HellsGate Worker Sues | No Threat To Schools | Security Guard Fired

Miss a day, miss a lot. Let's get all caught up with the Top Southland Stories for Thursday, Jan. 26.

Former HellsGate, Statesville Haunted House Worker Sues Over Pay: Suit

A woman who claimed she and others who worked for the local Halloween attractions for years did so while being paid less than minimum wage.

Police Presence At Lockport Schools Involved Threatening Text Message

Will County deputies determined there was no credible threat to Oak Prairie Middle School and Ludwig Elementary in connection to the text.

Oak Forest HS Students Rally For Beloved Security Officer After Firing

Oak Forest HS security officer Malcolm Martin was terminated from his position Jan. 19. Students and parents are heartbroken.

7,500 Tips, 15 Years: Village Still Hopes To Solve Lane Bryant Murders

The Village of Tinley Park will soon mark 15 years since the murders of 5 women in a women's clothing store. The killings remain unsolved.

Services Set For Boy, 7, Who Died After Being Hit By School Bus

Visitation has been set for the Park Forest second grader who died after being hit by a school bus Friday, Jan. 20.

More Praise For Park District's Plans For Mental Health Center Land

An additional 14 legislators have written in support of the Tinley Park-Park District's plans for the Tinley Mental Health Center land.

Another Check Tied To Bridgeview Post Office Washed

This is the fifth incident this month of a Palos Hills resident's checks being washed and altered mailed from the Bridgeview Post Office.

DUI Charge After Woman Tries To Flee Crash On Flat Tires: Orland PD

The woman reportedly caused a 5-car crash in Orland Park Saturday night before attempting to leave the scene on "multiple" flat tires.

Kenootz Owners Set To Open New Bar And Grill, Deepen Oak Forest Roots

Cooper's Bar and Grill will open in space at 151st and Cicero Avenue. Ken and Dee Keeler are excited to debut the new bar and grill.

'Unprecedented Danger:' Doomsday Clock Moved To 90 Seconds To Midnight

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in Hyde Park resets the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has been set since 1947.

Lincoln-Way Students Earn Awards From Scholastic Art Show

46 area schools submitted 2,347 works of art, the District said. Only a small amount of pieces were awarded and accepted into the show.