Washington Park News

Students from the East St. Louis alternative high school and their instructor attended an aldermanic committee meeting Thursday and called on the mayor to close a nightclub where an African-American man from Bethalto was run down and killed.

The highly publicized No Trash Bash brought together green organizations and students at the Reynolds Club on Monday a Food, music, and environmentalism came together Monday evening at the Reynolds Club for the second annual No Trash Bash.

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

Cochran held the meeting in order to hear the community's reaction to the garden closure, which makes room for staging construction for the Chicago Theological Seminary at 61st Street and Dorchester Avenue.

Provident Hospital would focus on outpatient and preventative care services if the plan, which faces strong opposition from the community, is approved.

Police are seeking a gray colored Toyota Camry involved in a shooting that left a man hospitalized early Tuesday in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side early Tuesday morning.

My friend Deborah Harrington called and left a message. Then another. And another.

A Washington Park man who eluded police for months was charged Friday in connection with a shooting earlier this year.

Domonisha L. Vickers, 18, of Washington Park, was charged Thursday with aggravated battery.

Washington Park police call Brandon Johnson the "most dangerous man" in their community, but the community helped take him into custody.

An East St. Louis man was charged Monday after the suspected DUI driver fled from Caseyville police and crashed into a parked car.

Police on Sunday identified the teen who was shot to death Halloween night. The victim was Rashaud Wilson, 16, of the 2700 block of Ridge Avenue in East St.

To the Editor: I"m confused about the Ottawa teachers need to formally apologize to veterans because the Veteran"s War Memorial in Washington Park was the background for their rally.

People living in Washington Park are applying lessons learned from Chicago's Olympic bid process.

A Dyett High School student was arrested Wednesday after allegedly hitting a teacher with a belt buckle at the South Side school in the Washington Park neighborhood, police said.

An abduction from the John DeShields Homes turned out to be a murder on Monday, possibly related to a shooting Monday afternoon at the housing complex and another at Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital.

A Washington Park man was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, three counts of distribution of crack cocaine and two counts of witness tampering.

The two-year celebration of Quincy community's relationship with twoA 19th century politicians who debated in the Gem City 151 years ago ended today with a Legacy Festival.

Chicago's chances for the 2016 Summer Olympics are gone. But residents hope the city's attempt to win the Games will leave a lasting legacy anyway.

Three men were charged Monday with stealing hundreds of feet of AT&T cable wire, including the son of a former state representative from the area.