159th Street project
• Homewood mayor appoints new village trustee
• Oak Forest plans layoffs if workers don’t agree to concessions
• Lockport woman believes former pope helped cure her illness
• Sand Ridge Center to share flower tips
• Blagojevich jury selection enters last stretch
• Illinois considers banning chemical in tainted water
• Weird sex exhibit at U of C
• Scout cabin marked  as historic landmark
• CPD honors father, son who died on duty
• Slain Chicago cop’s star retired
• No bull, just Hawks die-hards at Beverly tavern for thrilling Game 7
• In a first, women surpass men in advanced degrees
• Ex-Chicago cop pleads guilty in murder-for-hire plot
• Bulls license plate unveiled
• Will County eyes new rules for digital signs
• 5- and 6-year-old mugged in Joliet
• Southwest jet slides off Midway runway, gets stuck in mud
• Police: Strangled Alsip teen was pregnant
• Tinley Park man indicted for making fake 911 call to get his buddy out of a DUI
• Report: Oak Forest Hospital closure would hurt access to care
• Wanted motorist busted by fake gym ID card
• Palos Hills man, 77, hits four houses; charged with drunken driving
• 12-year-old shot outside South Side school
• Steger police: Correctional officer shot, killed self
• JTHS won’t budge on boys earrings ban
• Former warden, jail chief named Illinois prisons director
• Soaring gas prices have Southlanders seeking bargains
• Orland Hills actor finds funny side on Second City stage
• Oak Lawn debates turn lanes at Central, Southwest Highway
• Search on for unbiased jurors in Blago case
• Killer’s grandma thanks judge for prison sentence
• Illinois to track ‘dooring’ crashes
• Auction to benefit daughter of woman killed riding horse
• Three finalists for Chicago’s top cop
• FBI team targets art fraud
• Four more men charged in 2008 terror attack
• Alsip woman’s body found near Calumet City
• Fire damages Tinley Park home
• Summit woman dies from crash
• Illinois Tollway to allow online dispute of violations
• Frankfort Square Marine, sailor welcomed home
• Blackhawks fans survive nail-biter
• 2 bodies discovered in manure pile at Indiana horse farm
• Woman’s body found near Calumet City
• Girl, 11, hit by vehicle on South Side
• Fans survive nail-biter
• Jurors in 1st Blagojevich trial offer retrial tips
• Lawsuits question Brizard’s practices
• Chicago has highest gas price in nation
• Sony ‘rebuilding’ PlayStation Network after outage
• State lawmakers consider softening cemetery law
• Heroin awareness march planned
• Frankfort Square soldier, sailor get welcome home
• Orland Park’s Rock Bottom Brewery feeds needy
• Police say woman beat relative, 81
• Blackhawks car a ‘mural on wheels’
• Yemeni president agrees to step down in 30 days
• Dad, daughter attend first Easter Mass together
• Anti-abortion group defends billboards of Obama
• Cloth diapering parents help set world record
• Neighbor says suspect in Oak Forest standoff hoax was ‘very strange’
• Saturday is speak like Shakespeare day in Illinois
• Orland Park girl gathers Communion dresses to donate
• Frankfort employees getting raise
• Oak Lawn legal probe awaits board’s decision
• Woman, grandkids escape SW Side fire
• Resident: Share Matteson community center with schools
• Oak Lawn village clerk assembles ‘wall of fame’
• Stars to come out for Champaign’s Ebertfest
• Young Orland Park brothers set up fundraiser for Danny Did Foundation
• House committee urged to bring logic to remaps
• Judge: Bremen Township schools should get back legal fees
• Oak Lawn couple duped out of $6K, jewelry
• ‘Birther’ claims force GOP leaders to take a stand
• Quinn grants 85 clemency petitions
• Southwest Side fire leaves 7 homeless
• Suspect in Oak Forest standoff hoax hospitalized
• Gun owners-Holocaust victims comparison draws criticism  
• Exelon tells Braidwood residents nuclear facilities safe
• Impaled woman sues tree owner
• Ill. National Guard to help farmers in Afghanistan
• Indiana man accused of murdering mom, 94
• Lockport man killed in Joliet crash
• 3 Hazel Crest men accused of Indiana break-ins
• Mayor: Oak Forest standoff hoax ‘unconscionable,’ costly
• Blagojevich jurors see corruption in politics
• Mayors: I-294, 57 interchange urgently needed
• New Lenox plans roadwork near Silver Cross
• Rocky Clark gets support from ministers
• SD 130 to revisit dual-language school plan
• Orland fire district to buy training mannequins for $150K
• Man allegedly suffocated girlfriend’s baby
• State recovers little of Blago church grant
• Lawsuit filed in fatal Burbank DUI crash
• Cook County to shut down public aid program
• Possible Oak Forest hostage situation, police blocking traffic
• Lieutenant governor praised for  expanding financial disclosure
• In SD 163, science  on the lunch menu
• Will Co. makes loan to fund after big Fox case payout
• Cooper’s Hawk to open 3 locations, hire 400
• Burglars get $80K from New Lenox home
• For Earth Day, a billion acts of green — one at a time
• Boyfriend allegedly punched, suffocated girlfriend’s toddler
• State to Pabst: Take kick out of Blast
• 2 workers rescued from hole, hospitalized
• Oak Forest HS senior’s passion for carpentry recognized
• Meeks considers resigning from Senate
• Costs keep schools out of fishing tourney
• Blago retrial off to quiet start
• Parents of toddler killed on roller coaster sue indoor theme park
• Two Harvey youth football coaches murdered
• Emanuel mulls insiders vs. outsiders for next top cop
• New preschoolers wanted in SD 170 study
• Mother of alleged serial killer: He’s not guilty
• Prosecutors: Suspect killed three women, maybe more
• Mokena man’s recovery from brain injury to become movie
• Revenue slipping for Cook health system
• Harvey mayor shakes up PD
• Cook County plan would save old hospital
• Emanuel appoints panel  to advise him on city finances
• Blue Island man charged with raping, killing three women
• Both sides in Blagojevich trial looking for holdout juror for different reasons
• Posen man indicted in Indiana double homicide
• Oak Forest senior’s passion for carpentry recognized
• New Chicago schools chief promises fixes
• Toni Preckwinkle wants $126 million rehab of old Cook County Hospital
• Felony charges in Roseland crash that killed woman, son
• 2 found fatally shot in Harvey home
• Police: It’s a sticker, not a badge
• More Illinoisans shunning landline phones
• Ex-Riverdale building inspector accused of taking bribes
• Fire guts frat house near ISU campus
• Justice woman dies months after accidental fire
• Girl gets 15 years for hammer attack
• Severe storms hit downstate Illinois
• Judge reverses guilty verdict for supremacist
• Ex-Chicago cop admits shakedowns
• Former Lockport pastor dies
• D130 proposes dual-language school
• Sertoma Centre users decry proposed funding cuts
• Lockport SD 205 Board ponders another referendum
• Some nail-biters, but April 5 election totals unlikely to change in Cook, Will
• Rich South band to perform at 2012 Olympic Summer Games
• Still working at 90, and loving it
• Blago: ‘I have my moments of fear’
• State treasurer: Pension battle belongs in court
• Rahm Emanuel picks Forrest Claypool to head CTA
• Hickory Hills man gets 18 years for sexual abuse
• Sauk Village man snared in diet scam crackdown
• Ill. Treasurer: Pension battle belongs in court
• New guidelines for identifying Alzheimer’s before symptoms occur
• Matteson OKs 2011-12 budget with $600K deficit
• Frankfort eases rules on selling used merchandise
• Motorcycle deaths drop, but experts worried
• Officer shot, suspect killed in dollar-store robbery
• Man brags that he hit 160 mph during police chase
• Beating victim finds attackers among son’s Facebook friends
• Tea Party holds Tax Day rally at Daley Plaza
• Judge warns Blagojevich about comments to media
• Rahm names new schools boss, school board
• Will Co. Board  considers overhaul
• Chicago poker probe defendant pleads innocent
• Chicago Heights police dispatchers get new contract
• Teen allegedly made dad sign over $100,000 check before killing him
• Dozens attend raucous hearing about Oak Forest Hospital
• Kirk proposes ideas to lower gas prices
• Two charged in Matteson shooting
• Autopsy: Roseland toddler was beaten, suffocated
• Jobless rates higher for black teens in Illinois
• Another record snow hits Chicago area
• Notre Dame using old weather information day student died
• Snowy morning, afternoon thunderstorms
• Legislators propose more regulation on MMA fights
• Eighth-graders from 1961 gather for reunion
• Walkers raise money for babies, March of Dimes
• Tire-burning power plant may reopen next month
• Tax Day now also ‘Freebie Day’
• Maggie Daley to remain hospitalized for a few days
• Blago brother says former governor should take stand
• Man struck, killed by Metra train in Hazel Crest
• Walkers raise money for March of Dimes
• Fifty years in a flash
• Buddies’ time capsule biz looks to future for success
• Woman dies in crash
• Gutierrez: Support for Obama depends on reform
• Maggie Daley in hospital with leg pain
• Nine arrested in counterfeit clothing sting
• Homer Glen woman killed in crash
• Bridgeview man charged with metal theft
• Quinn: School cuts could be deal-breaker
• Fishermen brave weather for derby
• Ill. lawmakers OK money for debt, pension payments
• Patients face Oak Forest Hospital’s likely closure
• Park Forest students make paper cranes for peace, Japan
• Senate gives SW suburbs OK to take over water company
• House bans dangerous soccer goals
• Streetscaping work on Harlem nearly complete
• LINK program needs more tightening than just photo IDs
• Rahm says Chicago school day will be longer
• New Rich Central principal getting early start
• Oak Forest City Council approves agreement with union
• Cook courthouse program stresses education to high school girls
• Two area residents are finalists in Perdue chicken recipe contest
• Area Marine Reserves off to Afghanistan
• U of I receives mysterious confession to old prank
• Police sergeant charged with brutality
• Valparaiso sixth-grader handcuffed over spilled milk
• New Lenox has budget surplus
• Oak Forest man accused of having child porn
• Write-in wins in Blue Island parks race
• Teacher accused of having sex with a student
• 5 hurt during Southwest Side wreck
• Mokena teen gets 40 years for killing half sister
• 2 charged for stealing 2,500 rubber ducks
• Daley opens Buckingham Fountain
• Emanuel launches inauguration website
• Dolton man found dead in jail
• Twisted Q Barbeque and Bakery coming to Homewood
• New name, same Tinley resale shop
• Joy, sorrow as Southland Prep picks students
• Cemetery bill passes Senate
• Roadwork along I-80 expected to slow traffic in Will Co.
• Where did relocated public housing tenants go? CHA report details
• Alderman wants ‘prostitution-free zones’
• Students take vow of silence
• State Senate passes school reform bill
• Audit: Money wasted in All Kids program
• Homer Glen businesses fighting 159th Street plan
• Prosecutors asked to probe Will County Board member
• Jimmy’s name lives on at St. Bede
• Fallen soldiers’ parents get portraits of sons
• Handicapped parker says post-blizzard ticket just cold
• Feds drop Medicare threat against U of C Medical Center
• Mokena teen gets 40 years in prison for killing half-sister, 4
• Man shot in Matteson apartment complex
• Rate on 30-year fixed mortgage rises
• Frankfort police warn of suspicious van
• State jobless rate dips to 8.8%
• More than 1,700 fake driver’s licenses seized at O’Hare Airport
• Tinley resale shop to benefit Together We Cope
• ‘Insane’ support thrills Orland Park soldier
• No gifts from outgoing board in Mokena SD159
• FAA: Sleeping controller problem ‘will not stand’
• In tough times, volunteers sympathize with needy
• Paving the way for huge traffic jam come Friday
• Police: Local drug officers in fight at strip club
• Teen threatens to post nude photo of girl unless she gives him her saxophone
• Chicago Heights clerk Taylor the odd woman out
• Exotic world of Bhutan comes to Chicago Heights
• Major education reform plan unveiled in Illinois Senate
• McAuley EcoMacs win national award
• Who’s counting? Orland Park woman has volunteered more than 6,000 hours
• New SD 124 board members eager to start
• Political foes say time to move ahead in Alsip
• Tinley Ice House demolition delayed
• Mad geese set up shop at Orland Park Village Hall
• Resale shop opening to benefit Together We Cope
• Charter school holds enrollment lottery
• Harness drivers pledge help for late Crete woman’s daughter
• Joliet man gets 51 years for murder; victim called girlfriend fat
• Flossmoor boy had loaded gun
• OL mayor’s wife fighting cancer
• 4 injured in South Side crash
• Looking for a Saturday Morning workout? Join us for Lower Body Blast, Pilates Matt or Bootcamp. We have a workout for you. Call 708-342-4200 for details and get a jump start to your weekend!
• Govt. tells 14 lenders to reimburse homeowners
• Missing girl last seen at SW Side high school
• Lincoln note found on office wall
• Man faces 30 years for spitting
• Fourth-generation farmer rescues Tilsy Barn
• Bill would undo rules established after cemetery scandal
• Mokena mayor: Stop SD 159 negativity
• Man threatens neighbors with power saw
• Illinois House OKs Link card study
• Oak Lawn strip mall has parking problem
• Cardinals aren’t the only birds Cubs have to deal with
• Harness driver charged in fatal DUI crash at track
• Prosecutors want Blagojevich argument barred from court
• About 40 apply to be police superintendent
• Homer Glen approves 2011-12 budget with surplus
• Oak Lawn woman sentenced to 8 years for embezzlement
• Homewood farmers market gets new manager
• Man killed by train in Lansing
• Mokena to tap into fund to avoid water rate hike
• Oak Lawn woman gets 8 years for $900K theft
• Business groups open to gov’s call to fix work comp
• Man held for hitting horse with truck at Balmoral racetrack, killing fiancee
• Prosecutors seek to use slain wife’s e-mails in Vaughn murder case
• No space shuttle for Adler, but space-flight simulator on its way
• Most people won’t notice budget cuts
• Ambulance driver ticketed in Evergreen Park crash
• One of ‘worst allergy seasons ever’ predicted for area
• Lincoln Park Zoo: Baby gibbon is a boy!
• Felled trees at Tinley park to be replaced
• Construction worker hurt in Tinley Park
• 1 critically wounded in police shooting
• Chicago pursuing O’Hare-downtown rail
• Report outlines Illinois options on pension debt
• 2 hurt in Dixmoor hazmat
• Police: SW Side man, 89, missing
• Man struck, killed by train in Lansing
• Prolific freedom of information filers try to shed some light
• Illinois businesses to see tax increases
• Chicago may drop ban on protests at religious services
• Economy creates potholes for Illinois tollway budget
• SD 218 raising fees for 2011-12 school year
• New Lenox approves housing development
• One killed, one injured in crash at track
• Warm welcome for Millennium Mary
• Homer Glen man found hanged in Cicero
• Lockport girl gets foundation’s 10,000th wish grant
• Young cancer patients have more fertility options
• Ill. jobless to lose week of benefits
• Semi hauling new pickup trucks catches fire in NW Indiana
• Prolific freedom of information filers try to cast light on government
• Cal Park man gets 120-year sentence in murder, home invasion
• No one injured in Frankfort fire
• Summer is right around the corner and Camp registration has begun! If you want your child to experience a fun-filled summer with games, sports, crafts, science, new friends, swimming, field trips & more make sure and register for summer camp! We offe
• Art teacher fears he bought forged print from gallery
• House fire reported in Frankfort
• Japan rattled by strong aftershock on 1-month anniversary of tsunami
• 110-pound woman hurt 2 cops at station, prosecutors say
• Rhymefest: No recount in aldermanic race
• Cancer-surviving Oak Lawn teen gives back
• McDonald’s owner sees golden opportunities for newcomers
• African Union says Kadhafi accepts cease-fire plan
• Immigration court: Troubled system, long waits
• Authorities seize 3 tons of pot from Ill. truck
• Oswego driver clocked at almost 100 mph, says passenger made him do it
• Oak Forest girl creates bed mats for homeless veterans
• Transition home opens to Lincoln-Way special ed students
• Wines, beers, foods entice festival attendees
• Orland Park fair urges residents to lean green
• U.S. filmmaking great Sidney Lumet dies in NY at 86
• Rebels face surge on key outpost
• Students bear guitars for worthy battle
• Obama, Boehner each earn wins in budget pact
• Frankfort project moving forward
• Now, the real work begins in Chicago Heights
• Calumet Township taxpayers spent $60,000 on pool drowning report
• District 227 officials: Rich Central’s new principal to take over in May
• Menu mixup leads to brawl
• Cops: Stab wound killed woman in Galena fire
• Cooking to win
• ‘Historic’ deal to avoid government shutdown
• ‘Get Discovered Model Search’ comes to Orland Park
• Injured veteran gets help ponying up for dream car
• Boy Scout volunteer accused of molesting boy
• Frankfort man top marathon fundraiser
• Chicago has many links to Civil War
• Cook County Jail to house inmates by gender ID
• Crestwood under boil order
• You still have time to register for fitness classes starting soon. Body Bars begin Monday, April 11 from 7-8pm. Use weighted bars for a great well-rounded workout! Looking for something a little different? Yoga begins Tuesday from 6-7pm. If you have
• 2 charged, heroin seized in SW Side arrest
• Helmet-wearing man robbed Southwest Side bank
• 32 years for gunning down amateur boxer
• Girl burned in South Side fire
• Man found guilty of Peotone murder
• Authorities: Man wounded by fellow turkey hunter
• Rain, low visibility leads to O’Hare delays
• Quinn nomination ignites dispute in Senate
• Cal Park man admits to Indiana shooting
• Fans ‘join hands’ for the Sox Train
• Feds say budget crisis doesn’t threaten vets clinic
• Lights, camera, room makeover
• Church nixed helping Northwestern students because of sex toy flap
• Plan to keep Burr Oak Cemetery open goes out to stakeholders
• ‘Father Tony’ new Mount Carmel president
• Orland Park Green Fair is Saturday
• Former SOS cops charged with federal civil rights violations
• Will County holding reapportionment meeting
• Illinois House may scrap workers’ compensation
• ‘Father Tony’ new Mt. Carmel president
• SD 161 administrators’ raises raise stink
• Quinn announces 6-year, $12B state road program
• State: ‘Harmful chemicals’ released into air in Bridgeview
• Brew and Vine Festival Saturday
• Police: Chicago Heights man abducted, battered online friend
• Nine charged after Oak Lawn street brawl
• SOS cops charged with federal civil rights violations
• Hey teens, check out the exciting event at Moraine Valley Community College tomorrow night, Total Teen Wellness. Event includes inflatabels, fitness, nutrition & first aid stations, relay races, scavenger hunts, obstacle course & more! Win awes
• Driver torches car to oust ‘mouse’ odor
• U.S. to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts
• Evergreen Park FD to share in $180K grant
• Special inspections planned at 2 Ill. nuke plants
• New hearing on Oak Forest Hospital closure
• Explosion, fire rock Glenwood mall
• New Orland fire district trustees get ready to cut
• Orland Triangle, road fixes take priority
• GOP prepares 1-week extension as shutdown looms
• Opening Day for Metra’s Sox stop
• 3 children killed in South Side blaze
• Rahm: Council changes show voters want change
• After major loss, Faso holds head up high
• Homer Glen eighth-grader wins singing contest
• NIU football player shot; apparently innocent bystander
• Hooker charged with killing client
• Ramsey appears out as Chicago cop boss
• Homewood school officials ‘ecstatic’
• Head scarf angers Orland mall shopper
• Tinley Park plans wellness program
• Vote count goes on in several unusual races
• Peacocks present a problem
• Landmarks Illinois names endangered sites
• House fire in Alsip deemed suspicious
• AG rules school must release settlement info
• Fritchey pushes changes in indigent burials
• Catholic group backs Ill. ultrasound bill
• Try a new exciting class today! Register for a Numerology workshop on April 13. Learn to improve your golf game with hypnosis on April 27. If you love flowers, try the Ornamental Orchids Workshop on May 5. A creative way to blend art & nature in one
• What a change: March weather was normal
• Police: Arrestee zapped trying to escape
• Minor injuries in 6-car Bishop Ford crash
• Excessive billboards may cost state $140M
• Homer Glen’s Daley tacks on new term
• New faces in Orland fire district
• SD153 bonds OK’d; most tax hikes rejected
• Pool party sinks BI Parks commissioner
• Streit seat in jeopardy; Quinlan re-elected in Oak Lawn
• Sox fans: Get ready to party at the park
• Stone, three other incumbents ousted from Chicago City Council
• Teachers union pushes for more recess at Chicago Public Schools
• Daley wants cap on condo-related moving cost
• Judge tosses rule on ‘morning-after’ pill
• ‘Honeybee killer’ case officially closed
• Weis: Give lie tests in Daley nephew case
• Missing man last seen in Oak Lawn found
• Aldermen delay O’Hare vote
• House OKs registry for killers
• Lockport cop gets 6 years for fatal DUI crash
• Missing man last seen in Oak Lawn
• ‘Honeybee killer’ case closed
• $30K swiped from Apple store in 60 seconds
• 3 plead innocent to trashing Auto Show cars
• Ill. law makes it a felony to record police
• Construction crew hits SW Side gas line
• Firefighter among 2 hurt in blaze
• Fumes sicken workers at Bridgeview meat packer
• There is still time to register for a fitness class! Choose from a variety of classes held in the mornings & evenings throughout the week! Just a few include Step Bench Workout, Body Bars, Yoga, Stress Management Yoga, Cardio Blast, Pilates Ball, Pi
• Chicago run-offs to decide aldermanic races
• Light voter turnout expected
• Is DARE program worth it?
• Man calls cops during friend’s Orland DUI stop
• Emanuel to unions: Share city’s burden
• Obama opens bid for new term
• Pool high jinks get two fired in Cook Co.
• Palos Hills woman dies in plane crash in Missouri forest
• Bill lays out detailed rules for Cook County burials
• IDOT funding study for more trains on Heritage Corrider line
• Game offered by Field Museum gives middle-schoolers chance to solve disaster mystery
• Boy who watched 1994 murder of brother gets 71 years in prison
• Southland College Prep’s new building opens for pupils
• Gas leak snarled LaGrange Road
• Woman hurt in Chicago Heights fire
• Palos Hills woman killed in Mo. plane crash
• Forest Preserve bosses fired after sex, booze, theft problems at pools
• Arrested man turns down $25,000 from city, gets $100,000 from jury
• Want to learn the art of Bonsai? Our NEW Basic Bonsai class will be held May 1. Bonsai is the art of growing trees or woody plants in containers. This hands-on workshop includes a starter bonsai as well as instruction on how to care for and shape your
• 60 sickened by norovirus at retirement home
• More Illinoisans get out of state concealed-carry permits
• Dolton boy dies in freak roller coaster accident
• Emanuel to push for 2nd all-girls school
• Restaurant bookkeeper accused of embezzling $186K
• Child rescued after allegedly starting church fire
• Obama re-election launches with email, website
• SW Side man killed in crash near Midway
• Sheen takes Chicago stage after Detroit failure
• Emanuel working to build allies on Chicago council
• Worth the risk?
