Matteson News

Fortunately for Rich South High School senior Cydney Richardson, that was not the norm, although she did have her moments.

Rich Township High School District 227 Supt. Donna Leak takes in Friday night's special board meeting from a seat near the back of the room at the district administration center in Matteson.

Cydney Richardson, who is into science and math and wants to go into biomedical engineering, poses at Rich South High School in Richton Park, IL, on Tuesday, March 19, 2012.

Chicago police are on the lookout for a Matteson man described as "armed and dangerous" in connection with a Beverly shooting on Wednesday, Sun-Times Media reports .

A volunteer at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mokena scoops dry soy meal into funnels to begin the assembly lane of volunteers assembling 15,000 meal packets for starving children in Hati.

Homewood-Flossmoor area residents looking to purchase brand new houseware items at half the retail cost, The Sertoma Thrift Store in Matteson is having a blowout sale to close its doors and liquidate its inventory.

Jack's 5th Annual Cupcake/Lemonade Stand to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 7944 W. Laurel Drive, Frankfort.

The Tinley Park Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire on the 8100 block of Piute Trail at 4:29 A.M. Firefighters found the woman "just inside the living room," according to Fire Chief Ken Dunn.

A former Matteson School District 159 payroll clerk is facing theft charges after allegedly stealing about $39,000 from the district three years ago, court records show.

When a new Illinois congresswoman drives a car with vanity license plates that read "MADE N NY," it's bound to attract attention.

More than half of the Applebee's restaurants in the Chicago area could close their doors this summer following a bankruptcy filing by one of the dining chain's franchisees.

"For 98 percent of the time humans have been alive, it has been a starvation existence," said William Pakosz, a Matteson dentist and lover of natural history.

Traycee Fox, a former School District 159 employee, stands in front of the district headquarters along Vollmer Road in Matteson on March 9, 2012.

The family of an 81-year-old woman filed a lawsuit Monday against a Matteson nursing home after she allegedly died from dehydration and bed sores.

The board selected a PSC graduate who has resided in the Southland her entire life and has worked at the college since 1998.

A teenage girl accused of carrying out a kidnapping plot with her parents to stop her lover from posting a naked picture of her online appeared in court Wednesday.

Registration is due before Friday for B'nai Yehuda Beth Sholom's Homelessness in the South Suburbs presentation at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at 1424 W. 183rd St., Homewood.

A 20-year-old Matteson woman was charged with aggravated battery after police say she purposely hit another woman with her car during an argument Thursday in the 400 block of Rutledge Street.

A 20-year-old Matteson woman was held in lieu of $750,000 bail Sunday after she allegedly ran over her ex-boyfriend's new love interest.

April 17: Angelica M. Stevenson, 32, of the 4200 block of Lindenwood Drive, Matteson, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, DUI with a blood-alcohol level greater than 0.08, failing to yield to an emergency vehicle and driving without a license, according to a report.