Dolton News

Shootings claimed the lives of nine men in the city and two suburbs over the weekend.

Barbara Bell, of Chicago, was "in a bad way" last month and wanted to visit her mother's grave to talk out her problems.

Two weeks ago I wrote about a young man I first spotlighted in 1995, when he was 8 years old and worried about gang violence in his neighborhood.

May 17, 2009 6:43 pm US/Central DOLTON, Ill. A man working on a car was badly burned Sunday afternoon when the vehicle exploded, causing a fire that burned the garage and neighboring a home in south suburban Dolton.

Next Monday, Arika Sims-Rentas was supposed to celebrate her 37th birthday. Instead, her family will gather for a memorial service.

A 21-year-old Dolton man has been charged with attempted murder and armed robbery for allegedly attacking an elderly man earlier this month in Calumet City.

The seven team members, their teacher advisor and the school will share $50,000 in scholarships and grants.

Police say a Chicago woman found dead in a creek in the southern suburb of Dolton had been reported missing by her mother early this month.

Apr 17, 2009 1:54 pm US/Central Divers, Police On Scene DOLTON, Ill. The body of a woman was recovered Friday afternoon after a passerby saw her floating in a creek off the Little Calumet River in south suburban Dolton.

Three members of the Thornridge Biodiesel team, a grand prize winner in the Lexus Eco Challenge, display gallons of donated used oil from local fast food restaurants.

Five men have been charged with murder in the 2006 slaying of a Sauk Village teen.

Many suburban communities voted in mayoral races Tuesday. In Palatine, Rita Mullins has been mayor for the last 20 years.

A Dolton woman was killed early Saturday after driving her vehicle the wrong way down an exit ramp and colliding head-on with a semi truck on the Bishop Ford Freeway on the Far South Side.

A man and woman were killed and four others -- including a Chicago firefighter -- were injured in three separate accidents on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Saturday.

A popular restaurant in south suburban Dolton will not be opening Thursday morning after a fire swept through the building overnight.

Dolton West Elementary District 148 is one of the top 10 award-winning school districts in the state - and the only one in the south suburbs - to win recognition for its multiple awards on the 2008 Illinois Honor Roll.

Bail was set at $5 million today for a 24-year-old Dolton man accused of strangling his mother during an argument.

In what police are calling a "tragic" incident, the son of a woman found dead behind a garage near her south suburban home turned himself in to police Wednesday evening, confessing to killing his mother.

The Louis S. Viverito Senior Center, 7745 S. Leamington Ave., Burbank, will host a Senior Trivia Challenge game show Friday.

A Dolton man was fatally pinned against a truck while apparently attempting to start is own vehicle early Saturday.