• Southland Charter High School moves into new home
• Tinley Park chili cook-off benefits the troops
• Disabled veterans get warm welcome in Oak Lawn
• Chili cook-off in Tinley benefits soldiers
• Man jumps from building during suspicious blaze
• Southwest grounds about 80 planes after scary incident
• Blue Island man conned trying to get discount
• Matteson Community Center up and running
• Man dies two days after hitting tree
• Woman dies after cop, firefighters help rescue her from pond
• Visitors discover newer, roomier convention center
• The Sheen machine rolls into Chicago this weekend
• Chicago Heights breaks ground for new homes
• Cop, firefighters help rescue woman from pond
• Homer Glen mailing stirs complaints in mayor race
• Strip clubs making it rain on politicians
• Kirk: Provide arms to Libyan rebels
• Palos fire district seeks 19-cent hike
• Hallucinogenic ‘bath salts’ could be outlawed in Illinois
• Daley returns to host of problems
• Referendum proposal seeks to lower electric bills
• Man charged after trying to lure girl into his car
• Slain NIU student’s remains to be released for service
• Endorsements in key races
• Car plunges into pond; woman, 87, rescued
• Painted Pastures adopters worry their pets’ vaccines may be invalid
• Palos Hills mom charged with endangerment
• $24M award upheld in fatal I-55 crash
• 30 days for pointing laser at plane
• Chicago-bound plane diverted; 4 passengers faint
• Judge won’t dismiss lawsuit over fatal Blue Island pool party
• Orland Park woman spared eviction
• Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1949
• 13 years for fatal 2006 Mokena crash
• Co-founder of Irish rugby club Moriarty dies
• Jagielski appointed presiding judge in Bridgeview
• Judge won’t dismiss lawsuit over fatal Blue Island pool party
• 4H Japan exchange program on for summer
• Work starts Saturday for high-speed rail tracks
• 2 boys arrested in $5K coin theft
• Feds reviewing Illinois workers’ compensation
• Discover Tinley to offer peek at expansion of convention center
• New charges against animal shelter owner revealed
• JJC hopefuls tear down building programs
• New charges against animal shelter owner revealed
• ‘Outrage’ over cops’ alleged actions
• Palos man sentenced in fatal 2006 crash
• Police find explosives after teen posts videos online
• GOP tries tax law to limit abortions
• Looking for a new group fitness class? A wide variety of classes begin next week at the Bettenhausen Recreation Center! Body Bars begin Monday. Try Cardio Sculpt on Tuesday. How about Pilates Mat on Wednesday morning or Step Bench on Wednesday evenin
• Major coke ring busted near Midway
• CPS probes teacher’s Facebook post
• Little support for school consolidation
• Hickory Hills bicyclist killed in wreck
• Gargoyles find home at Bradley University
• New plan to rebuild Pilgram Baptist
• Adults found in Palos apartment had checkered pasts
• Cook County job training program under federal scrutiny
• Oak Lawn man pleads innocent to attempted murder
• School District 161 hopefuls target budget
• Chicago Heights man participating in NASCAR marketing program
• City paying drivers $90K to haul workers, sit around
• House setting aside governor’s budget blueprint
• Ballots range from no names to many choices in Oak Forest
• Illinois bill would require open meetings training
• Slate backed by Alsip mayor faces challenge
• City privatizing recycling: union
• Campaign signs for Park Forest mayor stolen
• Early voting in Chicago area about to end
• Miss America at Value City
• Orland Macy’s to pull all-nighters
• Kettle donations drop
• Growth spurt for Tinley retail center
• Emanuel rejects amusement tax to pay for Wrigley repairs
• Traces of radiation from Japan found here
• Cook, Will weak in health study
• Bed bugs found in UofI dorm
• Will County: Church didn’t seek zoning
• Records indicate sex cover-up for Jesuit priest
• Witnesses: Car flees gunshots, strikes CTA bus; 11 injured
• Early voting ends Thursday
• Preckwinkle ‘appalled’ at alleged drinking, sex, theft at pool
• Motorcycle safety campaign gears up
• Lynwood clerk pleads innocent in fatal DUI
• House votes to end smoking ban in casinos
• 2 dogs shot, killed by police
• SW Side woman sues over slurs on her garage
• Mokena OKs commuter parking tokens
• Off-duty cop fatally shoots intruder
• Witnesses: Car flees gunshots, strikes CTA bus; eleven injured
• Stagg fashion class makes clothes for Haitian kids
• Federal judge sends Burr Oak cemetery plan to stakeholders
• Woman found dead in Palos Hills apartment
• University mummy to get CT scan
• Orland VB hopeful had record expunged
• Chicago, Cook to study working together
• Thief takes $5,000 in quarters
• Laborers union questions city plan
• Obama campaign HQ at Prudential building
• Chicago Heights mayoral candidates focus on crime, economy
• Libyan rebels advance toward Gadhafi’s hometown
• Obama on Libya: ‘We have a responsibility to act’
• Cyber-security game at MVCC pits students vs. pro hackers
• Job creation key issue in Chicago Heights aldermanic races
• Randulich sentencing postponed again
• Orland teen actor to appear in ‘Chicago Code’
• Pizza order for funeral leads to ID theft charge
• Fire destroys Chicago pizzeria
• Bears license plates up for sale
• FAA: Close calls during O’Hare expansion work
• Groups make cases at redistricting hearing
• Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Ky.
• Man’s death at gas station ruled suicide
• Thornton man found dead at gas station
• Fiery debate over Orland Fire Protection District budget
• Ryan ‘didn’t understand’ pardon
• Men Who Cook do so for a good cause
• Women empowered by rope adventure
• Air raids hit Gadhafi stronghold of Sirte in Libya
• Oak Lawn man thanks cop for fiery rescue
• Chicago Heights man dies in pole crash
• Man killed in Crete apartment fire
• First female VP candidate Ferraro dies
• State Police probing former chief of Gov. Quinn’s security detail
• Air raids force Gadhafi retreat, rebels seize east
• Emanuel open to suggestion to cut Chicago aldermen
• Quinn picks police veteran to run state police
• Orland Park teen center bridges out to ‘Garage’
• Hometown man accused of raping girl, 12, hid for 23 years, cops say
• States look overseas for scarce execution drug
• Cook County public health system names interim CEO
• Justice catches Hometown man 23 years later
• SPEED students show off science projects
• Merchant stops arsonist-robber
• China’s booming export: college students
• MVCC student from China loves ‘open’ American culture
• Candidate: HGH was for diabetes
• ISPD to review Chicago police inquiry into 2004 death
• Pageantry meets advocacy
• National Guard sergeant has thriving amateur singing career
• Proposed strip club denied in Chicago Ridge
• Cook health system gets interim CEO
• Widespread fraud, theft found at Cook Co. pools County watchdog finds drinking, sex, sleeping on job
• Senators hear nuke experts
• More nuke plants? Forget it for now
• Mokena SD 159 lays off 24 more
• Baby Jessica cashes in
• SD 205 seeks approval for smaller new school
• Homewood limits drop-off bins
• Single-family home burns in Markham
• Quinn to visit troops in Germany
• Red-light camera tickets dropping
• 1 critically hurt in SW Side fire
• Olympian, vets among new sheriff’s officers
• Source: 2 charged in SW Side kidnapping
• Woman, 97, dies after fire at her South Side home
• Woman hit, killed by Metra train in Orland Park
• Menard guards paid workers’ comp
• Police: Shooting of boy, 12, apparent accident
• Adler plans lunar eclipse event
• Christ Medical Center at 50: ‘Perk’ has grown up
• Pension board says no money lost in fund
• Gonzalez sues Faso for slander
• Prosecutor wants ISPD to investigate Daley nephew case
• U of I wrongly warns students of campus shooter
• Man arrested in online sex sting
• Lawyer allegedly aided accused killer of cop
• Verbal assault at mall leads to Tasing, charges
• Proposed strip club denied in Chicago Ridge
• Illinois must carry through on health care reform law
• New name at the oasis
• 32-year sentence in Chicago honor student’s death
• CTA, Metra: We’re ready
• L.A. Tan foiled robbery video released
• Many fun and exciting workout classes are now forming at Tinley Fitness! Do you enjoy the water, then join one of our 17 aqua classes or try one of our Strength, Step, or Pilates classes. If you enjoy dancing try our Zumba class on Friday mornings. Fo
• Halbreich named chairman of Sun-Times Media
• Sun-Times Media combines circulation
• Hillard wastes no time revamping Chicago PD
• Taylor lived glorious spectacle on screen and off
• Man pleads guilty to animal cruelty
• Mayoral candidate, minister want halt to early voting
• Burr Oak not for sale; looking for trustee
• Midlothian names new police chief
• More layoffs imposed in Mokena School District 159
• Oak Lawn repairing blizzard-damaged streetlights
• Homer Glen man pleads guilty to animal cruelty
• Lynwood clerk indicted in fatal crash
• Homewood bans bins
• Richton Park hosts job fair
• Summer Camp registration has begun! If you want your child to experience a fun-filled summer with games, sports, crafts, science, new friends, swimming, field trips & more make sure and register for summer camp! We offer a Tot Camp (ages 3-6), Day
• You call this spring?
• Another Mega rollover; jackpot tops $300M
• Durbin, Kirk to host forum on Ill. nuclear safety
• Student sent home over hair color
• Quinn has someone in mind for IDOT chief
• Fire strikes corner store in W. Pullman
• County not ready to abandon plan for Oak Forest Hospital
• Balanced budget may be in jeopardy
• Hullinger to head Oak Forest’s strategic committee
• 2,000 state bridges structurally deficient
• Quinn, Durbin tout high-speed rail
• Cop gear stolen from car
• Report: Construction mishap caused Park Forest explosion
• Orland Park considers pedal boat purchase, kayak rental
• Frankfort Grainery set for update
• State regulators say broadband connections outnumber landlines
• School District 201U continues to trim staff
• Tinley Park seeks marketing plan for downtown
• Homer Glen seeking 159th Street master plan
• Orland Park mulls relaxing construction standards
• Quinn, Durbin tout high-speed rail construction
• Bridgeview toddler hit, killed by car
• Orland Park considers pedal boat purchase
• Gas leak closes Acorn Library
• Orland Park mulls smoking changes
• Raid busts up dogfighting ring
• South Sider doubles up on DUIs
• Broadband connections outnumber landlines in Ill.
• Study: Bridges in Ill. deteriorating
• Cook County pushing redevelopment
• There is still time to register for Animal Communication class being held tomorrow night! Class meets Wednesday, March 23rd from 7:00-9:30 p.m. This workshop will assist you in learning the ways animals communicate and teach you immediate forms of rece
• Halvorson wants to run IDOT
• Jim Tyree: ‘The most ordinary, extraordinary guy’
• Justice concrete firm accused of fraud
• Gold watch stolen in Mokena burglary
• Summit fire damages building
• Judge disparages Blago motion to cancel retrial
• Watson hired to state treasurer’s staff
• Matteson selects manager for community center pool
• Frankfort OKs tax rebate for auto dealership
• Orland Township to hold candidate forum
• Moving Wall coming to New Lenox
• Orland Park ponders smoking changes
• Justice concrete firm acccused of fraud
• Cook County not sure how to pay for OF Hospital reprieve
• Missing Matteson teen found unharmed in Chicago
• Sheriff: More bodies found ‘deeply buried’ at Burr Oak
• BI parks commissioner dies
• $1M bail in fatal I-55 hit-and-run
• Firefighter hurt, 27 displaced in Englewood blaze
• Summit fire damages commercial building
• Weather watch: Snow, freezing rain
• Cross-country walker brings attention to prostate cancer
• Proposed bills would tie higher-ed funding to student performance
• Supporters of Mokena schools referendum rally for ‘Yes’ vote
• Cub Scout honored for lifesaving effort
• Biggert, Kirk get an earful at town hall meeting
• Family of missing girl criticizes police
• Tyree death ruled accident
• Where are drop-off box ‘donations’ going?
• Firm admits doctoring city of Chicago medical exams
• Towns add crimes for which cars can be impounded
• Janitors trying to clear drain before school evacuated
• Frankfort car dealer first to get Volt
• Quinn, Emanuel meet for first time since election
• Water dominates Crestwood trustee race
• 2 arrested for shining laser at plane
• Janitors were trying to clear drain before school evacuated
• Sheriff: Jailed Worth man tried to order woman’s murder
• Teen accused in 2009 S. Side murder
• OL cops: Friends beat drunken pal
• Blue Island school to reopen Monday; sickened students home
• 1 held in Stevenson fatal hit-run
• 2 accused of shining laser at plane, police chopper
• Oral histories of Gov. Edgar online
• Plane skids off runway in Ohio
• State board to consider Oak Forest Hospital change
• Ill. schools to get $22M in federal funding
• 1 hurt in suspicious nursing home fire
• Man fatally shot in Pullman
• Disabled motorist fatally struck by hit-and-run driver
• Will Co. OKs $60M in summer road projects
• Man rescued from South Side fire dies
• Quinn to seek higher fees on nuclear generators
• Illinois, Chicago leaders mourn Tyree’s death
• State on lookout for not-so-proper license plates
• O’Hare detects radiation from Tokyo passengers
• Woman dies in house fire
• Blue Island school to stay closed after haz-mat situation
• Car plows into Irish store on St. Patrick’s Day
• Union spoils: Free car for Mokena man
• Chemical fumes sicken 30 students, staff in Blue Island
• St. Christina students show knack for invention
• Former Will Co. prosecutor cited for interfering with deer kill
• Cops: Orland Park man hired prostitutes; says he was kidnapped
• GOP state senators propose $6.7B in budget cuts
• SD 229 freezes administrators’ pay
• DCFS probing death of 6-month-old
• Harvey man arrested after drugs found in sandwich
• Writers document role of Irish taverns in Chicago’s past
• Man critically injured in Southwest Side attack
• Man rescued, revived after South Side blaze
• 3 arrested after Bishop Ford chase
• Man shot in leg on Southwest Side
• Man critically hurt in Southwest Side attack
• Sex toy bandit pleads guilty to DUI, theft
• IDOT to host railroad crossing discussion
• Evergreen icon’s eclectic collection up at estate sale
• Repeal of video gambling proposed
• Sculptor unveils designs for Oak Lawn 9-11 memorial
• History plays out in pubs
• Preckwinkle: Cook workers must sacrifice
• Committee OKs cigarette tax increase
• Lawsuit says publisher harmed ‘Shuffle’ sales
• Suit: Student shocked using Sauk School drinking fountain
• Burbank ticket mighty close to Mega win
• New Lenox fixture fixin’ to retire
• DCFS probing death of Dolton 2-year-old
• 2-year-old crushed by dresser
• Chem spill sends 8 workers to hospital
• Man barred from owning pets for a year
• CN told to pay more for Lynwood crossing
• Oak Lawn to display 9-11 monument designs
• Woman guilty of killing ex-Bear’s pregnant girlfriend
• Soldiers raid militant camps in Nigeria
• Industry sees strong November sales
• Christmas shoppers came out to spend
• Security summit overshadowed WikiLeaks
• China bars U.S. diplomats from appeal
• South Korean lawmakers slam spies for failures
• Alzheimer’s: Finding a cure
• Rahm sold on residency rule
• Burge-related legal bills still coming in
• Preckwinkle reflects on first 100 days
• Witnesses: Open records law still difficult to use
• Is sharing information with public too costly?
• Man sets townhome on fire trying to oust squirrels
• State cites Notre Dame violations in student death
• Teen robbed in Richton Park
• Man sets apartment on fire trying to oust squirrels
• School consolidation plans derided at town hall meeting in Tinley
• D218 sees promise in reading program
• New body scanners added at county jail
• Hearing set in Ill. military secrets case
• Man accused of threatening family with mailed substance
• Govt bodies: Dismiss Orland mall’s tax objections
• Chicago first to accept photos via 911
• Chicago Hts. cops: Fiddling with gun led to fatal shot
• Ill. to pilot dementia care alternative
• No injuries in extra-alarm Dolton blaze
• 2 convicted in Chicago subway death
• Semi overturned, driver ticketed in Stevenson crash
• Taxing bodies want mall’s objections dismissed
• Chicago Heights to bring back July fireworks
• Defense rests in Yang trial; she doesn’t testify
• Obama administration denying requests for information
• Chicago, airlines reach O’Hare deal
• DCFS meetings to highlight family services
• Cops: Fiddling with gun led to fatal shot
• Cook sheriff’s cop aids in baby delivery
• Call 911, send a photo
• Food testing lab on its way to Crete
• SD 218 sees promise in frosh reading program
• Calumet Park man guilty in 2005 murder
• Man, 63, struck, killed on SW Side
• Obama seeks rewrite of ‘No Child’ law
• Hundreds leave U of I through incentives
• Amtrak ridership up; busiest ever Feb.
• Boyfriend accused of obstruction in death of Chicago Hts. teen
• Medina a St. Laurence ‘Idol’
• Burge reports to prison this week at white-collar facility
• A Tinley Park tradition
• Tsunami surges deal blow to struggling Calif. town
• Rahm gives Philly chief high marks
• Daley nephew case has unanswered questions
• Dixmoor trustee arrested
• Man shot in Chicago Heights, police interview witnesses
• Charges filed in death by accidental shooting
• Openness in state government? Survey shows obstacles
• Thousands got Illinois-subsidized jobs — but who?
• Wis. labor protesters say next fight at polls
• St. Patrick’s celebration a family affair
• Chicago Heights 19-year-old fatally shot
• Candidates battle ‘food desert’ in University Park
• Fleadh turns Oak Forest green
• Witness admits lying to police in Yang trial
• Judge keeps FOID names secret
• Programs target problem of rising senior poverty
• Charter school may worsen SD 227’s finances
• Cuts hit home for families of disabled
• Experts: Mergers could boost teacher pay
• Park Forest, Tinley men pedal thousands of miles
• Teacher, counselor was St. Rita legend
• Mr. T’s guide to saving money on gas
• MRI-safe pacemaker gets hearty welcome from Southlanders
• Attorney: Tinley woman not to blame in animal cruelty case
• Metra station near ‘Cell’ to be ready for Sox home opener
• Tsunami ‘terrifying’ for Worth couple in Maui
• In real world, Gates’ school ‘solution’ doesn’t compute
• Stop by the Spring Arts & Craft Fair tomorrow, Saturday, March 12, at the Bettenhausen Recreation Center! The fair is held from 10:00am-3:00pm. Admission and parking are free! We have over 100 booths of beautiful hand-made crafts from floral and h
• 1 missing, 4 rescued as tsunami hits West Coast
• 1 held, $68K in cocaine seized in Roseland
• Amazon, Overstock cut Ill. ties over tax law
• 2 hospitalized after Worth crash
• Parrot theft nets probation
• No prison for man who supplied undocumented workers
• Tsunami waves slam Hawaii as storm sweeps islands
• ComEd rate hike under fire
• Dial up an organ donation
• Farrakhan says a musical album in the works
• Ill. Senate Republicans suggest deep cuts
• Are you looking to learn the basic boxing fundamentals...join our Jab, Cross, Jab Kickboxing class at Tinley Fitness. Using a free standing boxing bag you will work in a small group setting with a person trainer. Six week classes are being offered, Mon
• Bowling alley to hold bike parade
• Get your Irish on this weekend in Oak Forest, Tinley Park
• Joliet’s new baseball team throws a party
• Ex-Sox scout pleads guilty in kickback scheme
• Friend: Yang told me she killed ex-Bear’s girlfriend
• Move off death row can be rocky, ex-inmates say
• SD 229 teachers union seeks more info
• Privacy issue a call to arms for gun owners
• Lipinski to hold senior fairs
• Woman accused of sexually abusing children
• Oak Lawn man assaulted in July dies
• Thousands rally to keep gun info private
• Get ready to pay online sales tax
• IDOT’s Hannig announces retirement
• What a weekend we have for you! The Clover Hunt on Friday provides a chance to find a clover and win a prize. The Spring Arts & Craft Fair is 10am-3pm on Saturday. The Running O' the Green 8K on Sunday will begin a day of Irish fun. The VVAC p
• 3 held after South Side shooting
• New info added to hospital report cards
• Quinn cites flawed system in death penalty decision
• Mokena SD 159 readying final layoffs
• Lawsuit filed in Oak Forest teen’s death
• Exonerated inmate praises death penalty ban
• Olympic curler among corrections officer grads
• Death penalty ban doesn’t affect federal cases
• Illinois’ 15 Death Row prisoners
• Union official defends suspended Oak Lawn firefighter
• Tinley Ice Co. accused of fixing prices
• Tinley Park advances freedom of information plan
• Tinley Ice, 3 other companies accused of fixing prices
• Columnist Broder, Chicago Hts native, dead at 81
• 7 hurt in wreck near United Center
• 31 kids from West Side school hospitalized
• 2 Ill. prisons locked down over flu
• Paczki a Fat Tuesday delight
• Report: Excessive nutrients damaging Great Lakes
• Dogs rescued in NW Ind. up for adoption
• Cops: Roomies steal together too
• Donation boxes viewed as ‘nuisance’ in Homewood
• Tinley Park advances FOI plan
• Homer Glen merchants want say on 159th Street project
• Frankfort taking 2nd look at ‘secondhand’ ordinance
• Oak Lawn firefighter suspended for sick leave abuse
• Sun-Times Media chairman hospitalized
• Ex-Bear had sex with girlfriend’s alleged killer
• Customers line up to get fat on Tuesday
• State board warns against closing Oak Forest Hospital
• New Lenox contractor gets two years’ probation for minority-business fraud
• Zabrocki to speak at LWV event
• DCFS to hold town hall meetings to highlight family services
• Ready for record gas prices?
• U.S. marshals wounded in St. Louis shootout
• Teen’s death blamed on shaken baby syndrome
• Car flies into second story of house
• Medina, fiancee get $45K van
• Don't forget to stop by the Bettenhausen Recreation Center on Saturday from 10:00am-3:00pm for our annual Spring Arts & Craft Fair! Browse over 120 booths of beautiful hand-crafted items. Admission is free! Call 708-342-4200 for additional de
• 2 charged after runaway found near Midway
• Relatives still feel sting of Chicago Heights man’s slaying
• Southland transit district created
• Gov. creates Southland transit district
• Medina, fiancee get another boost
• First H bomb test a blast from the past for Park Forest man
• 820 lbs. of pot seized in Will County
• Orland Park to study staffing levels
• Are colored contacts right for you?
• School’s effort to combat slurs falls short
• Chicago Heights man’s death stings relatives
• Report: Ill. prepaid tuition program underfunded
• Off-duty Chicago cop pulled over in Niles, flees
• Document details rise of mob pals
• Driver charged in fatal Crete crash
• Ill. Senate leader: Tax some retirement income
• Quinn to decide on abolishing death penalty this week
• Quinn signs Chinatown redistricting legislation
• Ill. Senate leader: Tax some retirement income
• Missing Schaumburg teen found safe at SW Side hotel
• Vandals hit King statue near Capitol
• Ill. services set for airman killed in Germany
• Sotomayor to talk at Northwestern
• Car slams through I-57 guardrail
• Police use transmitters to find wandering kids, seniors
• Triathlon draws veterans, first-timers
• Tinley Park home show, venue filed with makeovers
• Fish headed to pet shop confiscated at O’Hare
• Lincoln-Way towns hosting family fair
• Beverly lawmaker introduces gun-control bill
• No easy fix seen for workers’ comp system
• Two women killed in crash near Crete
• Big drop in kids’ ear infections
• Tinley home show, venue show off makeovers
• Getting them back home
• Judy Griffin, well-known twirling coach, dies
• Senior bus dispatcher ‘just the nicest, kindest person’
• Hillcrest first in hearts at home
• Stroger wants jobless benefits
• Heads go bare to fight cancer
• Crash snarls traffic in Matteson
• Firefighter, seven others hurt during motel fire
• Dresses for success? Resale event a big hit
• Todd Stroger applies for unemployment benefits
• Maher not seeking re-election on Orland fire board
• Bar-hopping buses skip South Side
• Former troublemaker shares advice on school behavior
• U of I did not withhold taxes for grad assistants
• Resale shop owner says new law ‘way over the top’
• Country Club Hills man gets 20 years for mortgage fraud scheme
• SD 229 teachers reject revising contract
• Senior bus dispatcher Kathy Janowski ‘was just the nicest, kindest person’
• Obama backs end to death penalty?
