Harvey News

Bond was set at $1 million Friday for a 42-year-old south suburban man accused of murdering his fiancee.

The body of a Chicago man was pulled from the Little Calumet River in south suburban Riverdale on Sunday night.

THE BLOTTER A Harvey man was charged with reckless homicide in the death of an Illinois Department of Transportation worker who, along with another worker, was hit by a vehicle Wednesday on Interstate Highway ...

Bond was set at $250,000 Friday for a southwest suburban man charged with reckless homicide for fatally striking an IDOT contractor and injuring another in a Wednesday hit-and-run on I-57 on the Far South Side.

Illinois State Police are investigating whether the driver who killed a highway worker and seriously injured another Wednesday afternoon on I-57 fell asleep while driving before fleeing the scene of the crash on the Far South Side. No charges had been filed as of Thursday morning.

The crash happened about 2:40 p.m. Wednesday in the southbound lanes of I-57 near 119th Street, authorities said. Two workers were struck while removing a sign warning drivers about a lane closure, according to IDOT spokesman Mike Claffey.

Everybody who has come by to take a look agrees that it's the work of a professional board-up service.

These items are from Mount Prospect Police Department incident reports. The Mount Prospect Journal publishes this police blotter every Wednesday and Friday.

Springfield has had a longtime love affair with "Hello, Dolly!" It was first presented by Springfield Theatre Centre in 1971, with the late Bettie Ward playing Dolly.

Solideal USA, with corporate offices in Charlotte, NC, has signed a lease for approximately 124,500-sf at 2700 McDonough, here.

Fire, police and gas company crews responded to a house explosion in south suburban Harvey Friday morning.

Canadian National Railway Company announced the opening of its new $6 million Chicago Grain Distribution Center on May 22.

Margaret V. Soucek and a small group of friends set out in the mid-1960s to help reform the Morton High School District 201 Board.

Gospel FOCUS, which means, "Find out How You Can Sing, is an American Idol style gospel competition.

A teen was arrested after reportedly shooting a gun in the air early Thursday. Shots were fired just after midnight in the 600 block of McDonough Street.

Federal agents and sheriff's police began rounding up alleged members of Chicago's Gangster Disciples gang and their associates Wednesday on charges of conspiring to operate a major crack selling ring.

The trial of Robert Sylvester Kelly -- better known as R&B superstar R. Kelly -- begins today with opening statements.

Howard Jones was killed in the 6800 block of South Stony Island Avenue, crossing the street early Sunday. via WBBM-AM Chicago

By KATHY ROUTLIFFE kroutliffe@pioneerlocal.com A Chicago woman has sued the village of Skokie and one of its police detectives for what she claims was a malicious arrest in 2006, one which kept her incarcerated ... via Winnetka Talk

William Tillery is dead, less than a week after he was injured in a motorcycle accident in northwest suburban Spring Grove. via WBBM-AM Chicago

A person was killed early Thursday after being struck by a train in south suburban Harvey. via cbs2chicago.com