Stickney News

"I am very proud of each of these young men," said Jim Muting, principal at St. Laurence. "They have worked extremely hard to achieve their goals, and I congratulate them on being named Illinois State Scholars." Among St.

Sept. 11 has caused us all to think twice when we looked up at jets flying over the city, or down at what's happening in the subways.

Hawthorne Race Course canceled training and live racing on Wednesday and Thursday because of a winter storm that is projected to include heavy snowfall, wind gusts topping 50 miles per hour, and sub-zero wind chills.

The I-Team has peeled back the layers of bureaucracy to reveal the truth about townships, units of government that critics call unnecessary and a waste of millions of dollars in tax money.

Two people were killed by an Amtrak train in unincorporated Cook County near west suburban Stickney Tuesday night.

A man fell to his death from a roof in Broadview Friday. Anthony Cozzone, 26, of 3916 South Wesley Ave.

Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero will be hosting a three-day Rocktoberfest featuring horses, music and beer.

A county board committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ban video gambling in bars.

I n May, suspected cases of swine flu closed down schools. Now, not even a confirmed case is likely to get kids a free pass from a day of classes.The virus hasn't changed - though it's been renamed the H1N1 flu.

In May, suspected cases of swine flu closed down schools. Now, not even a confirmed case is likely to get kids a free pass from a day of classes.The virus hasn't changed - though it's been renamed the H1N1 flu.

Cook County Sheriff's Police issued a community alert Friday after the attempted abduction of a 12-year-old girl on Tuesday, while she was walking to school in Stickney area, according to the Office of Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart.

A man suspected of committing at least nine west suburban car burglaries was arrested Wednesday after police tracked him using his latest victim's cell phone, which had a child-tracking feature.

Arresting Developments is our nightly glimpse at the city's festering underbelly.

A man suspected of committing at least nine west suburban car burglaries was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly stole the wrong thing: a cell phone with a child-tracking feature.

Kyle J. Cummings , 18, of 1011 Vertin Blvd. in Shorewood, was arrested by sheriff's police and booked into the county jail Tuesday on a charge of driving on a revoked or suspended license.

A somewhat contentious group of angry unionized police officers converged on last week's Village Board meeting in Lyons, upset over a preliminary proposal to create a balanced budget by eliminating one sworn police officer and one public works employee.

Cook County authorities say a Michigan man who was pulled over for speeding in the Chicago suburb of Stickney was arrested after being found with more than 4 pounds of crystal methamphetamine in his vehicle.