• Judy Griffin, well-known twirling coach, ex-Dolton resident, dies
• State police charge 4 with stealing TVs
• Bill would increase penalties for elderly scams
• New chairs come to Bloom
• Tinley Park merchant conned on gold chain
• Country Club Hills man gets 20 years for mortgage fraud
• Internet marketers threaten to leave state
• Funeral home told to pay $200K over undelivered cremains
• Medina won’t return on 'Idol,' surprised with $70K for fiancee
• Maher won’t seek re-election to Orland fire board
• No one hurt in Matteson bus crash
• Paint spill prompts haz-mat in Posen
• Firefighter hurt in Edgewater fire
• Cops: Man sexually assaulted woman, 93
• Blago wants to travel to England
• Should gun owners’ names be released to public?
• Long-term pension debt in Illinois jumps sharply
• NU to investigate sex toy demo
• Medina won’t return on ‘Idol’
• Chicago to pay $3M in man’s killing by cop
• Chicago Marathon spots fill up fast
• Lawmakers want Army Corps to quicken Asian carp study
• Emanuel applauds five new grocery stores
• Ohio sets stage for national battle over union rights
• Teen crashes SUV into Orland pool
• LaHood denies role in son’s appointment
• Body politic torn by hubris, timidity
• Matteson files $1.5M suit in community center construction
• $1M bail in Richton Park shooting
• Lawmakers want Army Corps to quicken carp study
• 9 charged in SE Side drug probe
• Kick off the new year right with a Tinley Fitness membership! Now offering short term memberships! Save with these great options: 4 months for $99, 6 months for $149, 12 months for $275. No enrollment fees! Join today! Call 708-342-4255 for complete deta
• Teens shoot Gage Park man in his garage
• Have you ever wanted to learn to "Dance Like the Stars"? In this fun class you will learn swing, Latin and popular slow dances. A great time is guaranteed! Class begins March 8 and runs for 4 weeks from 8:15-9:30 p.m. Grab a partner and re
• Cops: Girl sexually assaulted at sleepover
• Supreme Court: Anti-gay funeral picketers allowed
• Death penalty deadline quickly approaching
• Attorney defiant on Cook donation limit
• Menards expansion plan moves forward
• Little in dispute at Oak Lawn trustee debate
• NU class has live sex demonstration
• Will exec lobbies for Southland airport
• IDOT hosting high-speed rail meetings
• Daley defends Weis, downplays PD morale issue
• Irish Fest set in Manhattan
• Missing Chicago Heights man found
• Frankfort restricts golf cart use
• Federal aid requested for blizzard repairs
• Menards’ expansion plan advances in Tinley Park
• Laid-off Cook County nurses shift into other jobs
• Quinn defends call for merging school districts
• High court rules for military funeral protesters
• Cullerton: State pension cuts unconstitutional
• Feb. in Chicago: A little colder, a lot snowier
• Circuit judges must undergo evaluations
• 1 charged in Orland mall incident
• Cops seek help solving series of S. Side rapes
• South Side teen gunned down in Roseland
• Morgan Park man accused of animal cruelty
• Educators give ‘F’ to proposed countywide districts
• Relief fund set up for victims
• Class project helps the needy
• Chicago’s top cop decides to quit
• Kankakee man learns of his Death Row role
• Southland women take health to heart
• Man charged in mall incident
• Watchdog probing lawyers’ campaign donations
• Illinois House OKs concussion bill
• Blago juror names under wrap until day after trial
• AG: Ill. should release FOID list
• New Lenox eyes outlet mall
• Park Forest woman feels ‘blessed’ after surviving explosion
• 2 charged in Chicago Hts shooting
• New Lenox readies property tax rebate
• 1 badly hurt by falling ice in Loop
• 14 arrested here in U.S. gang sweep
• Desiree Rogers on city inaugural committee
• Pastlife Adventures: Join us in a fun adventure that will spark your curiosity! Use guided hypnosis to search for symbolic links to your past lives and current situations. Class will be held Wednesday, March 9 from 7:00-9:45 p.m. Call 708-342-4200 for
• Chicago Hts nabs 9 in burglaries
• $14K returned to scam victim
• Some Park Forest residents fearful a week after house explosion
• High court backs fired Army reservist
• Quinn asks for federal disaster declaration
• Tan ban for teens?
• Park Forest residents fear another explosion
• Students try hands at law
• Daley, Rahm preparing for smooth transition
• Railroad quiet zone considered in Park Forest
• Daily fee likely rising at Mokena’s Metra lots
• Cook County law aimed at tax lawyers questioned
• Borders boosters rally for Beverly store
• Chicago Heights cops thwart home burglaries
• Temps file federal suit against New Lenox firm
• Ryan tells why he decided to clear Death Row in 2003
• Longtime Burbank resident Danca dies
• Should teens be banned from tanning salons?
• Blago to speak to high-schoolers about politics
• Six towns get funds to fight ash borer
• American flag too big for Libertyville
• Fire leads police to portable meth lab
• Southland communities struggle to find retail growth
• Firefighter’s death prompts oxygen tank registration plan
• Weis would like to find a job in Chicago
• Church honors Tuskegee Airmen
• Police won’t boot protesters from Wisconsin Capitol
• Parents, tipster disagree over reward in Fox case
• Farrakhan: Gadhafi remains a friend
• Semi crash stalls traffic on I-57
• Four injured in Richton Park shooting
• Prosecutors fear losing death penalty in Illinois
• Medina visits ‘Tonight Show’
• Three dead, officer shot during North Side chase
• Panel seeks solutions to youth-related violence
• Muslims believe push for democracy may help their image
• County Board passes balanced budget after 19 hours
• Chicago Heights man shot during argument about stolen TV
• Special Mass hopes for mass appeal
• Dead man’s grandson questions police actions in shootout
• Cops ‘do more with less’
• Food drive sets record
• Bus company gets 2nd chance in SD 146
• Man accused of threat against alderman
• Work continues at 80th Avenue station
• Frank Cassidy, longtime Southland priest, dies
• Prosecutors: Boy beaten, chained
• Nation of Islam convention to include talk about UFOs
• Officials question Quinn’s school consolidation plan
• Tinley Park’s Viking lodge for sale
• Chicago zoo science fair answers, ‘Why red?’
• College fair leaves no one behind
• Prosecutors detail abuse of Glenwood boy
• 2 plead in forest preserve pot case
• I-57 traffic stop leads to drug bust
• Teenage boy reported missing on SW Side
• 1 dead after 8-hour Glenwood standoff
• SW Side man accused of posing as cop
• State rep. calls Quinn’s IOU list inaccurate
• Daley aides, minister join Rahm’s transition team
• Budget ax may fall on S. Side rail bridge
• Two days, two grenades for area cops
• Out of ‘Idol,’ but Medina records new song in L.A.
• Cook County ponders furloughs
• Man killed in Glenwood standoff
• Wounded man flags down IDOT worker on Bishop Ford
• Mount Carmel play takes bullies to task
• Chaos overseas means higher gas prices at home
• Blagojevich to face fewer charges at retrial
• Local Tuskegee Airmen to speak at church
• $128M owed Southland agencies, firms
• Gov. Quinn getting input on death penalty decision
• Hendon resigns from Senate
• Medina to sing on ‘The Tonight Show’ Friday
• Police: No ID, no excuse for phony cop
• Learn to create better photos! Digital Photo II: Exploring with the Computer class begins March 10 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. Our instructor Laura will teach you in depth photo editing techniques including color correction, brightness & contrast. Other trop
• Priest group wants diocese to pay up in abuse case
• Tinley to raze ice house
• Tinley OKs deal for Old Navy, HomeGoods
• Mokena SD 159 lays off 7 teachers
• Snow on its way, 3 to 5 inches possible
• South Side teen shot in back, dies
• Grenade prompts South Side HazMat call
• Judges’ rulings let candidates on ballot for Alsip trustee
• One man killed, two cops wounded
• Tinley Park approves Mini dealership pact
• Gorman: Maybe I was ‘commissioner-napped’
• Zabrocki to tighten ties with Emanuel
• Rahm revels in victory with city commuters
• Medina’s ‘Idol’ run comes to an end
• Mokena School District 159 lays off seven teachers
• Prosecutors try to drop some Blago counts
• Section of Stuenkel Road in IDOT plans
• Tinley Park to raze ice house
• Tinley Park signs off on development incentives
• Jury: Conner guilty in fatal DUI
• Chocolate ‘ransom’ demanded for mascot bear
• 6 years in hot dog slaying
• Rahm routs mayoral rivals
• Do the mid-winter "blah's" have you down? Join us for a therapeutic, and enjoyable, evening and learn to de-stress with simple self-hypnosis techniques. Use them anytime, anywhere! Class will be held Wednesday, March 2 from 7:00-9:45 p.
• IDOT to pave Frankfort’s section of Stuenkel Road
• Oak Lawn plans $12M of infrastructure work
• Permit fees headed up in Oak Forest
• Weapons, grenade found in South Side truck
• Rahm routs rivals in mayoral victory
• ‘Old-school’ journalist dies
• O’Shea wins big in 19th Ward
• Chicago City Council to have at least 10 new members
• Mendoza easily wins city clerk race
• Jury: Conner, not cop, to blame in fatal DUI case
• Will Co. Jury: Conner guilty in fatal DUI case
• Tinley man rescues woman after explosion in Park Forest
• Protesters gather to fight deer culling in preserves
• Flossmoor man signs on to Iwo Jima tribute
• 1 charged in fight outside ward office
• Orland may impound more cars
• Comic book fans check out Dan Con
• Snowfall closes in on Feb. record
• Blago seeks to toss wiretaps
• Braun: Goal is 1st place
• Candidates make final push
• State judicial board files complaint against Markham judge
• 19th Ward candidate says volunteer attacked outside HQ
• Alsip trustee candidates face challenge
• Blagojevich seeks to toss wiretaps
• Healthy outlook the goal of new children’s museum exhibit
• Duerson brain to be studied
• Parenting seminar
• More offenses could lead to seized vehicle in Orland Park
• 19th Ward candidate says volunteer was attacked outside HQ
• TMZ: Medina’s ‘Idol’ run over
• Officers spend long days waiting to testify in Conner trial
• Southland officials closely watching Chicago mayoral race
• Braun, Chico take last-minute aim at Emanuel
• 8 busted in prostitution sting
• Chicago-bound flight makes unscheduled stop
• Crash shuts down lanes of Dan Ryan on South Side
• Police: Dispute over family dog led to murder-suicide
• 2 hurt, 1 critical after SW Side crash
• Cat survives being shot in head with arrow
• No injuries in car, semi crash on I-57
• Anaya out of Mokena trustee race
• Fire strikes South Side factory
• Flood warnings, snow expected Monday
• Garfield students learn how to go green
• Comic book fans go up, up and away at Dan Con 2011
• The Watchdogs: Illinois’ 50 richest political war chests
• Pickup strikes stoplight, power line in Bridgeview
• IDOT touts Central Ave. connector plans
• Man dies after school bus crash on I-294
• Midlo soldier reunites with pooch
• Chocolate draws crowds to Homewood
• Man held on bail in sex assault case
• Man held on bail in ‘heart kisses’ case
• Oak Lawn show helps shoppers spiff up their homes
• Midlo soldier reunites with Commander
• Drew Peterson’s son fired from police department
• Kirk talks funding cuts
• Teen charged in shooting after game
• Chocolate draws crowd to Homewood
• Missing elderly man found at hospital
• Racial turnover evident in census
• Middle-class blacks find opportunities in the Southland
• No joke: Jackpot share for Orland Park woman, family members
• Feeling welcome in Will County
• Elderly missing man found at hospital
• $30K bail for accused auto show vandals
• Rich Central teen sues over alleged attack at school
• Low funds may nix Crete’s Memorial Day Parade
• O’Shea party site upsets opponents
• Dirty politics in 19th Ward? Mailing stirs controversy
• Quinn considers merging school districts
• Ministers want more cops in high-crime areas
• Illinois Senate president praises Wisconsin Dems
• Wisconsin Democrats could stay away for weeks
• No joke: Jackpot share for Orland Park woman
• Quinn’s goal 300 school districts
• Elderly man missing from SW Side center
• Dolton official’s son accused of break-in
• Borders says ‘no’ to Beverly, Matteson
• $30K bail for accused auto show vandals
• IDOT touts Central Avenue connector plans
• Man found along Bishop Ford missing since Feb. 7
• Looking for a work-out class that breaks from the ordinary? Drums Alive is a fast-paced blend of cardio and drumming for an intense, not-your-average-class workout! Class begins on Friday, February 25. We also have Yoga, Pilates on the Ball, Lunchtime
• Nearly 100 firefighters battle factory blaze
• Burned man runs into police station for help
• Mother, Chicago Heights cop testify at Conner trial
• Citizen watchdog training offered by BGA
• Gruesome burials for poor likely not unique to Cook County
• Sheriff ‘appalled’ at cemetery’s treatment of bodies
• Thomas Kaminski, former Southwest Side priest, dies
• Feds: Chicago city workers given sham exams
• Trustee candidate tossed from ballot in Oak Lawn
• Fire damages Chicago Heights house
• Oak Forest’s Medina moves on
• Frankfort town hall meeting Saturday
• Oak Lawn High School to cut coaches, add fees
• Chocolate Festival set for Saturday
• 3 Orland Park men charged with vandalizing cars at auto show
• Sheriff: Bodies of poor stacked in mass graves
• Family members claim share of Mega Millions prize
• Oak Lawn trustee candidate tossed from ballot
• Body found on Bishop Ford exit ramp
• Medina advances on ‘Idol’
• Dead Steger boy’s dad blames 3
• 3 critical after W. Pullman stabbing
• FedEx semi rolls over on I-65
• Chicago school is 100% college-bound
• Defense: Lift seal on Blago evidence
• There is still time to sign-up for these amazing fitness classes: Tai Chi, Salsa, Cardio Salsa, Fitness Yoga, Pilates on the Ball and PROP-erly Pilates! Summer is right around the corner, start getting in shape today! Check-out full class details at ww
• Heads shaved to fight cancer
• Dart to push new cemetery rules
• 2 teens shot on Southwest Side
• 1 hurt in Dan Ryan crash on South Side
• 3 Orland men arrested at auto show
• Heroin’s toll hits home in Southland
• Prosecutors ask to keep evidence in Peterson trial
• Medina advances on ‘American Idol’
• Ceremony held for CFD commissioner’s father
• Lawmaker wants House vote on closing Chicago locks
• Slashing and borrowing
• 2-year-old dies at day care center
• Snow cleanup bills hitting town budgets
• Borders closing the book on Southland stores
• Boy’s mom testifies in Conner trial
• Picnic to help Raiders
• Benefit set for New Lenox boy
• Woman accused of being fake lawyer
• Jail inmate accused in plot to kill witness
• Red Line not get away for robbery suspect
• Martial arts master shares his knowledge
• Looking to join start a new class? We have a variety of classes beginning Thursday. Tai Chi helps you to restore balance, increase flexibility and reduce stress. Salsa will help you learn some hot new dance moves! Cardio Salsa will help you work-out
• Ex-employee shoots up Chicago Heights business
• Obama proposes $350M for Great Lakes
• Provident to turn away emergency ambulances
• 4 hurt when cars hit train on S. Side
• Ill. crash deaths at record low
• Woman shot in both legs at S. Side bus stop
• Mall developer rebate advances in Tinley
• SD 218 board alarmed by reading report
• Chicago Hts cracks down on gold-buying firms
• Rich South band asks SD 227 for new uniforms
• Census 2010: Will County sees biggest growth
• Chicago’s population drops 6.9%
• FBI probing county’s Project Shield
• Quinn plays it close to vest
• Arguing starts even before Illinois budget is unveiled
• Drug fugitives surrender
• Clothing prices on way up
• Central Avenue Bypass hearing scheduled for Thursday
• Amtrak train evacuated in Mont. after threat
• Arguing starts before Ill. budget unveiled
• Woman attacked in W. Pullman alley
• Missing woman, 81, found safe
• 12 displaced by South Side fire
• Suit: Motorist updating Facebook during fatal crash
• Woman attacked in S. Side alley
• Woman, 81, reported missing
• Cop blamed for fatal Steger crash
• State faces tight budget despite tax increase
• Free transit rides for all seniors to end
• Late teen’s siblings moved to new home
• Obama budget: Some cuts, GOP demanding more
• Cook County to cut nurses at Oak Forest Hospital
• Ghosts of the suburbs? Not so much
• NIU marks grim anniversary
• Judge orders new hearing in Oak Lawn election case
• Chicago Blackhawk Jake Dowell Cooks and Signs Autographs at Orland Meijer
• Elderly man missing
• Lynwood clerk charged in fatal Ill. 394 crash
• Mom blames cop, not boyfriend, for son’s death
• Cook County cutting nurses at 2 hospitals
• Clothing prices on the way up
• No more cell towers?
• 2 teens critically wounded on SE Side
• 2 cops among 3 critical after Roseland crash
• 4 hurt when cars hit train
• Will Illinois businesses run for the border?
• Pet rescue owner: ‘I ran out of time’
• ‘Bridalplasty’ appearance nets Crestwood woman a dream wedding
• Fire under investigation in Bridgeview
• Police chaplains work beyond the pulpit
• Fisherman draws a bad hand with computer solitaire
• Flake Fest 1, Cabin Fever 0
• Animal sanctuary owner charged with neglect, cruelty
• Arrested animal sanctuary owner thanks authorities for intervening
• Animal sanctuary owner charged with neglect, cruelty
• Authorities remove animals from popular rescue
• Lincoln fans go for record by reciting speech
• Did Conner break the law or follow police orders?
• Bands perform to celebrate Black History Month
• Orland man gets 18 mos. for commodities fraud
• Lawsuit: Glass found in McDonald’s sandwich
• Mother, teacher, clown: Koepel lived to help others
• U of C prof takes top CPS post — for now
• Chicago’s residency rule ­— essential or outdated?
• Many value residency rule
• Crackdown began with mayor’s father
• Middle school choir sings Valentine’s wishes by phone
• Arrowhead collection on display in Crete
• Why do Illinoisans love our ‘captors’ so much?
• Meals on Wheels looking for drivers in Southland
• Preckwinkle donor gets job, big pay
• Philadelphia church official charged in abuse scandal
• Slaty-backed gull makes rare appearance
• Former Sox exec admits to kickback scheme
• Man shot in face on SW Side
• AP-NY--Cold Case Closed,136 NY officials close case of teen’s 1972 murder Eds: APNewsNow. UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in upstate NY have closed the nearly fou
• Southland Active Military
• Ill. senator proposes univ. pay cuts
• It is ironic that at night, when you let go of reality, your dreams awaken you to what you are overlooking in your life. Dreams focus on steps you need to take at the present time. The focus could be how to restore your health, improve your relationship
• Reported errors double in air traffic control
• Cops: Woman faked hostage call, wanted ride
• South Side man 12th cold-related death
• Man shot in van on Southwest Side
• Victim: Didn’t see attacker outside C Hts bar
• Man shot outside Bogan High School
• Local group: Egyptian president’s move ‘utter rubbish’
• Local singer advances on ‘Idol’
• OLCHS students raise funds for clubs, teams
• SD 124 to boost communication
• Mubarak won’t step down
• Man shot at high school
• Victim says he didn’t see attacker in attempted murder case
• State Senate Dems propose raising minimum wage
• Alvarez, Preckwinkle reach accord
• Midway dead last in on-time departures
• Emanuel faces ire of some unions, other groups
• Blue Island teen dies after root canal
• Cold is gold for Evergreen Park’s Flake Fest
• There’s no scaling back Tinley Park Fishing & Outdoor Show
• Taste of Chicago to stay free, park district to take over
• Snow shark
• Sauk Village joins Loop hit-and-run case
• When will this cold snap end?
• Officer shoots dog during domestic call
• 1 rescued, 2 hurt in Side Side blaze
• Airport concession workers seek raises
• Gonzalez gets late Heights mayor's campaign cash
• Miss. plate proposed to honor KKK leader
• Senate targets gov’s appointees
• Have you always wanted to decorate your cakes a little better? Do you watch Cupcake Wars & wish you could that? Join us for Basic Cake Decorating! Class begins this Saturday and runs February 12-March 5 from 2:30-4:00pm. Learn to make perfect fro
• State’s Attorney Alvarez lays off 101 workers
• Cook public defender balks at 10 percent cuts
• ‘Share the wealth’
• Frigid temps, wind-chill advisory continue
• Late Chicago Heights mayor’s campaign cash goes to Gonzalez
• Next for ‘Idol’ contestant? Tune in
• Palestinian teen undergoes skull surgery at Hope
• Woman dies, two kids hurt in crash on Dan Ryan
• Dolton twins sentenced for pimping
• Cook sheriff offers towns help in shoveling snow
• New drilling method opens vast oil fields in western U.S.
• 1 injured when semi, car collide on I-88
• Train derails, snarls traffic to Midway
• Groups seek record Lincoln reading
• 2 dead, 1 hurt in Maywood fire
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• Customs: Dog sniffs out opium at O’Hare
• 2 S. Holland teens win volunteerism awards
• 2 hurt in Maywood extra-alarm fire
• Widow seeks $4M in postal vehicle crash
• 11 displaced by Gage Park fire
• EP man killed in Bishop Ford crash
• Southland docs: Get the flu shot
• Alvarez, Preckwinkle battle over budget cuts
• Blago claims conversation record ‘missing’
• Will County still undecided on 911 center
• Daley defends city’ssurveillance network
• Hynes gets job with U.S. government
• ‘Idol’ fundraiser at Oak Forest bar
• 50-year sentence in 1998 SW Side murder
• Quinn may also decide fate of condemned prisoners
• A Blizzard of Teamwork
• Oak Lawn police to work security at bowling alley
• Homer Glen finalizes its initial community trail
• Tinley Park short on funds for street work
• Pricey homes again at center of mortgage fraud probe
• New sign rules coming to Matteson
• Flossmoor loses longtime residents
• Man charged in 1983 murder of bookstore owner, 77
• Daley: Taste to be all food, no music
• Home-repair contractors sued over guarantees
• A variety of fun and exciting classes are beginning next week. Looking for a new work-out routine? Body Bars (Monday), Cardiosculpt (Tuesday), Step Bench Workout & Pilates Mat (Wednesday) and Salsa, Cardio Salsa & Tai Chi (Thursday). Have you
• No one hurt in extra-alarm fire. roof collapse
• Flu cases on the rise; winter just half over
• Police: Mom suffocated 8-month-old son
• New sign rules will be coming to Matteson
• Southland mayors find help for cash-flow problem
• Chicago to borrow more to cover firefighter pay hikes
• Girls make cookies to help 4-year-old in battle with cancer
• Slew of Southland bank robbers’ trails lead to dead ends
• Banks deal with fallout, security issues
• ACLU wants city to stop installing security cameras
• Blizzard fully tests Lincolnway center
• New Lenox Twp. pantry seeks month donation
• New Lenox plans summer concert series
• State sues to block Burge pension
• Oak Forest city administrator Marquart resigns
• Cook seniors must seek exemption annually
• Girls make cookies to fight cancer
• Chicago firefighters get $94M in back pay
• EP public works employee hit by car
• $1.8M fine in Lynwood dump case
• Another record snow. Really.
