Dolton News

An autopsy performed Sunday on a man who died at the Cook County Jail Saturday was inconclusive and pending further investigation, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Dolton native Jane Lynch received a Golden Globe nomination Tuesday for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the conniving and bitchy cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester in the Fox musical comedy "Glee." It has been a busy year for Lynch, who so effectively lay down granny law in the Will Ferrell auto-racing comedy "Talladega Nights." In July, she ...

Inside a school workroom in Dolton, an unlikely partnership - and friendship - begins to develop.

A Dolton man was found fatally shot Saturday morning in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.

A Dolton man who apparently lit himself on fire late Sunday in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood died Tuesday afternoon.

A south suburban man was shot and killed after leaving a club where he was celebrating his birthday.

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

Aurora police are investigating a rash of burglaries from vehicles in the 3000 block of Anton Circle over the weekend.

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.

In Dolton, Illinois, police officer Christopher Lloyd was caught on video throwing a special needs student into a locker then slamming him to the ground, breaking his nose.

Last week, attorneys for special ed student Marshawn Pitts released the security video below , which shows Pitts being beaten by Christopher Lloyd, a police officer in Dolton, Illinois who was working security at the school.

A federal lawsuit filed Friday accuses Dolton police officers of beating up an innocent man and lying about it.

Share + Oct 9, 2009 10:18 am US/Central DOLTON, Ill. The police officer who was caught on tape beating a 15-year-old special education student in Dolton is now behind bars accused of rape.

Share + Oct 9, 2009 5:46 pm US/Central Reporting Mai Martinez DOLTON, Ill. 1 of 1 David Smith enters the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago.

A Dolton, Illinois, police officer assigned to a school was placed on administrative leave and later resigned after a surveillance video surfaced of him allegedly assaulting a special-needs student, officials said.

A Dolton cop caught on camera allegedly breaking a 15-year-old special needs student's nose for failing to tuck in his shirt has a troubling history that includes killing a man in a case of disputed self-defense. The officer is now in an Indiana jail on an unrelated rape charge.

Share + Oct 6, 2009 10:34 pm US/Central Reporting Dave Savini DOLTON, Ill. A 15-year-old student was walking down a hallway at school when he says a police officer grabbed him and threw him to the ground.

A former Griffith man free on bond in a murder case has died. Steven Anthony Gamble, 26, died Sept.

Police happened to be going by Evergreen Terrace on Saturday night at the same time James T. Johnson , 21, of 1019 Jefferson St.

Federal prosecutors say an Illinois man has pleaded guilty in an identity theft ring that ensnared Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as a victim.