Mike Nolan

Oak Lawn police said Thursday a 19-year-old Chicago man was charged with reckless homicide following a crash Tuesday that left a Midlothian man dead.

Harvey Park District executive director Kisha McCaskill was chosen Friday to replace Monica Gordon on Cook County Board.

In her bid for a second term as Dolton's mayor, Tiffany Henyard is operating a self-financed campaign, with state records showing no contributions being recorded for the past year other than loans made by her.

Homewood officials plan a tax increment financing district in the village's downtown near the Metra Electric Line station.

Three people are being held after a woman was shot Thursday at a Hazel Crest gas station at 175th Street and Kedzie Avenue.

Single-digit high temperatures are expected to hit the Chicago south, southwest suburbs, the coldest weather of year so far.

Former Chicago Heights Mayor Angelo “Sam” Ciambrone, who died Thursday at age 95, was remembered as someone who “reflected the soul of the city.”

A Central Illinois man is being held after being charged with murder in the 2020 death of a Harvey woman whose partially burned body was found in a forest preserve near Midlothian.

Lockport High School was among the few schools to have in-person classes during Tuesday’s frigid temperatures.

Bringing Cook County resources such as vaccination clinics into communities is a priority of Kisha McCaskill, the new Cook County commissioner for the 5th District, which covers several south suburbs.