• Man gets stuck in ducts in jail escape attempt
• Report: Worker comp often just needs doctor’s note
• UofI plans to open DC lobbying office
• Rush screening visitors for flu
• Ex-deacon gets 6 years for stealing $317K
• Cop ticketed after crash
• Police: Inmate returned to jail with drugs
• Woman found murdered in Roseland
• Without the Bears, businesses take hit
• All city services hampered by blizzard back today
• Harvey looking for help with homicides
• Bitter cold expected after snow
• School brings the ’40s to life
• Cul-de-sacs: The roads less traveled, the roads last plowed
• Puppy Bowl awards hungry competitors
• Hundreds visit Reagan’s birthplace for centennial
• Man asks cops about growing pot, is arrested
• Bridgeview mayor tapped for state Senate
• School to return — parking tickets, too
• Egypt ruling party leaders resign, but regime holds
• Bridgeview mayor tapped for state Senate
• Health fair takes matters to the heart
• Oak Forest man dies from cold
• Tinley man found dead in home
• Durbin appointed to Holocaust Memorial Council
• Ill. officials helped 4,000 motorists in storm
• School and parking enforcement back on track Monday
• Can state borrow to pay off billions?
• Reagan home razed?
• Country Club Hills police sued over deadly chase
• Plowing along after storm
• ‘Dutch’ had ties to Chicago
• Flossmoor loses longtime residents
• Snow backs up sewers
• Traffic cops boosted for weekend
• What makes it all click?
• Bullet put ex-Tinley man on right path
• Judge orders evaluations in Randulich case
• Police: Alcohol a factor in fatal wrong-way crash on Illinois 394
• Police close investigation into boy’s death
• Firefighter attacked on South Side
• Can you get there? Probably
• Woman dead, 2 hurt after South Side fire
• Weis: Shootings take a snow day
• Looking for an amazing total body workout? Join us for Cardio Blast with Strength! Class combines intense cardio workouts: kickboxing, step, athletic drills & more with a face-paced strength portion to sculpt those muscles. Class is held on Tuesday,
• 1 killed, 2 hurt in wrong-way crash on Illinois 394
• Lansing man, 87, dies of gunshot wound
• County suspends 7 in probe of jobs program
• Second guilty plea in Orland Park contract
• A special delivery in Oak Lawn
• Bouncing back from the blizzard
• Illinois digs out from mound of winter headaches
• Snow collapses Green Garden dome
• Mokena murder hearing delayed
• Mail delivery returning to normal
• Report seeks reins on health insurers
• Fire hits Lynwood bus garage
• Snow collapses Green Garden dome
• Storm shows better forecasting, same old snowplow
• The snow’s over — bring on the routine
• La Nina blamed for rash of big storms
• 3 hurt in Bridgeview crash
• Kankakee County Coroner seeking Steele family
• Faces of Faith: The Rev. Henry Reyenga
• U of I official: Close aviation program
• Report: Bulk of insurance premiums for health care
• 19th Ward candidates forum tonight
• DCFS probing Justice boy’s death
• Do you make handmade arts & crafts? We still have a few openings for our Spring Craft Fair on Saturday, March 12. All items must be handmade. Call 708-342-4200 for registration information today!
• Can you get there today?
• Man found dead in South Side home without heat
• Lake Shore Drive reopened
• Harvey man shot, killed in Markham
• ComEd: Most power back by afternoon
• Some govt. offices to reopen Thursday
• Metra: 7 lines to run regular skeds
• Fire, police busy during the storm
• Stranded: The ‘inn’-side story
• Sledding brings back moment of childhood
• Region struggles to recover from crippling blizzard
• About 3,000 without power in Southland
• Comforts of home at New Lenox Police Department
• Snowstorm forces PADS to scramble
• Christ Hospital employees won’t stop helping
• ComEd crews out restoring power to customers
• Program zeroes in on homework
• Two medical buildings proposed for Oak Lawn
• Southlanders make it to their destinations
• Chicago travelers evacuated from Egypt
• What’s open in the Southland
• By car, bus or rail, the going is slow in Southland
• Around the Southland: What you’re experiencing
• Enjoying this snowy day? Just think, you could be at home creating beautiful gifts, household decorations and clothes, all too perfectly fit your style. Next week begins Sewing and Quilting classes through the Tinley Park-Park District and Sew Creative
• Digging out in Oak Lawn
• Health Briefs
• Preckwinkle outlines Cook 2011 spending plan
• Warming shelters
• Dad does blizzard control from Iraq
• Chicago area endures possibly historic blizzard
• Plows don’t help, when visibility’s zip
• Blizzard knocks out power to tens of thousands
• Help from a stranger in the storm
• 79,000 ComEd customers without power
• Taking shelter in the storm
• Snowbanks and memory banks: Southlanders recall ’67 blizzard
• Blizzard knocks out power to thousands of ComEd customers
• Lane Bryant investigation cool, not cold
• Lane Bryant company breaks ties with Tinley location
• Lane Bryant: Out of sadness, some lives changed for the better
• Fire damages Alsip business
• Will the groundhog see his shadow? Just think...spring could be a mere 6 weeks away! Join a fun fitness class to help get ready: Cardio Blast w/ Strength, Body Bars, CardioSculpt, Step Bench, Pilates Mat, Pilates Ball, Tai Chi & many more! Check out
• EIU closes ahead of winter storm
• Knife-wielding man shot by police charged
• 2nd body found in Schiller Park bar
• 650 flights canceled at Chicago airports
• ‘Blizzard’ a call to battle
• 15-month sentence in shooting
• Top 10 Chicago snowstorms
• What’s Forecast
• Snow days? Not for these workers
• SEC prosecutor joins tax board
• CTA, Metra: We’re ready
• Board votes to keep Mokena Intermediate School open
• If ruling stands, rebates for state drivers possible
• No residency rule? Bye-bye, middle class, Daley says
• Southland couples ‘thrilled’ with new civil union law
• Quinn signs bill legalizing civil unions
• SD 159 to keep Mokena Intermediate School open
• Braun asked to apologize over ‘crack’ accusation
• Deer culling starting in some Will County forest preserves
• Early voting starts in mayor’s race
• Illinois minorities more likely to do time for drugs
• Alsip: Stranger offers ride to 8th-grader
• Ill. minorities more likely to do time for drugs
• Woman, dog rescued from icy pond
• SD 218 reschedules freshmen registration
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• Ex-POW helps widows obtain benefits
• Oak Lawn trustee, family still raising money in daughter’s name
• Madigan urges consumers to protect online identities
• Vehicle hits man on run from police
• Oak Lawn seeks dog park members
• Quinn to sign civil union law
• $4 million going to help Cook County trim the fat
• Parishioners pray for loved ones’ safety in Egypt
• Mubarak must go, Egyptian reform leader says
• Economy gains, but jobs crisis remains
• Legal bill has SD 159 considering policy change
• Homewood school district to ask voters for tax hike
• Ballots without Emanuel’s name locked away
• Chico says Chicago should host Super Bowl
• District 210’s extracurricular policy questioned
• Chaos engulfs Cairo; Mubarak points to succession
• Crowd welcomes home Air Force couple in New Lenox
• Ford workers receive profit-sharing checks
• Workers free mom, kids from rolled-over car
• Congressman greets constituents at town hall meeting
• A final judgment in notorious police abuse scandal
• Emanuel ruling behind, Chicago focuses on issues
• Retired Mokena cop honored
• Tribute to be held for Oak Lawn pastor
• Man succumbs to injuries
• William J. Hurley, professor, children’s author, dies
• Dixmoor mayor accused of choking village worker
• Madigan fighting for public works bill
• Bystanders rescue three from Worth crash, rollover
• Patriotic theme for Tinley Park benches program
• Dart, Preckwinkle still feuding over budget cuts
• $4.9M of pot seized in Steger
• Oak Lawn election spat headed to Cook County court
• Veterans to honor Lincoln’s birthday
• Official defends response to Asian carp invasion
• Complacency limits meeting Obama’s challenge for girls
• 5 charged in bowling alley brawl
• $250K bail for teen charged in Riverdale home invasion
• $4.9M of pot seized in Steger
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• Police: 2 shot, 1 killed robbing armored truck
• Man sues over Harley test-drive crash
• Police: Burglar poisoned goldfish
• Ill. tollway gets $5M in back tolls
• Man found fatally shot on SW Side
• Man talked off 11th-floor ledge
• Mt. Greenwood woman to turn 100
• Nature preserves recognized
• Ex-gov’s wife released from hospital
• LTHS tour targets repair needs
• Student who brought bullets on bus in Tinley Park faces suspension
• Court: Rahm can run
• Correction
• Board says Burge can keep police pension
• Lincoln-Way SD 210’s extracurricular policy questioned
• Medical developments outlined in Oak Lawn
• Local singer wants to be America’s next Idol
• Lockport Central tour targets repair needs
• Challenger still a painful wound
• Grease fire at Orland Park bowling alley
• Ridgeland SD 122 investing in technology
• Homer Glen may get greener
• Ex-gov’s wife released from hospital
• Midlothian to update Cicero zoning rules
• S. Sider charged in carjacking, chase
• Owner found dead in burned out pub
• Say it ain’t so: More snow?
• Several held after Riverdale home invasion
• A variety of adult classes are starting soon! Save money and learn to create unique items with our Sewing & Quilting classes. Ballroom & Dance Like the Stars classes start soon. Looking for a total body workout? Cardio Blast with Strength may
• Obesity prevention grants awarded in Cook County
• 1,000+ try for 50 union jobs in Joliet
• Homeless vet to have military funeral
• Breast implants could carry higher risk of rare cancer
• Court ruling means $31 billion roadblock
• Contractor with clout gets two-year sentence
• Tyree says cancer less
• Chicago Heights Park District post still vacant
• Law requires residence
• Mokena SD 159 Board delays vote on closing school
• Waterfall Place is evolving
• Murders plague Chicago Heights
• National Guard company moves into new digs in Robbins
• Oak Lawn cops warn residents of con artists
• Tinley weighs tax break for electrical supplier
• Homer Glen considers 159th Street ‘wish list’
• Mail man’s suspicion frees woman trapped in closet
• Pharmacy closing over birth control
• Govt: New rules would cut thousands of coal jobs
• Carjacking, chase ends in crash
• Orland water main break repaired
• Blue Isl. man convicted in Ind. kidnapping
• ‘Main offender’ held in cop impersonator caper
• Man found beaten to death in Morgan Park
• Bells to honor fallen firefighter
• Preckwinkle lends an ear to Southland leaders
• ‘Tin Man’ heading home
• Chico says abandon residency rule
• Quinn responds to state’s taunts
• Supreme Court to decide on whether Rahm can run
• Quinn signs Medicaid reform into law
• House GOP endorses pre-Obama spending levels
• Tie guy scores job offer, international attention
• Elderly man found dead in home from cold
• Will sheriff taking some crime reports online
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• DCFS investigates baby’s death in Hazel Crest
• Oak Lawn police warn homeowners about con artists
• Homer Glen considers 159th Street ‘wish list’
• Homewood SD 153 plans April referendum on bond issue
• Fire sweeps through Orland Park home
• Court rules complaint should get public airing
• Cubs license plates coming
• IL AG PAC digest
• Prosecutors: Man drank at 2 bars, napped before fatal crash
• National Guard 1744th Transportation Company moves into new digs in Robbins
• Museum attendance down 3% in 2010
• Judge upholds Ryan conviction
• Are you looking for a better trained dog? We offer puppy and dog obedience classes beginning February 9 or April 6. Class meets for 6 weeks. Call for full details today and have a better trained pooch soon. Looking for unique ways to interact with yo
• Crash closes part of Vollmer Road
• State of the Union: It’s the economy, again
• Anti-war activists say they won’t testify
• Packer backer fired for wearing Green Bay tie
• Toddler tumbles down elevator shaft
• Oak Lawn family escapes house fire
• Rahm off Chicago ballot — for now
• Interactive show brings theater to autistic kids
• Planners seek to process Asian carp
• Frankfort eases downtown sign regulations
• Lincoln artifacts on display
• Report critical of Fox murder probe
• 1 charged in fatal Burbank crash
• New Lenox chamber’s 1st ‘lifetime award’
• 3 area men charged in ‘Cookie Jar’ probe
• Archives: Historian changed date on Lincoln pardon, claimed credit
• Frankfort holds hearing on future of Fox site
• Quinn loses football bet
• We have a variety of exciting & FUN classes starting soon! Choose Stroller Fitness and work-out with your little one! Don't want to commit to an exact time & day? Try a 10 punch card for Bootcamp in the Park or Stroller Fitness? Looking
• Freezing rain creating slick roads
• Student chef winners feed Chicago classmates
• 1 wounded during S. Side attempted robbery
• Olympia Fields couple to put eye care in focus in Grenada
• 2-year-old falls down elevator shaft
• Man dead after Burbank crash
• Chicago home to new wave of comic-strip artists
• Emanuel plans campaign push in mayoral race
• One fan’s view from the stands
• Comeback not in store for these Bears fans
• New Lenox goes French with its market
• Worker’s compensation reform could delay borrowing
• Teens arrested for robbing motorists stuck in snow
• Alderman finds new anchor work in Cicero
• South Side gets its Irish Queen
• Marine welcomed home in Orland Park
• Chicago Ridge mom sentenced to 10 years for molesting teens
• Kids brave cold to play Winter Classic
• Tinley psychologist accused of sexual misconduct with patient
• In Packers family, Dad is lone Bears fan
• Lawsuit says Robbins cop shot man while handcuffed
• Convicted cops face special issues serving jail time
• McAuley students to March for Life in Washington
• High ‘steaks’ game: Bears win would mean sandwiches for 500 in Orland Park
• Judge: Wades’ custody fight ‘saddest thing’
• Mount Carmel president resigns
• Love Bears all things, even a Packer backer
• Going to the Bears game today? Don’t freeze your butt off
• China’s Hu meets business leaders, visits school
• Chicago man sentenced for robbing NBA star
• New Lenox cops to hold community class
• Burge gets 41⁄2 years in torture case
• Rematch 70 years in the making
• McAuley students to March for Life in D.C.
• Unemployment rate in Illinois down last month
• Obama goal: ‘Putting the economy into overdrive’
• Doc: Giffords heard cheers leaving Ariz., smiled
• Grant to aid heart attack victims in Southland
• Space heater blamed for CCH blaze
• Where to watch Bears-Packers
• Packers fans lurking across the Southland
• Roseland couple found dead; space heater suspected
• Ill. warming centers open during cold snap
• Englewood clinic gets UofC Medical grant
• Woman sues Harvey, police commander’s son after SUV crash
• Pregnant teen missing from SW Side
• Study: Traffic costs you 70 hours a year
• Chinese president lauds Chicago, Daley
• Obama to base HQ in Chicago
• Fire damages roof of Chicago Heights church
• North Korea warns neigbors to south of a ‘catastrophe’
• Quick reads
• Stumping for the Bears
• Obama tobase HQ in Chicago
• Evergreen SD 124 looks at food-service change
• Service providers say state bond sale needed
• Quinn: Senate should have acted on appointees
• Prosecutors: Woman stole $1.5M to pay gambling losses
• Crowd turns out to protest proposed changes at Oak Forest Hospital
• In Southland, foreclosure crisis ‘doesn’t discriminate’
• Chicago traffic congestion worst with D.C.
• Testimony starts in Burge sentencing hearing
• Sodaro to stay on Oak Lawn ballot
• If Bears win, Obama’s Super Bowl-bound
• Surprise! Mayoral candidates predict Bears will beat Packers
• A Packers bar in Bear country?
• Courageous speech needed in face of violent rhetoric
• It’s not impossible: Ex-Bear, ex-Packer friends at H-F High
• Rich South Marching Band to play for Hu
• Rich Township SD 227 election board ousts three school board candidates
• Appeals court denies Conrad Black request for review of convictions
• Salmonella outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts probed
• Police arrest man in wire thefts
• Restrictions on gays in the military up to Senate
• Chicago’s gang crime spreading to the suburbs
• Frogs, lizards, snakes invade the classroom
• Big shakeup of administrators at Oak Lawn SD 229
• District 228 seeks state grant for window work at Bremen
• Discrimination will cost Orland landlord
• ‘Fast Eddie’ enters prison
• Cook County Board grudgingly OKs hospital officials’ raises
• Shoe charity growing in size
• Governors place their bets on Bears-Packers game
• Village reaches pact with public works employees
• Discrimination will cost Orland landlord $35,000
• Evergreen Park seeks grant to help provide flood relief
• Housing inspections start in Park Forest
• District 227 advances 300 students mid-year
• Can we crash your Bears party?
• District 228 seeks state grant for window work at Bremen
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• Quinn wants public input on death penalty
• FAA: Laser incidents soar, threaten planes
• Police seek help finding SW Side shooting suspects
• Football battle lines drawn on 115th Street
• Preckwinkle warns three county officials
• Man hurt after SW Side blaze
• Some Quinn appointees facing blank paychecks?
• After long court battle, schools reinstate moment of silence
• Family longs for healing after tragic crash
• Clinton endorses Emanuel
• DUI-crash trial delayed a day
• DeVry University Career Services - Off Campus Federal Work-Study Employment
• SD 228 seeks state grant for window work at Bremen
• Orland Park man to be honored
• Kaupas names cousin deputy police chief
• Evergreen Park seeks state grant for flood relief
• After long court battle, schools resinstate moment of silence
• Mokena ‘angels’ changing world one crayon at a time
• Health briefs
• Durbin: States should not impose death penalty
• Man shot in head in West Pullman
• 1 arrested after 5-hour SW Side standoff
• Bones delay Blue Island stadium
• Celebrating with a day of service
• Gardner tries to spread ‘Happyness’ on MLK Day
• Tax credit is incentive to hire temporary workers
• Bill Clinton to campaign in Chicago for Emanuel
• Trucks crash on I-80, killing driver
• Witness: Renter wanted $100K
• Meeks says minority contracts should only go to blacks
• Activities set for students on break
• Tollway says it’s ready for snow
• Illinois unemployment, foreclosures both drop
• 7 charged after area’s largest pot bust
• Agency to do homeless count
• Funeral set for firefighter
• Celebrating with a day of service
• Dave & Busters clears another hurdle in Orland Park
• Chicago Heights police investigating baby’s death
• Brunswick exec says safety measures to blame for business dip
• Charities fighting for every last dollar
• Bears-Packers tickets on sale today
• Police interrupt S. Side home invasion
• Bears-Packers tickets on sale Tuesday; beware of buying online
• Reputed drug kingpin recipient of city break
• Matteson focuses on making streets safer
• Bakeries struggle to make dough
• Blue Island service remembers King
• Tinley car show raises money for charity
• Firefighter remembered as outgoing, dedicated
• Hospitals providing more charity care
• Two referendum proposalscould bring lower electric bills
• Oak Forest rebuked by AG for violation
• Who says it isn’t easy being green?
• Report: Illinois not ready
• Apartment damaged in fire
• Parents investigated after infant boy dies in Chicago Heights
• Family, friends cheer for special hoops players
• Chicago firefighter remembered as outgoing, dedicated
• Scouts find fun ways to deal with cold and snow
• Man, 25, dies in Thornton car crash
• Man shot dead, found in Chicago Hts snowbank
• DCFS probing infant death in Chicago Heights
• Governor putting an end to Put Illinois to Work
• Emanuel’s wife won’t have to be at hearing
• Source: Tanning salon gun matches gun in ‘honeybee’ spree
• City digs out of severe storm
• Teeth pulled, transplant called off
• Three-way mayoral race in Homer Glen
• Evergreen Park vet using stem cell therapy to treat animals
• Doctor touched many lives over long career
• Lipinski wants some answers from Southwest Airlines
• Foggy future for Death Row inmates
• Family of man killed in Blue Island workplace accident files suit
• Chicago Heights clears way for barber and beauty shop
• Moment of silence back in effect in state schools
• Car show to benefit LWSRA
• Wrongly accused men say end death penalty
• Nicarico father against repealing death penalty
• SportsWebio founder gets 161/2 years for Ponzi scheme
• Oak Lawn panel rules partially in trustee challenge
• ComEd seeks state help to improve grid
• Who says it isn’t easy being green?
• Kirk: Federal spending a top issue, should be cut
• Broken water pipe damages state Capitol
• Bill creates Southeast commuter district
• Bodies piled up at Cook County morgue
• Four charged with raping young teen, recording it
• Will County camp site named for teen
• Poll: Americans say they will honor King holiday
• Schools prepare for return of moment of silence
• Orland Park residents urged to report potholes
• Higher state income tax will offset federal cuts
• Tanker crashes, 1 hurt on Bishop Ford
• Quinn signs tax increase
• Tinley Park police warn about con men
• Homer Glen man takes home Emmys
• Blago to Dem leaders: I told you so
• Prosecutors: No retrial of Black on tossed charges
• U of C prof helps find early dinosaur
• Hundreds come out for young victim’s funeral
• Michigan attorney general plans to continue Asian carp legal fight
• Grundy County paying $15 per coyote
• Push on to restore recess at city schools
• New guidelines to make school lunches healthier
• CTA ridership down less than 1%
• County morgue double-bunking bodies
• 1 dead, 1 critical after S. Side fire
• Governor noncommittal on death-penalty repeal
• Obama to be nation’s consoler
• Rainey, SD 227 going separate ways
• New area legislators take office
• Quinn says he soon will sign tax-increase bill
• Some Southlanders say increase mind-blowing
• Washington Park TIF district ends in Homewood
• Vacant eatery in for face-lift
• Bears tickets not so hot
• Tinley Park woman dies after leap onto I-80
• Black needs judge’s order to attend hearing
• Independent group accredits Marion VA facility
• Federal judge won’t step down from Burge case
• Lawsuit filed in pedestrian death
• Midway Airport again last in on-time departures
• Another murder charge in crime spree
• Carnes trial delayed two weeks
• Rainey, District 227 going separate ways
• Woman leaps from 80th Avenue bridge over I-80
• Going in search of winter’s wonders
• Former Oak Lawn chief donates to 9-11 project
• Washington Park TIF district ends in Homewood
• Provident to reduce ER services
• 3 hurt, including child, in S. Side crash
• Cook County Jail drying out after flood
• Quinn pledges to sign tax hike
• Boy, 13, missing from Gage Park
• Willard Scott to star in Peoria Groundhog Day
• Attorney: Chicago bomb suspect ‘remorseful.’
