Calumet City News

THORNTON TOWNSHIP JOB FAIR: South Suburban College's Fitness Center, 15800 S. State St., South Holland, hosts this event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The township has partnered with Thornton, Burnham, Calumet City, Harvey, Dixmoor, Lansing , Markham , Phoenix, Riverdale, South Holland, Hazel Crest and Dolton.

Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a man whose body was found last month.

Today, Sunday, May 19, 2013, construction began on CTA's Red Line. For travelers from western and northern, Chicago-land suburbs, the Red Line is the quickest, cheapest and most direct, public transportation route to the Forest Preserve Golf courses of Burnham Woods Golf Course , George Dunne National Golf Course , Joe Louis "The Champ" Golf Course ... (more)

TBD US Vision operates over 700 Retail Optical Centers within the U.S. and Canada.

A Chicago man who didn't show up for his trial was sentenced this week to 15 years in prison on a charges related to him using fake cash to buy a motorcycle in Geneva.

Students evacuated Dirksen Middle School in Calumet City this morning due to a small, second-floor fire that firefighters were able to put out fairly quickly, Calumet City police said.

Four people charged with robbing and stabbing a Calumet City man to death in the Austin neighborhood last February were scheduled to appear in court Thursday, police said.

A Calumet City man suspected of shooting a northwest Indiana man Monday afternoon was fatally shot by Calumet City police when he pulled a gun on officers, police said Tuesday.