Beecher News

Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger :: Walker dies 11 days after being hit Comments November 18, 2009 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A 49-year-old man died Tuesday, 11 days after a Glenwood man driving a speeding Mitsubishi struck him in the South Loop, authorities said.

Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger :: Steger murder shocks community Aspiring musician, father robbed of cell phone Comments November 19, 2009 BY AMY LEE A passion for music and a devotion to family shaped the short life of Daniel Moreno, a singer and drummer who played in Mexican bands and was raising ...

Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger :: Steger man slain in hair salon Comments November 18, 2009 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A man was fatally shot last night during a robbery of a Steger hair salon.

Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger :: Marian marches to 3rd at nationals Comments November 16, 2009 The Marian Catholic High School Marching Band, one of only 12 schools in the nation to reach the finals of the Bands of America Grand Nationals this weekend, captured third place overall Saturday at the ...

Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger :: 2 charged in Chicago Hts firebombing Comments November 5, 2009 BY CASEY TONER Bail was set today for two Chicago men accused of tossing Molotov cocktails into a Chicago Heights clothing store.

Beecher Village President Paul Lohman requested that the board institute a hiring freeze until February 1 and department heads closely watch expenses in response to uncertain funding from the State of Illinois.

Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger :: 'It was like a hollow feeling' Shooting victim finds strength in family, church Comments October 17, 2009 BY CASEY TONER Troy Bell has shrunk after nearly two months in the hospital.

"Twilight Tales in the Grove," a free family program sponsored by the Forest Preserve District of Will County, will be at 7 p.m. Oct.

It was a perfect day for a golf outing sunny skies and no chance of rain. What better day could there be to combine golf with charity? Apparently, many agreed as 86 golfers showed up for Alicia's House seventh annual Celebrity Golf Outing at Lincolnshire Country Club in Crete on Saturday, September 12.

Jim Verduin doesn't want to sell the Beecher home he built with his own hands and 30,000 bricks for an airport or any other reason.

Lifelong resident of Beecher, Vonda Hardesty, is preparing for a free concert to be held at Flossmoor Community Church at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 4. The performance will be a celebration of her playing music professionally, mainly in churches, for over 30 years.

With fall officially under way, the pumpkin patches and other autumn attractions have started to open for the season.

Police say a teen kicked out the window of a squad car after being caught with a stolen gun Wednesday.

The Dunkin' Donuts at 7935 W. 171st St. in Tinley Park offers coffee refills of the doughnut chain's travel mug for just 99 cents, compared with around $1.70 at most other locations.

Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger :: Man charged in Crete burglary streak Comments September 11, 2009 SUN-TIMES NEWS GROUP Will County sheriff's police have arrested a man they say broke into several homes in and around Crete.

More than eight years after Alicia Diaz died in an accident at her home, the young girl's spirit lives on inside a South Chicago Heights food pantry.

Police Chief James Paoletti announced at the August 10 village board meeting that two of his officers had applied and been selected for the Will-Grundy County Major Crimes Task Force.

At their Monday board meeting, Beecher Village Trustees reviewed various reports.

Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a far south suburban man charged with beating a 9-year-old girl, who remains hospitalized, last month in Beecher.

The Will/Grundy Major Crimes Task Force is working to find out who severely beat a 9-year-old girl last week, The Herald News is reporting.