• Parks to get 600 acres of SE Side wetlands
• Tatina named SouthtownStar publisher
• 66% income tax increase OK’d; Rep. Miller collapses
• Illinois Senate votes to abolish death penalty
• Senate president: More work ahead
• Man convicted in fatal beating of Chicago teen
• Suspect’s troubles didn’t keep him from gun
• Cook releases flood funds
• CN deals to be made public
• Frankfort has spent most of anti-noise funds from CN
• Oak Forest getting tougher on ticket scofflaws
• Homewood ends Washington Park taxing district
• Former Oak Lawn police chief donates to 9-11 project
• Tatina named paper’s publisher
• Sheriff’s deputies rescue four from burning building
• Nofal’s family, police still chasing answers in abduction/slaying
• Frankfort has spent most of anti-noise funds from CN
• District 218 extends faculty child-care contract for one year
• Arbor Park SD 145 might seek 23 percent tax increase
• Group may withdraw referendum petitions
• Groups study Great Lakes, Mississippi separation
• New agreement on housing for developmentally disabled
• Ill. Senate votes to end death penalty
• Snow snarling traffic, airports
• Traffic tied up near Lemont
• Groups study separating Great Lakes, Mississippi River
• Ill. treasurer’s Riverdale office among 6 to close
• Mokena man’s plan to help SD 159 a long shot
• District 218 extends faculty child-care contract for one year
• Frankfort has spent most of anti-noise funds from CN
• Man shot in head, critically injured on SW Side
• Area under winter weather advisory
• SD 159 board to get new faces
• Some Oak Lawn officials question referendum drive
• Ryan’s bail request denied
• Another go-around for former Oak Forest mayor?
• Tax plan scaled back slightly
• Burge wants light sentence
• Motorcycle dog Snowbaby dies
• All’s pretty quiet on Metra
• Shooting won’t deter Kinzinger from holding public meetings
• Suspect in Arizona shooting held without bail
• Insanity defense may prove tricky for shooting suspect
• $325K Little Lotto ticket sold on SW Side
• $125K bail for Glenwood man accused of trying to take cop’s gun
• 1 killed, 2 cops among injured in S. Side crash
• No injuries in Chicago Heights fire
• He used to be fat, now he’s an inspiration
• No sign of movement on income tax hike
• Paintings reflect artists’ travels
• ‘Cold as Ice’ at annual Winter on the Green
• Emanuel vow: 1,000 more cops on streets
• Rep. Gutierrez endorses Chico for Chicago mayor
• Automakers still thinking small
• Lawyer defends Simpson acquittal
• What was hot at Vegas gadget show
• Off-duty cop’s gun fires during fight with suspect
• Former Blackhawks players hit the ice for charity
• A ‘celebration of the century’ for Grandma Clara
• Unsolved mysteries abound in Southland
• Cops: Tow driver left girl out in cold
• Hazel Crest man admits to killing man for eating his food
• Police arrest SD 227 board candidate again
• Challenge dropped to Orland candidates
• Oak Lawn man stabbed in alley
• Man arrested for breaking car windows
• Tollway speed limit up to 65 mph
• Unsolved mysteries abound in Southland
• No shortage of crimes for police to pursue
• Feds reveal Ryan visited ailing wife
• SD 205 referendum doesn’t seek property tax increase
• Police catch, arrest SD 227 board candidate once again
• U.S. says too much fluoride in water
• State legislators pause before big tax push
• Irish government bringing 400 arts events to U.S.
• House takes symbolic step to repeal health legislation
• Senate president’s son pleads guilty to DUI
• Judge delays action in Asian carp trial
• Illinois public making useof open government reforms
• A statement on man’s capacity to be cruel
• Navy couple gets surprise send-off
• Evergreen Park library seeks donations to food pantry
• Tinley Park art school open house is Jan. 17
• ‘Quiet cars’ on track for Monday test
• Marist athletic director on Evergreen Park school board
• Police: Man shot, dragged cop with car
• Robbins man killed in crash
• Sneaky snowstorm wreaks havoc on the Southland
• Quinn, Democratic leaders agree on big tax hike
• Ryan asks to visit gravely ill wife
• Daley adds to string of Chicagoans at White House
• Daley rips admission fee for Taste of Chicago
• Girl Scouts hope Web boosts sales
• Shedd Aquarium to offer free general admission week
• Judge delays sentencing for Rezko
• All SD 227 candidates to be on ballot
• Veterans Memorial speed limit raised
• Sneaky snowstorm wreaks havoc on the Southland
• Clerk: How do we process civil unions?
• Braun has history of being late on property tax bills
• Judge issues warrant for SD 227 candidate
• New Will treasurer makes changes
• Higher speed limit on 88th Avenue in Tinley Park
• Road rage incident in Mokena
• Web site helps people plan for disasters
• Blue Island park board mum on switching law firms
• State seeks info on pipeline leak
• Park board mum on switching law firms
• Report: Calumet Twp. not at fault in drowning
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• Will Braun’s financial woes hurt her candidacy?
• State income tax hike seems closer
• Quinn names new spokeswoman
• Taking the House, GOP primes for fight with Obama
• House welcomes five from Illinois
• No Pelosi vote from Lipinski
• A blessing when pet owners need it most
• Agreement allows for widening of 143rd Street in Orland Park
• Ryan’s wife in ‘very grave’ condition
• Curses! Romania’s witches forced to pay income tax
• Coffee spill causes diversion for United flight
• Jewelry by a Celtic belle
• Chicago’s top cop defends leadership
• Report on health care overhaul in Ill. delayed
• Census: Number of poor may be millions higher
• Fines for smoking tenants?
• New Lenox families start over after losing homes to fires
• 1 in Idaho, 1 in Wash. state win $355M jackpot
• Police wound 3 in separate shootings
• Battle brewing over Cook board office budgets
• Chico would appoint business overseer
• Ex-Midlothian police chief dies
• Irons Oaks recycling Christmas trees
• Three charged in Oak Lawn home burglary
• SD 227 race brings bevy of challenges
• New Lenox families start over after losing homes to fires
• Violence visits Fairmont area again
• Mall developer wants extra sales tax break from Tinley Park
• Orland Park OKs sales tax rebates for auto dealerships
• Chico’s creative school ideas could use a California touch
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• State Democrats nearing vote on tax increase
• December was 12th coldest
• Mega Millions jackpot hits $355M
• Body found near Cal-Sag Channel
• Car-train crashes rising
• Man with tire iron robs Willow Springs bank
• 2 hurt, 15 displaced by fire
• No injuries in South Side laundry fire
• Body found near Cal-Sag Channel
• Changes expected in gambling expansion bill
• Long-serving clerk retires at high court
• Schools fighting locker room larceny
• Chico raises $2.5 million for mayoral run
• Braun flip-flops, releases tax returns
• Local film a real scream
• Cigarette tax hike gets another push
• Menards to expand store in Matteson
• County to mark organ donor awareness
• Rich Central dean draws suspension
• Weis: City homicides lowest since ‘65
• Police chief wants to add to resume
• House GOP sending Obama a message on health repeal
• Burge’s lawyers want judge to step down
• Woman missing since Dec. crash found
• Arson charge filed over Christmas tree fire
• Man found hanged at hospital
• Challenge filed in Oak Lawn race
• Orland Park resident honored for bravery
• Hull House gets makeover
• Crash claims cop’s life
• Braun campaigns for mayor at church
• Bears fans seek Super cure
• Golf tourney brings out Eskimos
• Chicago may get temporary Korean War museum
• Dump cleanup more than $1M
• War hero’s tour
• 4 children among six rescued in Robbins fire
• A good sign for ’11 as fewer join unemployment
• Sheriff denies lawsuit’s claims of nude pics
• Four kids rescued in Robbins fire
• Four kids rescued in Robbins fire
• Loyola hospital claims 2011’s first birth
• Study: Elevated cancer rates in Crestwood
• Sheriff’s police deny lawsuit’s claims of nude photos
• Braun gets official stamp of consensus candidate
• New Lenox family sues Cook cops
• Study examines cancer rates in Crestwood
• A good sign for ’11 as fewer join unemployment rolls
• 2010 year in review: Producer puts his audience at ease
• 2010 year in review: Making extraordinary impressions
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• Davis to drop out of mayor’s race, support Braun: source
• L-Way teacher writes first book for first grandchild
• A high-flying goodbye to 2010 in Homewood
• Amtrak train strikes car, killing woman
• Blago verdict tops state stories
• First DQ now frozen in history
• State: Be careful on snowmobiles
• Three hurt after vehicle hits road-side ditch in Oak Forest
• Boomers hit 65 with retirements in jeopardy
• Prosecutors: Off-duty cop killed by girlfriend’s brother
• L-Way teacher writes first book for first grandchild
• Thousands honor ‘ideal firefighter’
• New Lenox family sues Cook cops
• Broken water main mess upsets Chicago Heights resident
• Man-dog duo say goodbye to road
• ‘Top cop’ Schaller had best job in the world
• New state laws include ethics, stop light reforms
• Homewood hosts New Year’s luau a few hours early
• Family dog chews off girl’s toes
• Fog cancels more than 280 flights at Chicago airports
• Palos Park police offer residents free rides home for New Year’s Eve
• Vendors offer free coffee for New Year’s drivers
• Ill. on track for fewer than 1,000 highway deaths
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• Tinley man dies from hypothermia
• New Lenox family leans on faith, memories to deal with tragedy
• Braun says Rahm should bring in all his D.C. buddies
• Can we have a little organization please?
• Teen charged with killing cop
• Tragedy reunites hoops buddies
• Alleged serial burglar charged
• SHIP volunteers can answer Medicare questions
• SHIP volunteers can answer Medicare questions
• Tinley Park man dies from cold
• Homewood hosts New Year’s luau a few hours early
• Probation in murder of man whose dog urinated on lawn
• Visitation today for second fallen Chicago firefighter
• Muslim family sues Cook County
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• Oldest Illinois resident dies
• Quick reads
• New laws may not be on the books for very long
• Lincoln-Way East grad dies in fall at Union League Club
• Red Cross needs people to come to its aid
• CN’s fine applauded by Will County Board
• Illinois gets $14.9M for insuring more children
• More than 1,700 unscheduled travelers at O’Hare
• Eagle Scout ceremony to mark ‘an end of an era’
• Teen killed in drive-by shooting
• Man robs Southeast Side bank
• Tinley Park official has ties to Clinton’s birthplace home
• Rep. Davis to Clinton: Stay out of Chicago politics
• Lincoln-Way East grad dies in fall at Union League Club
• Driver dies from aneurism along Illinois 83 in Palos Heights
• Harvey man dies after being shot
• Picnic permits on sale Monday for Cook County
• State sues over Summit gas tank leak
• Dolton woman admits to prying into student files
• Frankfort tax levy drops
• CN’s fine applauded by Will County Board
• East property transfers
• North property transfers
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• Central Property Transfers
• Candidate: Put ads on Chicago stickers
• Program works to make connections
• Scientists: Not too late for polar bears
• Special delivery
• AIDS drug drop-off IDS
• Harvey’s fire pension fund sues city
• Soldier’s return has nice ring to it
• Lawyers claim proof is lacking in mob trial
• Crooked road isn’t a one-way
• Case dismissed against county official’s son
• Knitters’ niche: Prayer shawls
• Oak Lawn vet honored at Hawks’ game
• Police search for suspect in Alsip shooting
• New Lenox man crafts cigar box guitars
• Son’s death turned parents into activists
• SIU wants to recruit more female students
• New law forces pet stores to share details of animal’s health history
• Fatal crash still under investigation
• The two Daleys: Son surpasses father’s time in office
• Flossmoor resident celebrates 105th birthday
• Beverly native making a name for herself in TV
• Day-after-Christmas shoppers hit the mall
• Oak Lawn Marine has ‘seen enough’ after deployments
• Lake effect snow grounds flights
• Man shot at Swap-O-Rama
• Playboy’s Hefner gets engaged to a Playmate again
• Snow, Bears, slow crowds at Orland mall
• Ivory Coast general strike called
• Clinton to campaign for Rahm
• Quick reads
• Man quits job, makes living suing spammers
• Rev. Jackson holds holiday service for detainees
• Embodying the true spirit of Christmas
• Park Forest fire guts kitchen, three escape
• Bail set in Chicago Heights murder
• Bail issued in South Chicago Heights home invasion
• From cholera in Haiti to tragedy at home
• Keeping your pets safe during the holidays
• Electronic health records give some mixed results
• High school students get Holocaust lesson
• Dog that survived arrow wound has new home
• Suspicious fire destroys Chi. Hts. building
• Blaze that killed 2 firefighters blamed on trash fire at South Side building
• Advocates seeking more money for low-income college students
• Oak Forest woman killed in crash
• Chicago man charged; $2.7M in drugs seized
• All aboard on CN deal, but tracks still bumpy
• Two Marines home for the holidays
• It’s official: Chicago area will have a white Christmas
• Davis says he’s staying in Chicago mayor’s race
• Today’s Money-Saving Tip from Mr. Tightwad
• Woman killed in Tinley Park crash
• State metro areas see Nov. jobless rate drop
• EP students take songs to the streets
• 5 firefighters remain hospitalized, 1 released after fatal blaze
• More charges possible for trucker in fatal crash
• Two Marines home for the holidays
• Governor grants 34 clemency petitions
• Woman gets life in prison for fire that killed two in Cicero
• Oil-soaked dog found in woods
• License hearing for vet postponed
• Quick reads
• War rhetoric rises between Koreas
• Home for Christmas
• Eisenhower students help ring in season
• Police: Robber targeting contractors
• IRS: Tax changes will delay filings
• Tinley Park mourns former mayor
• Deal reached on Chi.-St. Louis hi-speed rail
• 6 accused of huge pot-growing operation
• Man killed, 2 hurt in South Side fire
• Jimmy John’s pulls alfalfa sprouts in Ill.
• 1.8M travelers expected at O’Hare, Midway
• Wife sued, accused of killing sick husband
• Tinley man gets 30 years in sex assault
• South Side blaze claims two firefighters
• Joliet casino reopens pavilion with new theme and new name
• New Lenox family wants ‘Prancer’ home for Christmas
• Dist. 228 OKs levy increase
• District 205 to offer choice of schools
• Fallen firefighter’s brother: ‘He was doing his job’
• Friend: Stringer will be remembered for ‘valor’
• A Christmas miracle?
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• South Sider arrested for false 911 call
• Boys and Girls Club gets new computers
• Ill. wants online shoppers to pay taxes
• Car flips off I-80 into creek near New Lenox
• 3 critically hurt in 5-vehicle crash on I-57
• Gift drive helps homeless vets
• Time for office seekers to make a run for it
• Winter weather wallops area
• Braun's finacial angel
• Illinois GOP appoints co-chairwoman
• Santa comes to Oak Forest
• Will sheriff appoints cousin spokesman
• Robber fatally shot at tanning salon
• Illinois' most crowded ER struggles to improve
• Obama: Tax cut deal not perfect
• Mount Greenwood bar manager holds toy drive
• Oak Lawn church emphasizes spiritual side of Christmas
• Emanuel campaigns on South Side
• 'St. John incident' lingers in Rich Township
• Project Share, center wage war against hunger
• Settlement reached in one Crestwood suit
• Alsip blocks crews from fixing gas leak
• Clinton backs tax deal
• Orland Park woman killed by Metra train
• Accused Kmart shoplifter dies of heart attack
• SouthtownStar to unveil new Web site
• State signs new contract for inmate shorts
• Waiting game for Oak Forest baseball academy
• 'Inappropriate': Preckwinkle on Berrios nepotism
• Report: Teen possibly impaired in EP crash
• Cops called 3 times to home where OL man shot
• Woman killed by Metra train in Orland
• Settlement reached in one Crestwood suit
• Tinley Park woman dies after being detained for shoplifting
• Jackson urges action on south suburban airport
• Homeless, hospitalized vets get Christmas party
• Flossmoor takeson employees' legal complaints
• Quinn promises thrifty inauguration ceremonies
• Supt. search: Zabrocki would've ordered out
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• Oak Forest's Tin Man still grounded
• Quinn promises frugal, not 'chintzy' inauguration
• Report: teen killed in EP crash possibly impaired
• Tinley Park puts brakes on cab fares
• Chicago doc helping ex-NBA player get bionic legs
• Nearly 99K deer harvested in firearm season
• State announces $5M in loans for small businesses
• Group wants snowy Chicago chair tradition to end
• Church's chances for Burbank site take a hit
• Woman found slain in Roseland building
• Mokena SD 159 will try again
• Cops: OL man shot, tried to stab 2 officers
• Crete cops arrest man in Internet sex sting
• Killer captured via TV show gets life
• Burr Oak Cemetery scanned
• 5 hospitalized after South Side home invasion
• 17 arrested after fight at Gage Park HS
• New Tinley Park trustee joins board
• Crestwood man accused of threatening cop
• Burbank truck firm told to pay $15M for crash
• Officer cleared in fatal EP crash
• Employee at Tinley currency exchange accused of theft
• Jack Frost nips at Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade riders
• New fire station draws heat in Crete Township
• Police investigate SW Side armed robberies
• 2 charged after Roseland hostage situation
• Semi crash, fuel spill tie up Stevenson
• Woman found frozen in Palos ditch
• How muni bond bust could do big damage
• Preckwinkle inherits scandals, problems
• Tinley: Convention center expansion worth risk
• Traditional toys still big sellers
• Pension reform cages 'gorilla in the room'
• FISH group struggling to keep up with need
• Americans quick to get flu shots
• Minivan fatally strikes woman
• Orland Park soldier welcomed back from Iraq
• Quinn says he isn't thrilled by gambling expansion bill
• Mourners gather for slain ex-officer's funeral
• Child nutrition bill could limit bake sales
• Wedding joyous after stressful road there
• Sheriff's deputy allegedly 'decked' woman at tavern, got punched
• Vietnam vet awarded Purple Heart in surprise ceremony
• Schools make up own rules on grading
• Midlothian woman accused of stealing $600,000 from Oak Lawn firm
• Mourners pay their respects at ex-cop's wake
• Park Forest vet with suspended license now arrested
• Orland Park students: 'You rock, Ozzie'
• Man killed, 2 hurt in South Side crash
• Elderly woman found under car
• Oak Lawn Harley ready to rumble out of town
• Woman pleads guilty to minority-contracting fraud
• Documentary launches educators' dialogue
• Grandma's wheelchair ramp not up to code
• Senate OKs pension reform for police, firefighters
• Bremen Twp School Board's legal fees unresolved
• 4 hurt in Family Dollar roof collapse
• Firing of special rec chief stuns residents
• Charges filed against Park Forest vet
• Alsip leaders used tax money on politics
• Holiday spirit on center stage in Tinley Park
• Christmas fest to be held this weekend in Crete
• U.S. jobless rate rises to 9.8%
• Mokena man admits killing sister
• Mokena cop zapped by Taser in arrest
• Chicago shuttering Cabrini-Green
• Midlothian sandwich to make it on TV
• Freight hauler may add 200 jobs
• Large crowd packs church for Chicago cop's funeral
• No bail in Morgan Park slayings
• Semi rolls over, spill fuel onto Bishop Ford
• Crews tow 119 vehicles on second night of parking ban
• Ill. Senate rebuffs Quinn on open records veto
• Mokena teen admits killing sister
• Suit: 'Bears Super Bowl Shuffle' used without permission
• Senate approves lower pensions for police and fire
• Committee created to plan for inauguration
• How Southland lawmakers voted
• Questions and answers about civil unions
• Same-sex couples excited about legal recognition
• District 159 building support for tax hike
• FBI looking for robbery suspects
• Shopping season brings out the crooks
• Park Forest teen accused in stabbings
• Mokena cop tased in arrest
• Committee to plan Illinois inauguration in January
• Crash in Orland Park
• Ford explores new avenues in Chicago
• Madigan: Lawsuits net $2.15 mil from dumpers
• Call him a 'Jet'-setter
• No bail for parolee in cop, officer deaths
• Home rehabber nurtures neighborhoods back to health
• Ground broken for new Tinley Park Metra station
• Illinois House OKs civil unions for gay couples
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• Sides lobbying on state civil unions bill
• Kirk sworn in as Illinois' newest senator
• Palos man guilty of DUI in crash that killed friends
• Homeless but hard-working Man handles petitions for two Chicago mayoral campaigns
• SD 146 brings home its new chief
• Teen charged with killing Chicago cop
• Parents of Southland military personnel form support group
• Bears fan's stadium death ruled accidental
• Mokena SD 159 community forum favors April referendum
• 3 fatally stabbed in Morgan Park
• St. George School Students Helping Those in Need
• 19-year-old charged in deaths of cop, retired CHA officer
• Cops: Man fell 50 feet, died during Bears game
• Taxicab king Garber facing millions in fines
• Three critically hurt after SUV slams into wall
• 'Dibs' can be an abuse of winter parking tradition
• Domestic violence court division expands
• Two charged in New Lenox store burglary
• Residents turn out for letter carrier's retirement
• No grumps allowed at fest
• 1 held in killing of cop, ex-cop
• Firefigher hurt in Homer Glen blaze
• Friends decorate tree in honor of woman killed in crash
• New Lenox Christmas event Sunday
• Chicago Heights looking to annex trailer park
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• Former Crete village clerk was a woman of many talents
• For some grateful Southlanders, holidays have 'hire' meaning
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• Health problems didn't dampen his lust for life
• Mr. Tightwad's take on Cyber Monday
• 'We're certainly not out of the woods'
• Santa brings holiday spirits to Oak Lawn
• UofI prof scours roadsides for Midwest grapes
• Election lawyer mounts challenge to Rahm
• Black Friday means golden deals
• Former Crete village clerk was a woman of many talents
• Man hit by train near in Chicago Ridge
• Turkey bowling, Santa coming to Oak Lawn
• Carbon monoxide kills South Side man
• Son sues in fatal South Side crash
• Calumet City woman killed in fire
• Lawsuit filed in deadly Lemont crash
• Orland Park church helps out at Joliet mission
• A clothing drive for women released from jail
• 6 hospitalized after South Side crash
• 2 officers hospitalized after hit-and-run
• Chicago cop, former CHA officer shot, killed
• Teen charged in fatal Tinley crash jailed
• U.S. cracks down on fake pot
• Teen driver crashes into Chicago Hts home
• Committee ponders increasing levies in Tinley Park
• 'Incredibly heroic': Homewood honors firefighters who risked lives
• Fellow officers, teammates remember slain cop
• Park Forest vet's license suspended
• Daley lights tree for last time
• Homer Glen: Tea Party rally broke the rules
• Lawyer: Emanuel broke Chicago residency rule
• No long security delays at Chicago airports
• Docs to set up shop in former funeral home
• Oak Forest woman shot in her own garage, prosecutor says
• Medical group to occupy temporarily former Oak Lawn funeral home
• Oak Forest approves water bill surcharge
• Jobless rates down in Ill. metro areas
• Hospital cop dies after beating on South Side
• 2 held in 18 armed robberies
• 6 hospitalized; claim OD at Lemont center
• 1 charged in Lockport Twp. shooting
• Park Forest vet stripped of state licenses
• Six charged in Robbins drug ring
• Black Wednesday has bartenders, police on alert
• Tribune judge OKs more disclosure in creditor suit
• Chicago police release ID of slain cop
• Pieces of Park Forest Marshall Field's on sale
• Murder charges bring relief to victim's family
• Homewood honors Hazel Crest firefighters for heroism
• Tea Party rally organizers didn't give Homer Glen advance notice
• Pregnant teen, boyfriend shot near Lockport
• Economic growth slightly faster than thought
• Mokena SD159 to put tax hike on April ballot
• 5 jailed, 1 sought after drug sweep
• Feds say ex-Chicago cop aided drug ring
• Twenty file for Chicago mayor
• School District 230 seeks tax levy hike
• District 227 launches community outreach effort
• District 228 embraces 'Physics First'
• Husband charged in Oak Forest woman's murder
• Businesses look to recover from Oak Lawn fire
• Tax bills anger Cook property owners
• Bricks for sale in Park Forest to preserve Field's store memory
• Off-duty Chicago police officer shot to death
• Severe weather warnings follow near-record warmth
• Empress to go Hollywood Dec. 22
• Teen fatally shot near Marquette Park home
• Monday last day to file in mayor's race
• Security protest could disrupt Thanksgiving travel
• Hazel Crest man shot on South Side
• Attorneys argue ex-Gov. Ryan's release from prison
• $1M worth of pot plants seized
• Frankfort man charged in fed drug case
• DuSable Museum founder Margaret Burroughs dead at 93
• Wire Briefs
• TSA has met the enemy - and they are us
• Highly contagious norovirus spreads through schools
• Fans enjoy meet-and-greet with Allstar Weekend in Tinley Park
• Tinley Park teacher uses social media as learning tool
• House walk brings out elegance and whimsy for the holidays
• Thunderous welcome back greets returning soldier
• Report: Tamms too harsh on most dangerous criminals
• Moseley Braun announces bid for mayor
• Orland Park woman recovering from pit bull attack
• Marian band caps season with 7th-place finish
• Fire investigation continues; shop sets up temporary space
• Homewood honors fallen firefighter with donation
• Bride's wedding goes off without a hitch
• Friends of fallen firefighter provide gear for Phoenix
• Southland gets high marks for Census returns
• What fans think of 'Deathly Hallows'
• Foreclosure eviction moratorium wraps up
• Principal: Eisenhower disruptions all "rumors" spread on Facebook
• State Line power plant to close - in a few years
• Braun to launch mayoral campaign
• For free: a 40-foot evergreen tree
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• Crash near Peotone closes I-57
• 2 dead, 2 hurt in South Side crash
• No injuries in Univ. Park fire
• Dart to resume foreclosure evictions
• Kustok pleads innocent in wife's murder
• Wedding day blues avoided
• Preckwinkle: Sharp cuts coming
• Police: Woman suing Hooters battered cop
• Orland seeks to extend home construction incentives
• Millennium Park skating rink opens today
• Dolton firm to pay $104K in back wages
• Art Institute lions to get solar-powered wreaths
• Tollway, Argonne to work on green projects
• Clerk fired over protest T-shirt
• Suit: Hooters security attacked woman with disputed bill
• Oak Forest crash sends one to hospital
• Time for tea party to invest in a compass
• Chicago street gang members arrested in raids
• Orland Park woman dies; was badly burned in June fire
• 'Swine flu bandit' was bank employee
• H-F to vote on tax levy increase
• Tinley ups hotel tax
• Aldermen approve Chicago city budget
• Oak Lawn fire has brides scrambling for dresses
• Supporters of Oak Forest Hospital protest looming changes in services
• Longtime friend of Alex Lopez throws hat into mayoral ring
• Kustok pleads innocent to wife's murder
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• Madigan says no tax increase without GOP support
• Some Lockport SD 205 residents think more time needed for new HS
• Real estate con man gets 15-year sentence
• SD159 looking to trim $2.7 million budget deficit
• Orland Park forcibly annexes land to control development
• Bremen SD 228 altering honors science for freshmen
• 183rd Street extension opens Friday in Tinley Park
• Orland Park woman dies; was badly burned in June fire at her house
• Smoother road ahead for teen drivers
• Bridal shop destroyed in Oak Lawn fire
• 'Good chance' state House will OK civil unions
• AAA: Thanksgiving travel will be up 11 percent
• Weekly jail pass denied for nail-painting driver
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• City keeps restaurant association convention
• Mokena kicks off holiday season
• Search for new SD 146 supt. in home stretch
• Two Calumet City men charged in international scheme
• Election return: Primary not far off
• Chicago pols get filings in
• Mokena District 159 officials studying where to cut
• LTHS District 205, non-profit group work to improve academic results
• New Lenox creates new liquor license for businesses by residential areas
• Daley appoints Terry Mazany schools chief
• $55M settlement reached over jail strip searches
• Wrongful death suit filed in Alsip bicycle crash
• Emanuel rolls out TV ads for mayoral bid
• Killer's plan to move to Hawaii sparks outrage
• Former GOP chair helps Meeks kick off campaign
• Layoffs hit suburban cops
• Surprise send-off for Homewood soldier
• Toys by the truckload for kids
• Tree, plaque help keep memory of soldier alive
• Chicago mayoral hopefuls stand in line to get on ballot
• Former officer gets probation for stealing from inmates
• First-hand history sticks with students from Stagg
• Oak Forest man earns spot in White Castle Hall of Fame
• Davis throws hat in ring for mayor
• Lions Club "Peace Poster" Winner
• New casino may not be 'all roses'
• Two hurt in Bridgeview rollover crash
• Longtime EMT trainer ready to retire
• Donations welcome for Project Share
• How big is your Harry Potter fandom?
