Chicago Heights News

A parking-lot shootout in Dolton killed one young man and injured several others, officials said Sunday.

Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger :: Walker dies 11 days after being hit Comments November 18, 2009 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A 49-year-old man died Tuesday, 11 days after a Glenwood man driving a speeding Mitsubishi struck him in the South Loop, authorities said.

Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger :: Steger murder shocks community Aspiring musician, father robbed of cell phone Comments November 19, 2009 BY AMY LEE A passion for music and a devotion to family shaped the short life of Daniel Moreno, a singer and drummer who played in Mexican bands and was raising ...

Police in south suburban Steger are searching for two men who robbed a hair salon and fatally shot the 23-year-old man who turned over the shop's cash.

Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger :: Chicago Heights aldermen approve $8 million bond sale Comments November 17, 2009 BY CASEY TONER The Chicago Heights City Council on Monday night unanimously approved selling about $8 million in bonds to extend an existing loan and to pay for road construction and ...

" The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs held an open house today at the Prince Home at Manteno to bring awareness to the resources the State of Illinois provides for homeless and disabled veterans.

A gunman disappeared into Butterfield Woods in Homewood last night despite a search by helicopters, dogs and police officers, authorities said today.

Born in Chicago Heights, raised in the south suburb of Markham and attending high school in Richton Park, Melissa Young didn't think a lot about the role of women in hip-hop--or, for that matter, about her own relationship with feminism.

Pat Quinn's new TV ad accuses Comptroller Dan Hynes of going to a "spa" and taking a family vacation during July's budget negotiations.

Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger :: 2 charged in Chicago Hts firebombing Comments November 5, 2009 BY CASEY TONER Bail was set today for two Chicago men accused of tossing Molotov cocktails into a Chicago Heights clothing store.

Five teens were arrested last week after being linked to burglaries this summer in the Sugar Creek subdivision.

Recently I've been following coverage of some pretty extensive renovations taking place at Lincoln Mall , a long-beleagured super-regional mall in south suburban Chicagoland.A Initially I was excited at the prospect of even a modicum of success here, especially considering I've never seen the mall even close to its potential.A I first visited ...

Share + Nov 1, 2009 7:11 pm US/Central Reporting Vince Gerasole It's a taxing weekend for Cook County home owners.

* Stanislaw Oleksy , 50, of 710 Echo Ave. in Romeoville, was arrested by sheriff's police and booked into the county jail Wednesday on a charge of driving on a revoked or suspended license.

When Democrats go to the polls in the South Suburbs this February, they are likely to be surprised by a few names.

Has the same white deer in this video, taken last winter, been spotted nearby in the south suburbs? Or is it a different one? Muskie Ron sent this question: .the other morning while driving to work thru sweet woods in thornton i saw four deer.

It will be starting Monday October 26th that drivers should be prepared to allow extra time, and to use alternate routes, when traveling along a three-and-a-half mile stretch of Lincoln Highway, U S Route 30, from Cicero Avenue in Matteson to a quarter-mile east of Western Avenue in Chicago Heights.

Food 4 Less is in the final stages of negotiations to move into an empty former Dominick's store in Chicago Heights.

A state employee was ordered held on $125,000 bond Wednesday and charged with accepting bribes from people seeking unemployment compensation from the state.

CHICAGO - A recent study by the SouthEast Commuter Rail Development Board confirms what Crete Mayor Michael Einhorn said he's known for years - that commuter rail service to the southeast suburbs is necessary.