Tinley Park News

Student debt is the talk of the nation, especially with interest rates on federally subsidized Stafford Loans set to double on July 1, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

An Oak Forest teenager who pleaded guilty to being drunk when he fatally struck a 4-year-old girl who was chasing a ball in the street has been sentenced to probation and community service.

Nope, it's not a Drake cover -- it's the lead track from the singer-songwriter's next full-length.

We assumed the semi-retired legend of laughter was done with big events like these, but we were wrong!!! This is AH-Mazing!!! Remember Flight of the Conchords?! The zany New Zealand musical-comedy duo from HBO 's Flight of the Conchords ? They're featured performers too!!!! Whoa!!! Did we step into one of H.G. Wells ' time machines and travel back ... (more)

Miss Illinois finished second runner up at the Miss USA competition. The 22 year old from Tinley Park, attended Lincoln Way East High School.

An internal police inquiry into Justice police officer Carmen Scardine, accused in a federal lawsuit of forcing a woman to perform oral sex in his squad car, found that he broke department policy, abused his police powers, lied about the incident and may have violated the law, according to documents.

For the last five years, Stacie Juris has gone to Las Vegas to sit in the audience and watch the Miss USA pageant.

The Tinley Park Park District has leased property from St. Boniface Church and has maintained it as a park.

The Homer Township Public Library is beginning a new chapter in its 25-year-old life as it expands into an addition this summer.

The South Suburban Humane Society in Chicago Heights is one of 50 shelters in the Purina Cat Chow "50 Years.

Arlington Heights will join a class-action lawsuit with several other Illinois municipalities in an effort to recoup tax money lost when people book hotel rooms through outside travel websites.

A 22-year-old Blue Island man is facing felony charges after allegedly being involved in a hit-and-run accident in Tinley Park last week that killed a 61-year-old man who was visiting from India, police said.

Think you can write a funny caption to go with this photo for June 10? Send in yours by noon June 13, and we'll be the judge.

Bicyclists are considered vehicle operators; they are required to obey the same rules of the road as other vehicle operators, including traffic signs, signals and lane markings.

'That car?'" Dorian recalled. "She goes, 'Yeah.' And I just put my lights on and went after him."

If you're looking for events worth getting out of the house for, then Get Up and Go! has you covered Mondays-Fridays.

A 61-year-old man from India was killed in the midst of a family visit to Tinley Park Wednesday, after a pickup driver struck him as he crossed a street and then fled the scene.

A town hall meeting on the federal Affordable Healthcare Act, hosted by U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Central Middle School, 18146 Oak Park Ave., Tinley Park.

The idea of staffing a fire station full-time may have been unthinkable when Tinley Park's 13-member volunteer fire department took shape in 1901.But 11 decades and 120 firefighters later, round-the-clock staffing is already a reality at the four fire stations, with live-in arrangements already in place at Station 1, located at 17355 S. 68th Court, ... (more)

There's been a lot of anticipation brewing about this summer's Monster Energy Carnival of Madness tour , but now we can officially begin making plans as the first batch of dates has been announced.