Homewood News

Share + Comments Dec 11, 2009 1:58 pm US/Central HOMEWOOD A Glenwood man who caused a crash in south suburban Homewood suffered an apparent heart attack while attempting to elude police Thursday morning.

A gift in the spirit of the holiday season was given Sunday to 100 soldiers and their families in the south suburbs.

A grocery store chain with south and southwest suburban locations has been fined $55,000 for child labor violations.

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

Homewood claims to be the state's top dog when it comes to creating surplus from its special taxing districts.

U.S. Army Pvt. Najee Hull's first words to his mother after he was shot Thursday at Fort Hood were, "I'm sorry." "He thought he had disappointed me.

A man who served federal time after admitting robbing more than a dozen banks in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana is now under arrest after allegedly robbing a Lexington bank Friday morning and leading police on a four-county chase.

Whether you learned about Clarence Darrow from the fiction alized film Inherit the Wind or from more accurate historical sources, certain characteristics probably come to mind when you hear his name: tireless opponent of the death penalty, champion of the working poor, great orator.

In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings affirms the rating on the Cook County Community High School District Number 233 , Illinois' approximately $18 million in outstanding limited tax general obligation bonds at 'AA-'. The Rating Outlook is Stable.

Two wars in the Middle East. A global recession. The neighbor's yippy, annoying dog.

Bonnie Komar, 49, 5831 W. Corey Lane, Orland Park, crashed into a parked Orland Park police squad car as an officer was directing traffic away from a crash scene Sept.

Pace is providing few details, but WBBM has learned that the suburban bus and regionwide paratransit agency maps a big reduction in service in the new year, along with two increases in regionwide paratransit fares in two months.

" - " Illinois Department of Corrections Director Michael P. Randle welcomes newly appointed members of the Adult Advisory Board.

Just as residents across the south suburbs settled into bed Sunday night, the loud, steady blast of a warning siren may have sprung them back on their feet.

At least two people were injured in a three-vehicle accident involving a police cruiser Friday afternoon in south suburban Homewood, police said.

Police continue to search for a man suspected in 11 armed robberies of gas stations in the past three weeks, most of them in the south suburbs.

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In the late 1940s, a company called Lustron had lots of leftover steel as World War II ended.

Authorities are searching for a man suspected in as many as five armed robberies in the Chicago area since Aug.