Dolton News

CHICAGO - A recent study by the SouthEast Commuter Rail Development Board confirms what Crete Mayor Michael Einhorn said he's known for years - that commuter rail service to the southeast suburbs is necessary.

In Dolton, Illinois, police officer Christopher Lloyd was caught on video throwing a special needs student into a locker then slamming him to the ground, breaking his nose.

Last week, attorneys for special ed student Marshawn Pitts released the security video below , which shows Pitts being beaten by Christopher Lloyd, a police officer in Dolton, Illinois who was working security at the school.

A federal lawsuit filed Friday accuses Dolton police officers of beating up an innocent man and lying about it.

Share + Oct 9, 2009 10:18 am US/Central DOLTON, Ill. The police officer who was caught on tape beating a 15-year-old special education student in Dolton is now behind bars accused of rape.

Share + Oct 9, 2009 5:46 pm US/Central Reporting Mai Martinez DOLTON, Ill. 1 of 1 David Smith enters the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago.

A Dolton, Illinois, police officer assigned to a school was placed on administrative leave and later resigned after a surveillance video surfaced of him allegedly assaulting a special-needs student, officials said.

A Dolton cop caught on camera allegedly breaking a 15-year-old special needs student's nose for failing to tuck in his shirt has a troubling history that includes killing a man in a case of disputed self-defense. The officer is now in an Indiana jail on an unrelated rape charge.

Share + Oct 6, 2009 10:34 pm US/Central Reporting Dave Savini DOLTON, Ill. A 15-year-old student was walking down a hallway at school when he says a police officer grabbed him and threw him to the ground.

A former Griffith man free on bond in a murder case has died. Steven Anthony Gamble, 26, died Sept.

Police happened to be going by Evergreen Terrace on Saturday night at the same time James T. Johnson , 21, of 1019 Jefferson St.

Federal prosecutors say an Illinois man has pleaded guilty in an identity theft ring that ensnared Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as a victim.

JARELL Q. GRIFFIN has been captured. He was wanted by the Chicago Police for the September 20, 2008 shooting death of a 24-year old Dolton, Illinois man during an apparent robbery attempt on the city's south side.

Eighth grade science teacher Erin Moore of the Lincoln Avenue School in the southern Chicago suburb of Dolton is about to lose weight - all of it.

As the wild and largely enjoyable second season of HBO's "True Blood" came to a close on Sunday, most of the residents of Bon Temps, La., wanted to put the insanity that had gripped the town behind them.

Blue Island's MetroSouth Medical Center has laid off 120 employees just weeks after it celebrated its first anniversary with speeches, awards and a barbecue.

Dave Deuser had a hunch that his stolen NCAA championship ring would surface somewhere.

A Dolton man and a West Chicago teenager have been charged with armed robbery in connection with an incident in West Chicago, authorities said Tuesday.

A Dolton man and a West Chicago teenager have been charged with armed robbery in connection with an incident in West Chicago, authorities said Tuesday.

Share + Aug 5, 2009 7:22 am US/Central One man is dead and seven othersA were woundedA overnight in two shootings on the city's Southwest and Far South sides, one of them involving an AK-47. Four males of unidentified ages were shot around 1:05 a.m. at 123rd Street and Lowe Avenue in the West Pullman neighborhood, police said.