• Emanuel officially enters race for mayor
• Palin e-mail hacker gets 1-year sentence
• Southlanders say 'cheers' at Elite Wine Gala
• Man charged with eavesdropping
• Fun and games at the libraries
• A decades-long school mix-up comes to light in Chicago Ridge
• District 210 to host college fair for special services students
• Bears, Sox could block Cubs' Wrigley Field renovation plan
• Preckwinkle, Stroger squabbling over transition
• Solar-power expansion forecast for state
• Field for Chicago mayor thins
• Troubled cruise shows sea's unpredictability
• 20 arrests in Naperville prostitution investigation
• Man charged with eavesdropping
• First kidney transplant celebrated
• Many win by picking 2-2-2-2 in Pick Four game
• Missing Harvey man found dead
• Expecting a baby and looking to stay healthy? Try our Fit4Bbay class. The next session begins November 17. This class is tailored to your fitness level and modifications are added for all stages of pregnancy. Call 708-342-4200 for full class details
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• Orland-based team preps to scale Willis Tower
• Ill. lags in jobs, housing for disabled
• Police: Man tried to lure girl in Mokena
• Many Ill. juniors not ready for college, report says
• Teen who fatally stabbed uncle released
• Body found in Calumet Sag Channel
• Car hits barrier, stops on river bank
• Civilian wounded, officer shot at in Roseland
• Cops: 1 busted for fake ID at dealer
• 1 hurt in Tinley condo fire
• New Lenox fire station to become vet clinic
• Teen who fatally stabbed uncle released
• Body found in Calumet Sag Channel
• Car hits barrier, stops on river bank
• Report: Ill. lags in jobs, housing for disabled
• EP couple world's best?
• Fire station to become vet clinic
• Orland-based team preps to scale Willis Tower
• Many Ill. juniors not ready for college, report says
• Police: Man tried to buy car with fake ID
• Off-duty cop says 2 gang members knocked on his door
• Oak Lawn to get tough on firefighter OT
• Foreclosures drop 9% in Oct.
• Mokena SD159 may again seek tax hike
• FBI: 'Swine Flu Bandit' arrested
• Tinley 183rd St. extension to open Nov. 19
• Cops: Man had 77 lbs of pot in car trunk
• Gorman files for bankruptcy
• Lockport SD205 to resume normal schedule
• TIF expiration to aid Homewood coffers
• Police seeks help with S. Side hit and run
• Community center name for sale in Matteson
• Deer kill to start soon in Will forest preserves
• Homer Glen requests billboard hearing
• Firefighters fan flames in new calendar
• Midlothian to install new water meters
• Blue Island man on stranded cruise ship
• Murder charges filed in Metra officer's slaying
• Man pleads guilty in grisly murder of Riley Fox, 3
• Matteson to welcome soldier home
• Mishap ties up traffic, business in Palos Hts
• Tinley shows mid-year budget surplus
• Oak Forest aldermen honor resident
• Homewood resident complains of dark streets
• Oak Lawn to strike at bowling alley violence
• Homer Glen may tighten tree-cutting rules
• Orland man: Cops real, tickets phony
• Extra-alarm fire hits downtown Lockport
• Man shoots girlfriend, self in front of kids
• Kinzinger named to GOP transition panel
• Orland police charge Fla. pair with felony retail theft
• Acid threat used in bank heist
• Justice man's remains ID'd after 6 years
• Mokena mayor's chili party is Sunday
• Sex offender from Orland Park pleads not guilty
• Park Forest honors those who have served
• Illness spreading in suburban schools
• Horse tracks hope to hit on slots
• 17th Annual Turkey Trot Run
• Orland Park woman gets 15 years for killing toddler
• Quinn to unveil lottery game to aid veterans
• O'Hare plaza being dedicated to armed services
• Kidnapped taxi driver calls 911 from trunk
• 2 Tinley officers among 100 honored
• Truck snags power line; Harlem closed in Palos Hts
• Crews battle blaze at Burbank house
• World War II-era plane lifted from Lake Michigan
• Looking out for Caamano kids
• Lawmakers expected to consider drastically expanding gambling
• Army Corps to study Asian carp
• FBI, police target prostitution rings with undercover operation
• Economics 101
• Gutierrez tells feds he got free upgrades from Rezko
• Police: Chicago homicides approach historic low
• Rust worries sideline Windstar owners
• Students want end to protests at Rich Central
• New Lenox woman charged in Indiana with forgery, fraud, theft
• Tea Party congressman sees challenges ahead
• 'Swine Flu Bandit' hits 4 banks in 5 days
• Blind vets enjoy a day out in Hometown
• Pitbull fatally shot after biting Chicago cop
• Crowd gathers for Oak Lawn Community High School fundraiser
• Plea gets Orland woman 15 years in death of niece, 2
• Eggs recalled after salmonella found at Ohio farm
• Mom arrested while celebrating dropped DCFS case
• High court turns down early health care challenge
• 3-day FBI operation rescues child prostitutes
• Kinzinger named to GOP transition team
• 3rd man sought in Palos Hills armed robbery
• S. Chicago Heights bank robbed
• Election may move airport forward
• Ket Stroger aide quits
• Joseph Heilmann contributed to Oak Lawn's development
• Lockport School District 205 to ask again for new school
• Mr. tightwad's salute to our Military
• Project Share Recipe contest: Turn grits into something special
• Orland Park's indoor garage sale offers bargains
• Recreation center returns in Blue Island
• Home ravaged by fire, occupant escapes
• Woman killed in South Side DUI crash
• NU grad making the most of her monthlong stay at MSI
• Cop hurt, 5 arrested after Southwest Side crash
• Kirk to miss part of lame duck session
• Brady concedes election to Quinn
• Area World War II veterans honored by France
• Strip club owner admits tax crimes
• Pending home sales drop 1.8 percent in September
• Mortgage modifications frustrate homeowners
• Dan Fields remembered as 'Christian,' 'friendly'
• 150 years ago, Lincoln election set march to war
• Trying to help Rocky Medical insurance runs out for paralyzed football player
• Tinley family grateful only garage hit
• Rezko to challenge 'honest services' convictions
• Crash ties up traffic in Orland Park
• Two Chicago cops face penalty for alleged beating
• Semi crash caused 'quite a mess'
• Orland Hills mayor appoints son to village board
• Woman, pirate duke it out at Frankfort Twp bar
• Nielsen's Bakery drops doughnuts
• 1 dead after car hits wall on Dan Ryan
• Bus rams into Orland Jr. High; no one hurt
• Veterans job fairs set across Ill.
• SD 205 to try again for voter OK for new school
• Power restored in 2 Loop buildings, bridge
• Docudrama features health team at Cook County Jail
• Hendon drops out of mayor's race
• Burge sentencing postponed
• Bus rams into Orland Jr. High; no one hurt
• Brady to concede governor's race to Quinn, sources say
• SD205 to ask again for new school
• MWRD OKs site for police gun range
• Cultural exchange on ice in Orland Park
• Pension systems borrowing plan stalls in Senate
• Quinn confident, says Brady can't win
• Fire closes S. Holland restaurant
• Park Forest seeks grant for downtown building, rail park
• No home rule, no answers for Blue Island
• Southlanders lose treasurer, comptroller races
• After failed referendum, bus service could be on chopping block
• Victory 'humbling' for Kinzinger
• Alsip mayor 'stunned' by 911 surcharge defeat
• Slim margin leaves governor race in limbo
• Southeast Side shooting range approved
• Firefighters battle blaze in Ford Heights
• Orland Hills mayor appoints son to village board
• Tire shop workers view second 'escape scene'
• AP: Quinn narrowly defeats Brady
• Money missing from Homewood bank robbery?
• Hospital exec ends 3,100-mile fundraiser bike ride
• Lawsuit filed in fatal I-57 crash
• Oct. warmer, drier statewide
• Rezko to be sentenced Jan. 28
• CPS students compete in healthy cooking contest
• 2 hurt in crash near Manteno
• One night, nine vehicle break-ins in Orland Park
• Death in I-57 crash ruled accident
• Hazel Crest death ruled homicide
• Oak Lawn man charged in Englewood murder
• Woman, 32, killed in Illinois 394 crash
• Southlanders' strong feelings hit ballot boxes
• Kirk edges Giannoulias for Obama's old seat
• Trustee has beef with Orland eatery
• Evergreen Park needs more coat donations
• Homewood voters caught up in bank robbery lockdown
• Police thwart Homewood bank robbery
• Southlanders beaten for treasurer, comptroller
• Fed to buy $600B in bonds to aid economy
• Sheriff's race in Will County goes to Kaupas
• Lansing woman dies in crash with semi
• Berrios tops Claypool for assessor
• Plainfield soldier killed in Afghanistan
• Razor-thin lead in gov race
• Time for a change?
• Brady not conceding in governor race
• 1 charged in Election Day hit-run
• Off-duty cop, robber exchange gunfire
• 1 hurt by hit-run driver outside poll
• Gunshots follow Homewood bank robbery
• Today's the day: Get out and vote
• Two charged in Flossmoor burglaries
• 'Trash-talking' candidates turn off suburban voters
• I-57 rollover crashkills Chicago man
• Fourth suspect surrenders in Harvey triple slaying
• Hometown house declared a biohazard
• Evergreen Park coat drive not going well
• Park Forest seeks state grants for public projects
• Chicago Heights sends voting rights agreement to judge; awaits today's vote
• Frankfort bans video gambling
• All that's left is the counting – and the waiting
• Homewood polling place reopen after lockdown
• Is Chick-fil-A worth crossing the road for?
• 35 arrested, $235K of drugs seized
• Mokena houses serve up frights
• Woman fatally stabbed in Hazel Crest
• Peraica calls arrest an abuse of power
• Race for obscure post tests Chicago-style politics
• Schools: Report card not good measuring stick
• Police age requirement not popular
• Traffic stop, Stevenson chase ends with officer shot
• More ads, local restaurants coming to O'Hare
• Crete woman dies after fall at downtown hotel
• Is Chick-fil-A worth crossing the road for?
• Mokena houses serve up frights
• Meeks handing off church duties during mayoral run and if elected
• 1 dead, 1 hurt in I-57 rollover
• Fourth suspect held in Harvey killings, though none charged
• High-speed service to Detroit, St. Louis on track
• Pension reform key issue in comptroller race
• Treasurer candidates vow to be skinflints
• Muslim teens work to get out the vote
• Court reverses two Black convictions
• Obama urges thousands at rally to get out and vote
• Election Day issues for Southland voters
• Judging elections runs in the family
• New mural nearly complete in Park Forest
• Judge orders AKA to disclose financial records
• Crete woman falls to death at downtown hotel
• Yemeni arrested in bomb scheme
• Governor candidates talk business
• Boy with rare genetic disorder touches many
• Man charged with murder in student's death
• Terror plot thwarted
• L-Way Central student killed in car crash
• Dixie Highway stretch to reopen Nov. 15
• Bears bye a mixed bag for fans, Halloween lovers, bar owners
• Hospital report card adds new features
• New fire engine ready for use
• Orland Park board splits on seeking bids
• ComEd must put smart meter program on hold
• Tenants struggle with future of Orland Plaza
• Fugitive doc to plead guilty to fraud
• Wounded man jumps into stranger's car for ride
• Teen hit by falling branch, dies
• Man found fit for trial in death of Riley Fox, 3
• Lockport to again ask voters for new high school
• Shops struggle with Orland Plaza future
• Sheriff halts foreclosure evictions again
• Pet rescue group to hold 2nd fundraiser
• Judge focuses on carp DNA in lawsuit over locks
• Photos show family Oak Lawn Marine's OK
• Burke says Daley ignoring city pension crisis
• More cops pulled from street after beating
• Library again seeks expansion in Manhattan
• Church leasing former Jewish center in Flossmoor
• Orland man wins L-Way raffle
• Oak Lawn shop combines flowers and wine
• Thousands make 'strides' against cancer
• Minn. man gets 2 years for 'pimping' wife
• Crestwood apartment bldg fire probed
• Orland doc accused of tax evasion
• End of JJC holiday break?
• Oak Lawn shop combines flowers and wine
• Fire levels Toastmaster factory
• High school secretary resigns after $4K theft of homecoming funds
• Teen shot to death in Marquette Park
• 1 rescued from fiery SW Side crash
• Quinn, Brady differ on executions, gay rights
• Dixmoor man stabbed to death on his 30th birthday
• Team Fixer reaches $1 million mark
• Congressman says Kirk exaggerated role in bill
• Wilhelmina R. Virtusio thought of others first
• Kirk leads Giannoulias in money race
• Southland Scouts get back to basics
• Job fair helps people with disabilities
• Court finds moment of silence law constitutional
• Jury: Man murdered owner of dog that urinated on his lawn
• Orland Park family gets front seat to sainthood
• Chicago Heights housing program ends
• Investigation: Nearly $1B in NYC police payouts
• Lockport addition OK'd
• Alsip junior high celebrates old, new
• Green Hills library gets makeover
• Cyber evidence key in Dorian case
• 'Fast Eddie' Vrdolyak sentenced to 10 months in prison
• Mom sues Evergreen Park, cop for crash that killed son
• Wade denies hitting kids, using drugs in custody battle
• Job fair helps people with disabilities
• Seniors on Social Security: No raise, no vote?
• Web site focuses on shooting spree info
• Lockport High School addition approved
• The Wrap
• Crete nixes holiday funds request
• Stagg, Andrew may get parking lot upgrades
• Metra's first female engineer ready to retire
• Couple file lawsuitin collapse of deck
• Two new faces vie for Joyce's 35th District seat
• Strip club owner faces tax charges
• Midlothian dials up new phone service
• New Lenox wants to produce a better market
• Chicago Ridge's 'Broom Woman' dies
• Tinley Park to float bonds for big projects
• Trucker critical after Bishop Ford crash
• Chicago bishop to head San Antonio, Texas, archdiocese
• Oak Lawn man charged in attack on squatters
• Lawsuit filed in Tinley Park porch collapse
• Crete Commons could get face-lift
• Homer Glen to throw 10th anniversary party
• Cook youth jail workers upset with boss
• Daley's 2011 budget plan digs into reserve funds
• Michelle Obama stumps for Democrats
• Wounded man's aunt questions Dorian's alibi
• Quick end to murder case against Lynwood cop
• Now official mayor, Zaranti says he'll keep alderman seat, too
• Oak Lawn man killed in accident at Nabisco plant
• New Lenox woman finalist in Harry Potter 'superfan' contest
• Chicago Heights to rebuild dispatch center
• Buffalo Wild Wings coming to Homewood
• Oak Forest mulls $15 water surcharge
• Oak Lawn silences train horns
• Oak Lawn man crushed to death at Nabisco
• Cook juvenile jail boss worried about violence
• Health fair more important than ever
• Park Forests wants cell phone numbers for new alert system
• Matteson man charged with attempted murder
• New Frankfort park boosted by family donation
• Neighbors, friends relieved to hear of Dorian's release
• He couldn't be in two places at once
• Authorities free cop, but killer still on the loose
• Family: Police, not fall, caused man's death
• Personal track records the defining factor in Cook County board race
• Mokena OKs new police contract
• Orland Park to trim $4.8M from budget
• Matteson man charged in stabbing
• Getting the scoop on town's sewage boat
• Study: Dozens of Southland churches have had priests accused of sex abuse
• Chicago to hire more cops than originally planned
• 'Father Tony' forgoes football, fame
• Dart 'feels horrible' about botched raid
• Candidates promise independent voice in 36th District race
• Sources: Victim IDs Dorian
• Accused cop freed
• Months after son's death, dad speaks of pain
• New campus, focus on community colleges please Moraine Valley
• Iron Dog competition teams up owners, pets
• Shelter marks decade of helping women, kids
• Fire damages three Frankfort homes
• Nobel Prize goes to Northwestern economics professor
• No boost for Social Security checks in 2011
• Minor injuries in I-57 rollover crash
• Orland man faces cocaine charge in Indiana
• Arts, crafts in abundance at Marian's Oktoberfest
• Park Forest man killed in Dan Ryan crash
• Southland students put healthier food to the test
• Building eyed for vacant site of former gas station in Matteson
• Democrats see glimmers of hope in election gloom
• Motorcyclists pay tribute to fallen soldier in Tinley Park
• Homewood developer gets more time to renovate building
• SD 227: Tests hint at poor ACT results for students
• SD 227 parents unhappy with party probe
• 11th District candidates portray other as extremist
• Lynwood cop charged in bi-state shootings
• Accused shooter involved in fatal 2006 auto accident
• Oops! Sheriff's police raid wrong house
• Rush says Meeks must choose
• Daley's final budget plan outlined
• Mokena residents sound alarm concerning string of burglaries
• Resident files elections complaint in Cook board race
• Mayor's race could trump statewide contests
• 'Queen of Gospel' Walker dies at 81
• State GOP wants to crack down on early release
• Kustok's children praise her at funeral Mass
• Tinley approves four projects, rejects a pair
• Meeks won't quit as pastor
• Marathon has new plan for heat-related illness
• Some neighbors not thrilled with Blue Island incinerator plan
• Report proposes cab-tracking system
• Fatal Evergreen crash still under investigation
• Task force formed to hunt killer
• Abbott withdraws diet pill in U.S., Canada
• Former top Stroger aide gets out of jail
• SW Side teens missing a month
• Cops: Man biked on O'Hare runway
• Chemical spill briefly closes Bridgeview street
• Economy loses 95K jobs; rate steady at 9.6%
• Summit man killed in Clearing crash
• Man with hammer robs Orland Park bank
• Complaint filed in Cook board race
• District 124 teachers, board approve contract
• Sheriff: Jailer's deal to smuggle drugs taped
• Lincoln-Way Central student hit by bus
• Univ. Park woman killed on I-80
• Man from Orland Parksentenced for child porn
• Frankfort to complete well repair
• Former key Stroger aide remains in jail
• Teen killed in crash with Evergreen Park police car
• Fall from grace brings shock - sometimes delight
• Morgan Park teen's death ruled a homicide
• Manhunt continues for killer
• Fugitive couple nabbed in Mexico
• Tinley residents celebrate decision to scrap apartment plan
• State sues Romeoville pipeline leak
• Senior services center faces closure
• Orland man pleads innocent in fatal DUI
• Hundreds pay respects to Kustok at wake
• Teen killed in crash with Evergreen squad
• Tinley residents laud scrapping of senior apts
• Quinn defends spending on new initiatives
• S. Side toddler missing; dad mum
• Registration for Fall programs is now available for Tinley Park-Park District residents. Non-residents may register beginning August 17. Register on-line for best availability! Contact the Park District for more info at (708) 342-4200.
