Markham News

Emma Graves Fitzsimmons Whenever Ricardo Gonzalez went to a job site in his pickup truck, he never let his small children out of his sight.

The squawk in Markham tonight is a hawk that doesn't take to kindly to people invading its habitat.

Thanks to an Illinois Department of Transportation grant, Orland Park will hire a consultant to form regional plans for the 159th Street Corridor.

Bond was set at $1 million Friday for a 42-year-old south suburban man accused of murdering his fiancee.

A Harvey motorist is expected in court later Friday, charged with reckless homicide for fatally striking an IDOT contractor and seriously injuring another in a Wednesday hit-and-run on I-57 on the Far South ...

A Harvey man accused of killing one Illinois Department of Transportation employee and injuring another in a hit-and-run accident was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail Friday.

' The Adams County Sheriff's Office has confirmed the identification of a woman's body that was found floating in the Mississippi River on April 19.

Authorities used DNA and dental records to confirm the identity of a woman found floating in the Mississippi River.

A Cook County judge won't have to appear in her own courthouse when she stands trial on drunken driving charges.

A Cook County judge is threatening the Illinois State Police with criminal contempt of court.

Two men died early Saturday following a motor vehicle accident in south suburban Markham.

M AN UP: "WE CANNOT SAVE black boys without black men. And if we don't save black boys, we cannot save the black community in America!" This is the message that The Black Star Project and its founder/CEO, ...

Rigoberto Lopez took three hostages that led to a standoff in a Southeast Side automobile body shop. via WBBM-AM Chicago

An 18-year-old man died and another man was critically injured Saturday night after being shot by police in south suburban Markham, police said. via NBC Channel 5

“They always were trying to help him. But some people, there's no helping”

Bail was denied Thursday for a man charged with killing three members of a South Side family who had taken him in after his release from prison. via WGN-TV Chicago

“A lot of neighbors called with sightings, and they really helped us out a lot.”

A 29-year-old relative was charged with murder early Thursday in the shooting deaths of a husband, wife and teenage son in their West Englewood neighborhood home April 4. Vennis McCall, of the 6100 block of ... via WBBM-AM Chicago

Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Jody P. Weis, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department announced today the arrest of VERNELL ... via Federal Bureau of Investigation

An Oak Forest man who barricaded himself in his apartment for three hours Wednesday after allegedly beating his girlfriend was released Thursday after promising to appear in court, authorities said. via Chicago Tribune

“After [Frundle] transported the victim off school grounds, he agreed to let the victim go for a portion of the money”

A Harvey police officer accused of releasing a teenage suspect in exchange for cash and drugs was released on his own recognizance at a bond hearing Wednesday. via Chicago Tribune

Associated Press - April 8, 2008 7:14 AM ET MARKHAM, Ill. - The city of Markham must pay $400,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit that alleged officials tried to block the opening of a group home for ... via WQAD-TV Moline