Hazel Crest News

A Chicago police officer fatally shot an armed suspect early today on the Southeast Side.

Four people in Chicago and three in the suburbs were killed by gun violence between Friday and Sunday nights in Chicago.

At least eight people in Chicago and its suburbs were killed this weekend, some in what appeared to be accidents, but most in homicides involving guns.

By Bob Secter and Carlos Sadovi One paramount lesson to take away from the failed child pornography prosecution of R&B star R. Kelly is this: It's hard to win a conviction when the alleged victim not only ...

Two of the Illinois men involved in an attempted burglary of Cartronix in Valparaiso on Tuesday pleaded guilty.

God bless you, today. It's now about 25 hours after my prostate surgery. As the late Soul Brother No.

“We discovered we were spending $100 to $150 a month on takeout and fast food”

Valerie and Todd Hill are battling the gasoline-price crunch by eating out less often, packing lunches, using grocery coupons and denying themselves high-priced organic foods at specialty stores. via Chicago Sun-Times

Lincoln-Way Chapter of Business Network International: 7 to 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Little Joe's, Francis and Cedar roads in New Lenox. via Lincoln-Way Sun

“Oh hey, let me take a ride past there. I want to look at a project.”

About a month ago, Mike Salamowicz was hired as the village's Development Services director. via Lincoln-Way Sun

A brake fire sparked a massive barbecue on Interstate Highway 80 near Hazel Crest overnight when a truck hauling 25 tons of beef ribs went up in flames, state police said. via Chicago Tribune

HAZEL CREST, Ill. - Twenty-five tons of beef ribs went up in smoke overnight after the truck in which they were transported caught fire south of Chicago. via Fox News

New numbers released today show foreclosures in Cook County jumped 47 percent in the first quarter compared with last year. via WBEZ-FM Chicago

“I'm not going to pout about it or be upset about it. You just have to keep it in check”

Nearly 2,900 men lined up around the Chicago area last week to get a free prostate cancer screening sponsored by the Sun-Times. The numbers weren't as good as last year, when almost 3,700 men got tested. via Chicago Sun-Times

“The phone call in itself wasn't a threat”

A convicted sex offender charged with threatening to kill a woman will remain in DuPage County Jail after a judge refused Monday to dismiss the case. via Chicago Tribune

Police say the mother of a 3-year-old Oak Forest boy found her son dead, hanging from the cord of a window blind. via WGN-AM Chicago

OAK FOREST, Ill. A 3-year-old Oak Forest boy apparently strangled himself accidentally when he became caught in a cord attached to window blinds at his home Tuesday evening, authorities said. via Cbs2chicago.com

“Hi (victim's name). This is Stephen Mislich. I am out of prison and I know where you work.”

After more than 25 years behind bars for two sex crimes, Stephen E. Mislich was back in jail only four months after his release. via Beep!

A Chicago police veteran has been named Hazel Crest's police chief. Thomas Folliard was appointed to the post last week by a committee formed to pick a new leader for the south suburban police force. via Chicago Tribune

A woman was arrested and six Pace bus passengers were hospitalized with minor injuries after a car rammed into the back of the bus Tuesday morning in south suburban Calumet Park. via NBC 5

“Now we've learned that's really not the wisest management choice.”

Glenn Weiler sounded like he was delivering a eulogy, speaking in the past tense used by arborists who now deem the ash tree's demise inevitable, its enemy unstoppable. via WGNTV Chicago