• Ex dean gets 14 years for child porn
• Looking for some obedience training for your furry friends? We offer puppy and dog classes at McCarthy Administrative building on Wednesday evenings. Classes begin September 22; call 708-342-4200 for class details and registration information today!
• Emil Jones to sit out mayoral race
• Join us Sunday, September 26 at McCarthy Park for Dog Day in the Park! This fun, free event will run from 11:00am-2:00pm. Bring your canine companion for a fun filled day with crafts, venders, contest and more! McCarthy Park is located at 16801 S. 80t
• Lincoln National Cemetery to expand
• School: Pot, knives sold at Mokena Jr. High
• Car hits EP ice cream shop
• 'Eggheadz' coming to Tinley Park
• Orland to get another 24-hour restaurant
• Huberman to leave as CPS boss before May
• Teacher charged with having sex with student
• Gunman goes on rampage
• Study: Take townships out of road business
• Cops: No bullets, teen throws gun instead
• Teen shot, killed in Morgan Park
• Developer scraps senior housing plan in Tinley Park
• Husband, wife hurt in plane crash
• Teen crashes into cop car, dies
• Hundreds of mourners attend Kustok wake
• Congratulations to Lisa Hummitch and Lynn Hojnacki on winning the Stephen J. Platko award for outstanding service to the Arts Alive band! Stop by McCarthy park on July 4th at 4:15 p.m. to hear the Arts Alive Jazz band perform patriotic favorites!
• Orland plaza hit with foreclosure complaint
• Mokena teacher accused of having sex with student
• 1 dead, 2 wounded in spree shooting
• Orland Park man involved in fatal crash in Minnesota
• Frankfort Square fish kill 'normal'
• 3 indicted in home-repair fraud
• Power plant's smoke a bad habit
• 2 hospitalized after Roseland fire
• Rahm gets earful on 'listening tour'
• Congratulations to Lisa Hummitch and Lynn Hojnacki on winning the Stephen J. Platko award for outstanding service to the Arts Alive band! Stop by McCarthy park on July 4th at 4:15 p.m. to hear the Arts Alive Jazz band perform patriotic favorites!
• Fire near New Lenox Wal-Mart investigated
• Registration for Fall programs is now available for Tinley Park-Park District residents. Non-residents may register beginning August 17. Register on-line for best availability! Contact the Park District for more info at (708) 342-4200.
• Bids slowing in state for health insurance program
• Looking for some obedience training for your furry friends? We offer puppy and dog classes at McCarthy Administrative building on Wednesday evenings. Classes begin September 22; call 708-342-4200 for class details and registration information today!
• Voter registration deadline is today
• Join us Sunday, September 26 at McCarthy Park for Dog Day in the Park! This fun, free event will run from 11:00am-2:00pm. Bring your canine companion for a fun filled day with crafts, venders, contest and more! McCarthy Park is located at 16801 S. 80t
• Dad inspires Beverly woman's marathon dreams
• Dad inspires Beverly woman's marathon dreams
• Duct cleaning leads to battery charge
• Anti-war activists say they'll refuse to testify
• Orland Park postpones vote on trash-collection contract
• Canada joins U.S. in Asian carp research
• Orland delays trash pickup vote
• Stroger defends '24-9' contracts despite aide's arrest
• Chicago cop who confronted, killed robber gets bravery award
• Funeral set for slain Orland Park woman
• Lemont man indicted in sex assault
• Emanuel says he's preparing run for mayor
• Cops: 'Man with a gun' had many more
• Parade shines light on fire victims
• Fire near New Lenox Wal-Mart probed
• Crowd gathers at benefit for Beverly cop
• Orland trucker involved in fatal Minn. crash
• Youths lead way at 32nd Orland spelling bee
• Fisherman who couldn't swim is pushed into lake, rescued
• Dad loses home in student loan debt trap
• Wrong-way driver high on crack, prosecutors say
• Chicago police report drop in crime
• Bicyclist dead after collision in Alsip
• Joliet pumpkin grower sets state record
• U of I fund surpasses $2 billion
• Woman cited after minivan crashes at 100 mph
• Ill. man convicted of Utah library explosion
• Youths lead way at Orland bee
• Bids slowing for uninsured health program
• Nation-world briefs
• Stroger aide arrested in contract investigation
• Western lawmakers turn sights on endangered wolves
• Jailed vets take over laundry duty at county jail
• Disappearance still haunts family after 20 years
• Andrew students get lesson in immigration
• Political dance continues in Chicago mayor race
• Lt. gov. candidates say they're ready to lead
• Garlic the taste of the day at Harvest Fest
• Mokena fest pairs wine, food
• Crete down two police officers, no rush to hire
• Tenants, village waiting on Orland Plaza owner
• Chicago Heights mayor mum on plans
• 'Roosevelt' Ward unveiled in Chicago Heights
• Allan Kustok held on $2 million bail
• State gets grant for insurance exchange
• Southside Oktoberfest makes its debut
• Drew again dodges gun charge
• Rowling to Oprah: Harry may return
• Governor recall measure calls for complicated process
• Local musician dies from crash injuries
• Allan Kustok held on $2 million bail
• Overturned truck turns business upside down along 95th Street
• Police: Delayed release of Kustok information was appropriate
• District 124, teachers close to contract
• Guilty verdict in Homewood man's murder in Florida
• Twelve hurt in Orland school bus crash
• Garofalo begins prison sentence early
• Beverly Park scoreboard debuts Sat.
• Could Harry Potter return?
• SD230 test error may hurt college apps
• Emanuel gives Chicago props during speech
• Tanker spill closes 95th Street
• Judge approves plan for Illinois mentally ill
• Tony Curtis dies at home near Las Vegas
• Slain teacher's students 'inconsolable'
• Adam duo excused from 2nd Blago trial
• Husband of 34 years charged with killing wife
• BofA delays foreclosures in 23 states
• Emanuel to leave White House, run for mayor
• Aldi: Pay stations in 11 states tampered with
• Test error could complicate SD 230 college applications
• Rezko willing to testify at Blago trial
• Mom charged with leaving kids home alone
• $279M more for Ill. mortgage help
• Attorneys plan to leave Blago team
• Ill. gets $1M grant for insurance exchange
• Twelve hurt in school bus crash
• Cops: Oak Forest mom left home kids alone
• Something special for seniors
• Judge: Mentally ill may move out
• Needy veterans on the rise, if food drive is any sign
• Joliet man gets 68 years for killing woman
• Another bike path in works for Oak Lawn
• 12 hurt in Orland school bus crash
• Firefighters find new way to 'Fill the Boot'
• Fisher-Price recalls 10M+ kid products
• Oak Forest gets line of credit - just in case
• EEOC: Papa T's workers harassed
• Homewood officials mum on fire report
• 3 held in Chicago Hts shooting of cashier
• Police probe Orland Park woman's death
• South Sider shot over FEMA "referral fee"
• S. Side teen girl missing; may be in Lemont
• Man dead after South Side crash
• Postal Service price hike rejected
• Woman faces eviction in dog feces case
• Orland Park woman's death ruled a homicide
• Adam duo to leave Blago team
• Brady, Quinn clash in first debate
• Invader mussel-ing in on Asian carp's territory
• PSC has budget surplus
• CTA: No fare hikes or service cuts next year
• $10K reward offered in Harvey CU robbery
• Doc settles medical fraud case for $20M
• Homewood leaders mum on fire report
• Marshall Field's building to meet wrecking ball
• Proposed restriction has some Cook commissioners in a twitter
• Burr Oak crime scenes expected to be scanned as condition of sale
• Two restaurants plan Mokena debuts
• Poverty rising in Illinois
• SD 135 to dip into reserves
• 2 South Siders die of CO poisoning
• Staggered shifts to end at LTHS?
• Woman sexually assaulted at gunpoint in Beverly
• Prairie State College Board approves 2010-11 budget
• Woman convicted in acid attack
• Oak Forest delays vote on proposed water fee
• Fights at Lockport lead to six arrests
• Oak Lawn's e-waste center to open
• New train station moves forward in Tinley Park
• Homewood trustees mum on critical fire report
• Brady, Quinn talk tough in debate
• Shorter work hours OK'd for new doctors
• Abduction try in Mt. Greenwood brings warning
• Mayoral candidate: Add 5 casino licenses, 2 for Chicago
• Energy Dept. commits $1B to FutureGen
• Model airplane club gets happy landing
• State to spend $75M on jobs program
• Census finds record gap between rich, poor
• Boy critically wounded in Englewood home
• SD135 OKs budget; taps reserves
• Consumer confidence drops to lowest since Feb.
• Census: More Ill. kids have health coverage
• County board shoots down anti-Tweeting bill
• New Lenox Wal-Mart to open Oct. 27
• Eatery revving up for Mokena opening
• Marshall Field's site coming down this fall
• Are 4 elected offices too many?
• Pub crawl to be held in memory of 'pint-sized ring leader'
• Drug kingpin becomes 'serial killer hunter'
• Volunteers help injured Oak Lawn Marine, wife
• Man gets 7 years for beating pregnant girlfriend
• Three nabbed by Welch sue for false arrest
• Monee motorcyclist dies in crash
• Looking back at Lockport Township High School's rich history
• Ricky's Ride helps special-needs people enjoy recreation
• Man gets 12 years for shooting pregnant woman
• Mount Assisi celebrates 60th anniversary with alumnae reunion
• Ford Heights arrest nets 1,200 ecstasy pills
• 4 years for $400K theft from insurance clients
• Report: U.S. would make Internet wiretaps easier
• Citizens United finding its niche
• Activists planning 2-day protests against FBI raids
• Multi-vehicle crash jams Tri-State
• New FDIC rules require banks to share risk
• Chicago's American Islamic College reopens
• Grandma accused of whipping boy
• Bankruptcy filings still on the rise
• Hoffman out of mayoral race
• Jackson's wife: 'My heart will heal' after affair
• Son's death spurs mom's crusade for smoke detectors
• Hungry pancake lovers turn out in Park Forest
• Soldier gets thunderous welcome home
• Homewood Fall Fest takes chili seriously
• Officials watching, waiting as CVS sets to open across from H-F High
• Pint-sized champ has eyes on Olympics
• 911 center still in limbo
• 9-year-old lauded for saving family friend, 5, from drowning
• Vets seek Korean War memorabilia
• Oak Lawn mayor says board left out of the loop on potential settlement
• Oversight in township govt?
• Rebate program doesn't last long
• Queen of Martyrs Fest brings fun, reunions
• FBI serves terrorism warrants in Chicago, Minneapolis
• Sex offender arrested at Palos Heights church
• SD 124 talks resume amid parents' protest
• Funeral set for Illinois soldier
• Ousted governor-turned-felon to talk trust
• Calumet City Fire Department gets grant worth $190,000
• Water line replacement on tap in Midlothian
• GED teacher knows what it's like to overcome setbacks
• Paper report cards a thing of the past in SD 228
• Homecoming to feature LTHS history
• SD 124 contract talks resume today
• Homewood fest signals fall
• $1M bail in Sauk Village toddler's death
• Tinley residents rally against proposed cell tower at Andrew
• 1 charged in S. Side teen's slaying
• Wreck gives teacher chance to drive point home
• Accused killer seeks visit with toddler son
• Quinn: Avoid 'civil war' on third airport
• Lockport man gets 44 for molesting relative
• FBI serves terrorism warrants in Chicago, Minn.
• Pace of new-home sales 2nd slowest on record
• Too late for appliance rebate
• Sex offender arrested at Palos Heights church
• 4 arrested in Tinley accused of ecstasy trafficking
• Burbank man killed in crash near home
• Time crunch for Emanuel in mayor race
• No bypassing this class
• Vehicle break-ins on the rise in Southland
• Tinley shuts down pawn shop
• All eight patients OK after four-way kidney transplant
• Prosecutors seeking 3 years in Vrdolyak resentencing
• UIC gets $12M to study young adult smoking
• Deadline here for FEMA flood help
• Frankfort acquires Charrington Dam
• No bypassing this class
• Join us Sunday, September 26 at McCarthy Park for Dog Day in the Park! This fun, free event will r
• CTU survey finds many woes at Chicago Public Schools
• Source: Dart to run for Chicago mayor
• Del Valle first mayoral candidate to launch commercial
• SD 205 board passes balanced budget
• Brookfield Zoo ships out lone remaining elephant
• Frankfort acquires Charrington Dam
• Ill. Lottery offers 'Cash 4 College' game
• Think Pink: Matteson group performs with rock giant
• Congress sends small-biz bill to Obama
• 'Pankatron' returns for annual Kiwanis breakfast
• Jobless rate down in 9 Ill. metro areas
• Chicago man pleads guilty to abusing horse
• 4 wounded in S. Side shootings
• Orland Park police seek to limit break-ins
• Police: Dead SIU student was drunk
• Fioretti wants temporary casino on lakefront
• Peace with pinwheels
• Do some homes have too many pets?
• 1 accused of swiping, using senior's credit card
• Subs to replace SD 124 teachers if they strike
• Armored truck robbed at Hawthorne racetrack
• Chicago cop lands TV bailiff role
• Pipeline spill cleanup may cost $60M
• Nothing like the ER
• Oak Brook woman is 1st W. Nile death of 2010
• Evergreen Park nixes deal for retirement home
• Fumes in lab sicken Roosevelt U. students
• Jackson denies offering $6M for Senate seat
• SW Side family accused of stealing from senior
• Tinley Park orders pawn shop to shut its doors
• SD228 OKs budget without fee hikes
• Matteson street site of 2 fires in 2 weeks
• Frankfort to vote on 2.5% water rate hike
• Oak Lawn landlords' lawsuit dismissed
• No COLA for Orland trustees, clerk
• Federal funds to curb District 228 deficit
• Tinley orders pawn shop closed
• Matteson street site of two fires in two weeks
• Evergreen Park rejects retirement home pact
• Gov candidates face off at closed event
• Report: $4B in tax breaks from health law
• SD205 delays school vote
• Playground equipment torched in Oak Forest
• Report finds mistakes in fire's handling
• Flashover: Scary moments inside burning home
• Feds told: Jesse told me to offer millions
• Bench serves as memorial for homeless man
• Evergreen Park trustees reject settlement on retirement home
• Mob figure given bail in robbery case
• Lockport District 205 board delays vote on school addition
• Palos Hts man accused of stalking teen girl
• Evergreen Park man dies in Carbondale
• Supt.: Subs in if SD 124 teachers strike
• State to rebuild I-57 bridge
• Man accused of online threats against Glasgow
• No 2nd-guessing by Carey family
• Italian police seize $30M from Vatican in probe
• 3 buildings damaged in Roseland fire
• Motorist dies in Lockport wreck
• Court denies Burris request to stop election
• Butterfly festival full of surprises
• Baseball center game for Oak Forest dealership
• Gaelic Park celebrates Irish heritage
• Jackson's wife won't discuss Blago allegations
• Chicago still seeking Christmas tree
• NBER: Recession ended in June 2009
• Firefighter hurt in Pullman fire
• Gaby Iron cited by OSHA over lead, arsenic
• Errors cited in fatal Homewood fire
• 'Sort of like an uncle for mayors'
• Once a 'best buy' college, U of I's tuition rising
• Nation, world roundup
• U.S. woman held in Iran: We never spied
• Finding marijuana fields a challenge for police
• Citgo launches environmentally friendly facility in Lemont
• Oak Forest may fill vacant dealership with baseball center
• Seattle-bound jet lands in MT after engine fails
• Local News Digest
• Evergreen Park man dies at college
• Legislator seeks probe of lottery deal
• Classmates share memories at St. Linus reunion
• Tinley considers pedestrian underpass
• Crowd gathers at vigil for crash victim
• Art dazzles visitors of Park Forest fair
• Homer Glen names new village manager
• No garbage fee hike in first year of proposed Orland Park contract
• Near-tragedy bonds two Southland firefighters
• Target pays Oak Lawn, but questions linger about agreement
• The newest ride for Oak Lawn's paramedics? A bike
• Walsh: Will County 'remains on the rise'
• Illinois farmers way ahead on corn harvest
• Winfrey chooses Franzen's 'Freedom' for book club
• Cop TV show to be filmed in Chicago area
• Homeless woman hopes for place to live, job opportunity
• 'Bring it on' Jesse Jackson Jr. challenges Blagojevich prosecutors
• Police: Theater manager tried hanging self after arrest
• Construction under way on high-speed rail leg
• MCI founder Goeken, of Joliet, dead at 80
• Quinn, Brady agree to 3 debates
• Expiring tax cuts hit taxpayers at every level
• Judge rules Manhattan lien invalid
• Oak Lawn law firm settlement talks stall after summer start
• Gas leak clears medical center
• Little Company of Mary expansion back on after delay
• Back to the negotiating table in SD124 labor talks
• Oil pipeline that leaked reopened
• The Wrap
• Stroger buddy, spokesman gets $13K in furniture
• Faust familiar with a smart ass - and it's not Ozzie
• Faust wrapping up career behind Sox organ
• Mayor Daley moving more cops out of CAPS
• Joliet Diocese bishop Sartain named archbishop of Seattle
• Park Forest theater operator charged with fraud
• Flat water rate for Oak Forest?
• Trucking company paying $10 million to settle harassment claims
• Aldi plans store in Chicago Ridge Mall
• Park Forest theater operator charged with fraud
• All clear in Tinley after gas main break
• Looking for some obedience training for your furry friends? We offer puppy and dog classes at McCar
• Vet affairs department to begin acquisition of Silver Cross in Joliet for veterans hospital
• Law firm gets contract extension, debate continues
• Local News Digest
• Tinley's Fulton School honored for green design
• Homer Glen resolution: SD 205 moving too fast
• Protesters: More cops, less Weis
• Cops still angry over Cozzi
• Tinley Park pet lovers happy with higher limit
• Hendon: Will reopen Meigs if elected mayor
• Police union protests at headquarters
• Romeoville man in critical condition after crash in Orland
• Trucking co. to pay $10M for harassment
• Will County to study rodeo issues
• Dog shelter receives preliminary zoning OK
• New poll: Brady widening lead
• After nearly 20 years, Joliet mayor to retire
• Relief in sight for townhouse owners
• Man charged in fatal crash is former cop
• Miss Illinois to students: Character counts
• Blago wants lone conviction thrown out
• Tinley Park reconsiders, expands pet limit
• Oak Forest considering adding flat fee for water
• Tinley Park: Deck that collapsed wasn't anchored properly
• Orland Park likely to raise vehicle sticker fees, fines
• 'Unselfish' Joan O'Malley, 73, dies
• Owner of Park Forest center pulling the plug
• Benefit to help family of 2-year-old Oak Lawn boy
• Deck collapse may lead to inspections
• Mokena park to get new playground
• Oak Lawn cameras produce mixed results
• New law helps Homer Glen in water takeover crusade
• Orland Hills man charged in fatal wreck
• Crime rising sharply on CTA
• Zaranti chosen as Chicago Heights interim mayor
• New Bridgeview drivers facility opening — seven weeks late
• It's game time for these Bears fans
• Suspect in cop shooting held after arrest in Chicago Heights
• Family, friends turn out for Tinley parade
• Fire displaces South Chicago Heights family
• Tinley man charged in fatal wreck
• Two killed on Tri-State Tollway
• Suburban mayors cite regional caucus as lasting Daley legacy
• Woman dies in Harvey blaze
• Fall on the Green brings out Oak Lawn community
• Q-&-A: Daley
• Park Forest residents to get train noise help
• Former Lockport resident proud of three tours of duty
• Southlanders honored at firefighter memorial
• Park Forest Legion collects bottle caps for vets
• Serial arrestee reaches No. 160
• Towns struggle to pay employees
• Caddies reunite at Ravisloe
• Daley suggests reversal of Chicago River flow
• Muslims celebrate end of Ramadan
• Causes of babies' deaths stillunclear
• Stroger accused of political hiring
• What will Quinn do?
