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John Fountain, an Olympia Fields resident, will talk to high achieving students from Ghana, where he is studying as a Fulbright scholar.
Officials said they identified Percy Bell within 48 hours of catching him on camera fleeing Orland Square Mall, but waited to arrest him.
The Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence is asking legislators to increase funding for 2023 programs from $400,000 to $50 million.
The club, which was established in 1901, features a clubhouse from the Spanish Revival and over 100 acres of famously difficult golf course.
Tinley Park, Orland Park and Orland Hills will increase patrols on 159th Street to combat a rise in car and car part thefts, officials said.
The district notified parents Sunday after a judge voided certain COVID-19 emergency rules, including mandatory masking. District 140 won't.
Officials said the bus driver saved the students inside the bus when it stopped on the train tracks at 167th Street and 109th Avenue.
The lot is at the corner of 191st Street and Harlem Avenue. Mayor Mike Glotz said he hopes to use the area for a retail development.
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The Human Race, a specialty store that analyzes customers' stride and gait to recommend shoes, is celebrating 20 years on Feb. 10 - 13.
The Harlem Avenue location has been approved since 2020 but sewage permits, COVID-19 and the snow has pushed the major project back.
Police arrested and charged three people in connection to illegal gun uses from Jan. 18 - 23, according to officials.
Flossmoor officials are following the lead of towns like Chicago Heights and Homewood in closing municipal buildings due to a winter storm.
The Arroyos - a family of 5 - are still searching for a new home after a fire Sunday destroyed their apartment building and belongings.
Danny Oganovich has a chance at a life saving kidney transplant Thursday. Home Run Inn will donate 30 percent of sales to support him.
A 59-year-old Chicago man was found with a gun in his pants leg while paramedics were treating him Saturday, police said.
The storm, which closed multiple local schools and municipal buildings, caused city officials to close City Hall early Wednesday.
Tinley Park police have assigned new detectives to investigate the killing of 5 women at Brookside Marketplace 14 years ago.
Neighbors in the Timbers Pointe subdivision said they will meet with village officials to discuss possible solutions.
Police have safely located the missing woman who was separated from her family early Wednesday morning.
