Country Club Hills News

Retail Theft Arrest : Darren L. Lattimore, 39, of Country Club Hills, was charged with felony retail theft May 7 for attempting to take $319.74 worth of Nicoderm CQ from Jewel-Osco, 7525 Lake St., without paying for it, police said.A A Bicycle Theft : An unlocked 21-speed bicycle was stolen May 7 from a rack at Roosevelt Middle School, 7560 Oak St.

Country Club Hills Mayor Dwight Welch said Monday night that he has known about Cook County's $6.6 million overpayment to the city since October and expects to pay back the county within three years.

Police and state officials are investigating an incident in which an eighth-grader at a Country Club Hills school was searched for missing money while he was wearing only his underwear.

THURSDAY, MAY 10 Cash Stolen A woman in the 500 block of Livingston Drive said someone stole about $500 cash from her purse.A Property Damage Someone flattened the tires on a car parked in the 1000 block of Star Lane.

Students at St. Paul Lutheran School in Oak Lawn, celebrated the National Day of Prayer on Thursday May 3rd.

An eighth grade boy was forced to strip down to his underwear while officials investigated a theft at a Southwood Middle School in Country Club Hills, police say.

Finding a new development for a South Side site most recently occupied a black-owned business could take up to two years to find.

More cuts may be coming to Country Club Hills' budget, and $2 million in property tax rebates promised to residents might be on hold now that aldermen acknowledge the city owes Cook County about $6.6 million after the county mistakenly paid the city its 2010 property tax money twice.

Jarrett Adams has received his B.A. from Roosevelt University, five years after being released from prison where he was serving time for a crime he didn't commit.

Pat Couch of Country Club Hills and her granddaughter Taylor Couch check out the flowers that were for sale last year at St.

CHICAGO - Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas says the State's Attorney is working to recover almost $7 million her office overpaid to the City of Country Club Hills and has yet to get back.

TUESDAY, APRIL 24 Attempted Abduction An eighth-grade student at Parker Junior High School told police a man driving a black SUV pulled up to her as she waited for the bus near Olive Road and Kedzie Avenue around 8 a.m. and asked her if she needed a ride.

The Cook County treasurer's office says Country Club Hills was overpaid by $6.6 million dollars last year.