• Veterans charity hosts big night at Orland Park pub
• L-Way 210 counting on state for balanced budget
• Bankruptcy for former car dealer, husband of county commissioner
• Deck collapse in Tinley Park sends 12 to hospitals
• Testimony over in lawsuit to close shipping locks
• Eat your fruits, veggies or be average
• Muslims gather in Bridgeview for Eid
• Daley, Gates meet; buzz begins
• Attorney says Ryan's wife has terminal lung disease
• Posen man's display at Midlothian Library honors 9-11 victims
• Midlothian eyes new retail project
• Muslims try to build cultural bridge from the rubble of 9-11
• Orland firefighter Marquardt to be honored
• Ride for fallen firefighter roars out of Homewood
• 1 accused of raping mentally challenged woman
• Homer Harvest Days a trip back in time
• Orland Park village employee crashes in Frankfort
• Fall on the Green kicks off today
• 12 states warned about faulty propane
• Children's service welcomes Jewish New Year
• The Wrap
• Mokena residents gear up for SD 159 referendum push
• Will County OKs culling deer herds
• 200 hospitals join quality improvement efforts
• Field Museum plans to cut 50 staffers
• Burris asks high court to reopen Senate ballot
• Summer Camp is quickly approaching! Camp begins June 14. Kids swim weekly, attend field trips, play
• Flossmoor Fest to honor 9-11 victims
• Congratulations to Lisa Hummitch and Lynn Hojnacki on winning the Stephen J. Platko award for outst
• Negotiations drag on in Triangle lawsuit
• Registration for Fall programs is now available for Tinley Park-Park District residents. Non-reside
• Call it 'fore'-giveness for Tiger
• Chicago Heights mayoral seat up for grabs
• Tinley wants solicitors to stay safe
• EP honors slain Chicago cop who once served village
• Midlo fields 2 retail proposals
• Chicago Heights mayoral seat up for grabs
• 2 injured, including firefighter, in blaze
• Midlothian negotiating with developer for retail growth
• Motorist clocked at 108 mph
• Chicago gets 2 Army National Guard units
• 2 charged after 7 kids left alone
• Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950
• Burbank man charged over pot operation
• 'Ride for Boo' gets big send-off
• 2 ticketed after I-80 crash
• Attorneys: Ex-Gov. Ryan's wife terminally ill
• Orland Park tries to help local bidders
• Crude oil leak is stopped in Romeoville
• Companies outline proposals to run lottery
• 1 killed, 2 hurt in Will Cook crash
• Flossmoor Road to be resurfaced
• BP report blames itself, others for oil spill
• Ind. man to lead anti-carp effort
• Many South Side residents agree: Time for Daley to say goodbye
• No shortage of potential mayoral candidates
• Daley says he won't seek seventh term
• Expert: High risk of Asian carp invading Great Lakes
• Midlo turns to state for help with contamination assessment
• Bargain hunters' heaven
• Tests: Triple-murder suspect fit
• Frankfort's new police chief sworn in at village board meeting
• Tinley aims to make charity safer
• Flossmoor using IDOT money to resurface main road
• Frankfort's new police chief sworn in
• New Tinley Park law aims to make charitable solicitation safer
• Flossmoor taps IDOT money to resurface road
• Orland Park tries to help village firms land its contracts
• Orland tries to help firms land its contracts
• Firefighter hospitalized after West Side blaze
• Motorist killed in fiery wreck unidentified
• Job openings rise for first time since April
• Obama to pitch trio of economic proposals
• Experts to testify in 5-state carp lawsuit
• Judge to decide on Ill. plan for mentally ill
• Brady gets nod from state's biggest police union
• Post-holiday pump prices should slide
• 1 sought after Palos Hts. crash
• Woolly mammoth to leave Chicago
• Special field trips available at Lincoln Museum in Springfield
• Deep River named among top water parks in the nation
• Teacher uses experiences from South Africa tour
• FEMA: Thousands in state register for flood aid
• Flu vaccines begin to arrive in Illinois
• Peterson writes Sneed again, says family's being harassed
• Scant participation in PIW by employers in southwest suburbs
• Daley: 'Time to move on'
• Temporary work program may lead to full-time jobs
• Oprah among Kennedy Center honorees
• Five miles of scenic fun in Park Forest
• SW Side woman killed in drive-by
• Bomb threats to hospital, fast-food shop probed
• Worker wins big in 'popcorn' suit
• Traffic offense finesto increase Sept. 15
• Finding work can be hard labor
• Boy in shaken baby case dies
• Picnic brings families together
• Dogs rescued from Matteson garage fire
• Highland Park man dies in South Side motorcycle crash
• Crafts of all shapes, sizes fill Frankfort Fall Fest
• Tinley apartment fire sends officer to hospital
• Tinley apartment fire sends officer to hospital
• Woman attacked outside Burbank school
• Crafts of all shapes, sizes fill Frankfort Fall Fest
• Midlothian wants uniform look for proposed TIF district
• Homewood seeks expansion of TIF
• Will board chairman questions warehouses' workforces
• Brother hopes for Marine's proper burial
• Extracurriculars back in SD159
• Poll: Giannoulias, Kirk in neck-and-neck race
• Chicago Heights man charged in '09 shooting
• Ads to help Illinois residents prepare for disasters
• Quinn names acting corrections director
• Critics: Lottery contract cloaked in secrecy
• Poll: Giannoulias, Kirk in neck-and-neck race
• Killings stun quiet neighborhood
• Records show Stroger paid IRS tax debt
• Police burn another pot field in forest preserves
• Oak Lawn Marine welcomed back
• It's official: Illinois' summer was hot, wet
• Gang leaders rap Chicago police anti-violence plan
• Innocent plea in fatal wedding crash
• Moustis worried about an October 'airport surprise'
• County board hopeful admits criminal conviction
• Oak Lawn officials, firefighters at odds over overtime
• Burica new Frankfort police chief
• Fundraiser honors memory of Sandburg student
• Some road work takes a holiday
• Boy's older brother charged in fatal shooting
• Woman fears use of cell pics confiscated by cops
• 4 killed in attack in Southwest Side garage
• Unemployment rate rises to 9.6%
• Oak Lawn eyes fire dept. OT
• The Wrap
• Brady blasts Randle, Quinn
• Attorney accused of smuggling drugs into prison
• Police seek help to solve murder of teen
• Prisons chief resigns
• Man fleeing police leaps off overpass
• Kirk calls for new limits on federal spending
• Lockport SD 205 to vote on addition
• Burica new Frankfort police chief
• 2 plead innocent to hate crime
• Hundreds pack church for Chicago Heights mayor's funeral
• Bail denied men accused of shooting cops
• ShareFest returns in New Lenox
• FOP plans march on Chicago police HQ
• Two cops shot on South Side
• Southland residents recall horrors, hope of Katrina
• Lopez funeral today
• Lopez will be 'eternal ray of light'
• Wish comes true
• Pending home sales rise 5.2% in July
• Tinley checking sump pump connections in Barrett subdivision
• Shepard graduate survives cancer, gets scholarship
• Oak Lawn woman hailed as hero
• Tinley checking sump pump connections
• 2 hurt in Tri-State crash
• Get your tax refund on plastic
• Worker falls 30 feet, suffers arm injury
• Gale warning, small-craft advisory issued
• American Airlines jet struck by lightning
• Another Gulf oil rig explodes
• Dolton boy killed in shooting at home
• Stabbing victim slapped with protective order
• Motorist plunges car into Little Calumet River
• Southland troops reflect on the end of combat in Iraq
• 2 officers shot in Englewood
• Daley defends Weis for meeting with gang leaders
• Orland Township offers 'Healthy Eating on a Budget'
• American Indian tribe wants to join Asian carp lawsuit
• First in at Orland Park Triangle: apartments
• Get up and go! Worth getting out of the house for today ...
• Illinois high court won't hear abortion case
• Number of illegal immigrants in U.S. declining
• 130 state employers to get retiree subsidy
• FOP plans protest over Chicago police 'dangerously low manpower'
• A promising future for preschoolers
• Daley to consolidate department, cut jobs
• Alsip man accused in 15-y.o. murder
• Man charged with infant's '08 murder
• Big bite: Security at Taste costs $1.5 mil.
• First in at Orland Park Triangle: apartments
• Boy, 8, killed in accidental shooting
• Lemont man passes out; faces drug charges
• Ford Hts man charged in hotel robbery
• Driver who hit house charged
• Motorcyclist injured in I-57 crash
• Burglary suspect sought in Beverly
• Group sues police over Muslim chaplain flap
• Bad bond rating costly for state
• Andrew says Orland property contaminated
• Ready to shuffle for Sullivan
• Chicago Heights mayor to be remembered for lawsuit settlement, housing programs
• Police emergency teams practice their skills
• Last year for L-Way house raffle
• Rescued sea lion pups make home at Brookfield Zoo
• Pink fire trucks help fight cancer
• Many fewer kids in foster care
• District 128 using ZPassto track school bus riders
• DuPage woman is state's 1st West Nile case
• School's new Oak Forest home is 'God's work'
• Was that an earthquake?
• Lopez's legacy: voting rights, housing programs
• WIU student hospitalized with meningitis
• New car stickers to include environmental info
• Ex-landfill owner accused of tax evasion
• Bystanders save 2 children, but mom dies in fiery crash
• Being broke costs state $550 million
• Wright criticizes those who think Obama is Muslim
• ER visits for concussions soar among kid athletes
• Dolton native Lynch wins Emmy
• Bicyclist struck on Dan Ryan dies
• 2 kids shot riding home after dinner at grandma's
• Power knocked out at The Cell
• Arrangements set for Chi. Heights mayor
• Penny wise guy has foolish payment plan
• Ray of hope for Catholic schools?
• 'Freedom ain't free, man'
• Ceremony commemorates anniversary of Till's death
• Hawaii wants to host Obama library
• Twelve siblings credit unity to caring parents
• Chicago Heights mourns death of Mayor Lopez
• SD 230 says it's in good financial shape
• Frankfort motorcyclist killed in crash
• Beck: Help us restore traditional U.S. values
• Tinley official recalls wading through post-Katrina mess
• Fire destroys part of New Lenox home
• Music fest gives young bands chance to shine
• Parents struggle to find care for autistic child
• Lawyer: OL leaders meddled in legal battles
• A return to rural roots at Will County Fair
• Chi Hts cancels back-to-school event
• Frankfort motorcyclist killed in crash
• ComEd: Plan in place to stop outages in section of Oak Lawn
• Back-to-school event canceled in Chicago Heights
• Flossmoor cop fired for sex in squad car
• New community center 'will be excellent'
• Chicago Heights Mayor Lopez dies
• Flossmoor cop fired for sex in squad car
• Republicans pledge $3.4 million for Kirk
• Crooked inspector gets 21 months
• Moms of kids burned by acid sue building owners for negligence
• Nation of Islam beginnings
• Cops to gangs: Stop the killing -- or else
• Economy slows to 1.6%; trade gap widens
• SD 230 has chance at balanced budget
• U.S. birth rate reaches new low
• Frankfort man killed in motorcycle crash
• Flossmoor cop fired; had sex in squad
• 'Big Brother' gets thumbs up
• Emergency drill in Tinley Park runs smoothly
• A world we never see beneath our feet
• Gas smell, green slick surface at pond near Matteson
• Feds arrest 370 immigrants in 11-state bust
• Robert Blago won't be retried
• Ford recalls 575K Windstar vans
• Orland Park soldier welcomed home
• Chicago Heights mayor Lopez dies
• Village shells out for repairs after lightning strike
• Cook County genealogy Web site praised
• Andrew to unveil new football field
• Husband charged in wife's stabbing death
• SD 230 has chance at balanced budget
• Woman shot on West Pullman porch
• Fire out at Hegewisch Burger King
• Blue Island parks alter policies after drowning
• Lightning damage requires communications tower repairs in Midlothian
• Officials: School volunteering helps children
• Quinn changes furlough day rules for state workers
• Midlo to fix 911 communications tower
• Job scarcity puts more at risk of foreclosure
• Fire crews called to S. Holland CO leak
• Judge: Blago's retrial will be in 2011
• Pond near Matteson turns green, stinks
• Oak Forest cop honored for saving woman's life
• Homewood approves special fire truck
• Coming soon to Tinley Park: Corvettes, and tourist bucks
• Claims that stimulus plan would save jobs not easy to nail down
• Stimulus money expected for Southland school districts
• Southland schools could net $23 million in stimulus money
• Some in Homer Glen seek split from SD 205
• Hundreds show for fallen firefighter's fundraiser
• Will Homer Glen, SD 205 split?
• Oak Lawn to Target: Time to pay up
• Kirk, Giannoulias agree to Senate debates
• Judge rules deaf murder suspect understands court proceedings
• Replay game tickets going fast
• Orland Park has money left for green projects
• State launches white-tailed deer Web site
• Evergreen Park ponders future of Aqua Park site
• Hundreds vie for chance to spend month in museum
• Oak Lawn targets Target for overdue payments
• Corvette lovers to visit Tinley next summer
• Oak Forest officer honored for helping save life
• Oak Forest cop honored for helping save life
• Corvette lovers to visit Tinley Park next summer
• Big response to new state health insurance
• Cops hurt in collision between police vehicle, car
• 2 firefighter hospitalized after suffering chest pains
• Boy, 13, charged in chemical attack on two children
• Police: Tinley woman made up home invasion
• Oak Lawn tries to collect from Target
• Homewood buys special fire truck
• Oak Lawn man charged in bank robbery
• Parents face hefty fees as kids return to public school
• Cost to park at Oak Forest Metra lot may increase
• Park Forest officials look to raze home in neglect case
• Family, friends remember Homewood teen
• Morgan Park Marine gets long-delayed top honor
• Thornton grad's war death confirmed
• Slapped in bar fight, defendant in attempted murder case says
• Fundraiser set for fallen Homewood firefighter
• School? Some kids just ready for lunch, recess
• Fundraiser set for fallen Homewood firefighter
• Medical building could start rising in New Lenox this fall
• Rehabbers warned of armed robberies on SW Side
• Oak Lawn man charged in bank robbery
• Thornton grad's war death confirmed
• Report: Police chiefs' sons duke it out
• Medical building may rise in New Lenox
• Possible gunman in drive-by spree killed
• Alcohol-related fatal crashes decline
• 2 charged in crash that killed teens
• Facing foreclosure, man brings gun to court
• Family celebrates Marine's return
• Feds fault SeaWorld in death of orca trainer
• Exelon begins $4.6B in Illinois projects
• 3 cops hurt, 1 man killed on South Side
• Great Lakes at 'biological tipping point'?
• 2 firefighters, cop hurt in South Side blaze
• Others in Blagojevich probe await fate
• Blagojevich won't rule out return to politics
• Quinn signs bill requiring disclosure of pet information
• W. Nile found in mosquitoes in Frankfort
• Local News Digest
• Police nab Oak Lawn bank robbery suspect
• Lottery winner finds money growing scarce
• Soldier with local ties dies of injuries
• Development has new face in Oak Lawn
• 2 charged in home invasion killing
• Greek Fest celebrates fellowship
• Gov. Quinn's chief of staff resigns amid ethics probe
• Family celebrates Marine's safe return, dad's health
• Family of Homewood boy awaiting answers
• Blue Island baby found dead
• Alsip man killed after walking into traffic
• Flossmoor man suing Chicago Heights over red-light cameras
• Former St. Gerald pastor 'never took a day off'
• Visitors go back to the farm in Mokena
• Eiche Turners' Jubilaeum a lederhosen-filled good time
• Some south suburbs go 'hands-free'
• Rutherford, Topinka want to merge state treasurer and comptroller's office
• Cameras see all in Chicago Heights
• Kuspa to Feeley: No, thanks
• Lying: A crime everyone commits every day
• Man killed in fiery crash identified
• Police: Alleged pot growers lived in forest preserve
• Mosque flap tests limits of tolerance in America
• Recall expands to more than half a billion eggs
• BP drains oil so Indiana pipe can be replaced
• Great greeting for soldier in Tinley Park
• Group protests outside Crestwood nursing home
• Car tour showcases diesel engines in 'greener' light
• Police: Alleged pot growers lived in forest preserve
• Mokena Farm Fest set for Saturday
• 401(k) hardship withdrawals, loans up
• Homewood celebrates pooches with annual fest
• 1 dead, 2 wounded in South Side drive-by
• Orland Park police ride to benefit Special Olympics
• Blago: Talk just legal 'horse trading'
• Controversial wall call in Frankfort: OK to build it
• 1 accused of forcing women into prostitution
• 2 vehicles, woman sought after I-57 fatal
• 3 held in Morgan Park slaying
• Off-duty cop shoots apparent intruder in his home
• 2 die after police chase ends in crash
• 2 busted for pot plants in Palos forest
• The Wrap
• Blagojevich's junk is others' treasure
• Juror: Blago could face new outcome in retrial
• 'Triple impact' causing budget hole in District 227
• Charter school opens - now comes the test
• Evergreen Park will pay legal fees, but still interested in golf course
• Trucker killed in I-57 crash
• Cops: Firefighter carrying loaded gun in car
• Burglar steals money, stays for a burger
• One killed in truck crash on I-57
• Chicago Heights code enforcer wears badge
• Restaurateur seeks 'magic' from Homewood, Cook County
• Elvis statue among Blago items for auction
• Prosecutors face key questions preparing for Blago retrial
• White House: Obama is Christian, prays daily
• Juror: Blago kids should've stayed home
• State jobless rate slips to 10.3%in July
• Juror angered by Blago cursing president
• Cook, DuPage declared federal disaster areas
• Southland Blago jurors keep quiet on case
• State to enroll uninsured in new high-risk pool
• Newest Southland school opens under a microscope
• Lawyer: accused Tinley man stuck in family feud
• Gaza Strip injury brings boy to Hope Children's Hospital
• Chicago Heights code enforcer wears badge
• Tinley Park to seek funding for bike path down Oak Park Avenue
• Dark SUV sought in South Side murder
• Rugai calling it quits
• Restaurateur seeks 'magic' in Homewood
• Man killed in Southwest Side shooting
• Photo of Tinley bank robber released
• EP still considering retirement home settlement
• Blago's lawyers slam federal prosecutor after verdict
• Tinley Park bank robber sought
• Parents sue over Dolton fatal crash
• What happens now for Blago?
• Firefighters shot at, mistaken for burglars
• No sympathy here for Toxic Blago
• Glenwood looking to resurface roads
• Jury deadlocks on all but one charge against Blago
• 17-year-old shot outside of Gage Park High
• Work begins today on Harlem Avenue landscaping in Tinley Park
• Panel to study express O'Hare-Chicago train
• Services set for Orland Hills teen
• Harlem Ave. work begins today in Tinley
• Charter school can open
• Payday Loan Store fined after files found in trash
• Ald. Rugai will not seek new term
• Orland Park buys more land to widen 143rd Street
• Progress is slow in Triangle lawsuit
• Two attempt Homewood bank robbery
• Body pulled from lake is missing boater
• Unity Party not so unified
• Carnes attempted murder case delayed
• Country Club Hills man guilty of standing
• Halvorson sacks campaign manager
• SD 205 rejects vote on new school
• Lockport SD 205 board rejects referendum
• Manhattan homeowners fighting lien
• Andrew football player, 17, dies in 1-car crash
• Police version of fatal hit-and-run questioned
• Ex-Mayor backs Obama on Mosque
• 2 indicted on hate-crime charges
• Federal cash to help, not solve, Illinois' Medicaid problems
• Woman indicted in fatal wedding crash
• Restaurateur making good on public loan repayment
• Flossmoor bans dogs from village festival
• Frankfort homeowner agrees to compromise - no trellis atop stone wall
• Factories aid bumpy recovery, housing still weak
• Orland Park to buy another site for intersection project
• Frankfort homeowner's wall OK, no trellis
• Fido forbidden at Flossmoor Fest
• Mourners pack Rostenkowski funeral
• Orland buys clinic to help 143rd, LaGrange project
• Hearing set in states' Asian carp lawsuit
• Oak Lawn man critical after Elgin crash
• 2 men sought after Homewood bank heist
• Blago jurors ask about verdict form
• Visit to Cell a dream come true for Steger man
• Oil, price worries as La. shrimpers start season
• 1 accused of running over man at gas station
• Bicyclist, 16, struck, killed by speeding driver
• Blago jury to get witness transcript
• Braidwood nuke plant shut down
• Car slams into CCH restaurant
• Motorcycle crash blocks I-57
• Orland Hills teen killed in SUV crash
• Peterson writes about kids, court
• Blago trial not a tech breakthrough
• Residents, refiner coming to terms after fight
• Pet lovers howling over proposed dog and cat limits in Tinley Park
• Quinn OKs tax amnesty program
• Bonds to help pay for new clubhouse at Glenwoodie
• State gets $1M for health insurance rate review
• Man dies year after crash
• Homer women's purse lands pickpocket in jail
• Continued enrollment drop forces changes in District 135
• Chicago Heights families get back-to-school help
• Chicago Heights families get back-to-school help
• Visit to Cell a dream come true for Steger man
• Fire circumstances not suspicious
• Longtime Southland priest committed to the liturgy
• Longtime Southland priest committed to the liturgy
• Local Marine gets hero's send-off
• Cab passenger dies in crash
• Memories of VJ Day still vivid for Tinley man
• Rules for combat-related stress treatment now relaxed
• Teachers get three-year contract in District 230
• Chicago Heights plaintiffs eager to move forward
• For the 25th year, Abby Foundation celebrates women who make a difference
• Customers unfazed by bank's failure
• Police blotter
• New Lenox gas leak sends 26 to hospitals
• Love for classic cars helps bridge generations
• Volunteers harvest corn to help local shelters
• Illinois State Fair kicks off
• Will County nursing home may lose federal money
• Questions hang over Blago trial
• Charter school faces second court challenge days before opening
• Two incidents, four lives ended through domestic violence
• Fire destroys home in Bremen Township
• Hundreds honor Chicago firefighter at funeral
• FDIC closes Palos Bank and Trust; First Midwest Bank takes over
• Cascade of colors at Glamorama
• CPS class sizes to be restored; heat absences OK
• Refinery backs call to keep the canal open
• Man charged with sex assault of 3-y.o.
• Air pollution warning issued for Chicago area
• Deaths of 1-year-old twins probed
• Southland towns opening cooling centers
• 1 held in Morgan Park woman's slaying
• The Wrap
• Chicago grapples with high heat
• Blago plays trivia game while awaiting verdict
• Jurors tell judge they're stalled on Blago
• Oak Lawn man kills wife, self
• Mokena braces for emerald ash borer
• Mokena streets set for upgrades
• Metra buys new Electric Line cars
• Chicago firefighter mourned, remembered at his wake
• Teen charged in 9-y.o. Roseland girl's death
• Grieving family stunned to learn soldier still alive
• Firefighter’s funeral: “He loved this city”
• Chicago Heights agrees to settle voting rights suit
• Autos push July retail sales higher
• Tinley Park recreation center to get lighted sign
• Man found dead in trunk in Roseland
• Kinzinger mailer making its own headlines
• Judge keeps gay marriages in Calif. on hold
• Mokena SD 159 to seek property tax increase
• 2 dead in Oak Lawn murder-suicide
• Durbin says Illinois to get $415 million for education jobs
• 180 years in death of NBA player's brother
• Blagojevich jurors may be deadlocked
• Elderly Cal City man found murdered in garage
• Teen charged after boy shot while playing with twin
• Ill. foreclosure activity up 33%in July
• West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes, birds
• Heroin seized, 23 arrested
• Sen. Durbin has stomach tumor removed
• Heat warning issued for the area
• Oak Lawn holds off renewal of red-light camera contract
• Shooter's mom: 'He didn't give me any signs'
• Homer Glen urges SD 205 to put school vote on ballot
• Devine to make $225 an hour to probe trustee's drowning
• Family mourns death of soldier
• Flossmoor doctor gets five years for health care fraud
• Glow-in-the-dark shrimp not a big deal
• Orland SD 135 ready to fight
• Jobs bill hailed as savior, but schools not so sure
• New Lenox developers need time
• Chicago Heights to put settlement to vote, follow park district lead
• Blago jury deadlocked?
• Marion mulling Ten Commandments monument
• First Oak Lawn dog park gets green light
• Chicago nursing home faces loss of license
• Murder-suicide at Chicago Ridge Mall parking lot
• Man gets 20 months for gunning down dog
• Oak Lawn delays renewing red-light camera contract
• Chicago-area home sales up 35 percent
• Chicago couple accused of housing discrimination
• Girl dead, another wounded in Roseland
• Oak Lawn waits on red-light camera contract
• Former U.S. Representative Dan Rostenkowski has died
• Flossmoor doc gets 5 years for fraud
• Observance of Ramadan begins today for Muslims
• Kinzinger mailer making its own headlines
• Blago judge: No word from jurors
• Mokena man: $25,000 is 'expensive apology'
• Delays frustrate some Tinley landlords
• Taxpayers may pay for part of Blago's defense
• Students wrestle with early school start date
• Appeals court asked to weigh in
• Delays in downtown Tinley Park project have property owners exploring options
• 'Right place, right time'
• Chicago firefighter, a Lemont High grad, dies battling fire
• Edgar: Illinois needs Blagojevich saga behind it
• New Lenox subdivision still a proposal, after 14 years
• 2 crashes tie up Stevenson
• Oak Lawn clears way for dog park
• Police: 5-y.o. boy shot to death
• Orland School District 135 enters tax fight
• Job training grant to help Joliet area
• Chicago Heights Park Board OKs referendum on adding a ward
• Cook County jobs program loses $2.7M
• Rescuers arrive to help Alaska plane crash victims
• Quinn signs bill limiting employment credit checks
• Oak Lawn clears way for dog park
• 3 hospitalized after Manteno crash
• Blago jurors enter 9th day of deliberations
• Firefighter dies battling restaurant blaze
• Chicago-St. Louis Amtrak ridership up
• Tanker spill closes Ill. 171 in Summit
• Quinn signs violence prevention hot line into law
• Mokena home destroyed by fire
• Oak Forest women dies after hit by pickup
• Homeless dogs pick new owners
• Amid Joliet park's beauty, a dark history
• Search goes on for missing boater
• Adapting on the fly nothing new for this pastor
• Burbank teen drowns
• Rain can't dampen auto show's spirit
• Nurse accused of smuggling drugs into jail
• Teen sought in foster mom's stabbing
• State offers help to flood victims
• Chicago Heights Park District considers government change
• Search continues for missing man
• Abby luncheon reservations due Monday