Blue Island News

Officials say more than 100,000 grave sites will need to be inspected as part of the investigation.

Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced today that the FBI has joined the search for JARELL Q. GRIFFIN, age 23, whose last known address is 12219 South Vincennes in Blue Island, Illinois.

Helen Melton made one last visit to her neighborhood grocery store Thursday. Glancing at the big building just east of Western Avenue on 127th Street, the Blue Island resident watched workers remove bright red letters that had read "Jewel-Osco." Thursday was the last day of business at the 40,000-square-foot grocery store, which opened in Blue ...

Mr. Douglas R. Kessinger, 60, of Chatsworth, Ill., died at 7:10 p.m. Saturday, May 23, 2009, at his residence in Chatsworth.

Mt. Prospect Elementary School Dist. 57 Asst. Supt. for Curriculum and Instruction Lois Andrews will retire June 30 after serving six years in the district.

'A child shouldn't die while she's being treated for an ear infection' Comments May 18, 2009 An allergic reaction to the penicillin that was supposed to cure little Aubrey Fisher's ear infection sent her to a south suburban emergency room.

A man who was stabbed by his ex-girlfriend after allegedly breaking into her house Thursday and attacking her and another person died Monday while in the custody of the Cook County Sheriff's police.

The Friends of the Blue Island Public Library will bring novelist Jane Hamilton to Christ Memorial Church in Blue Island at 2 p.m. May 17.

Pendleton Correctional Facility officials are investigating the stabbing of an inmate late last week.

A Coors Light sits on the bar as a patron sips a beer at a tavern Monday in Blue Island, Ill.

Looking for adoptee. Born Kellie Leigh on 9/4/1984. Middle name changed to Denise when she was adopted.

Two men are in police custody as suspects in the armed robbery of a Blue Island restaurant.

South Suburban College and Thornton Township are seeking employers interested in taking part in a job fair that will be held at the college from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 3. There is a $75 registration fee, and employers must register by May 15.

SouthtownStar political columnist Kristen McQueary will lead a discussion on local politics at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Blue Island Public Library, 2433 York St., Blue Island.

A home for sale is shown Wednesday, April 22, 2009, in Blue Island, Ill. A real estate group said Thursday, sales of previously occupied homes sank by an unexpectedly large amount from February to March, dashing hopes of a spring housing recovery.

Sweat left behind on the window of a southwest suburban home by a burglar last summer has led police to a man now charged with the burglary and suspected of several others.

Hundreds of JROTC students and their dates are expected to attend an event Saturday steeped in military pageantry.

A troubled 12-year-old boy who hanged himself in the bathroom at his Olympia Fields home Sunday was badly beaten by his father just two weeks ago, according to charges filed by the Cook County state's attorney's office.

Freddie Funches can't afford to move out of his dilapidated Blue Island apartment deemed unfit for occupancy in late March by city inspectors.

It's been more than 20 years, but the village of Matteson finally has a new mayor.