Markham News

Comedian Steve Harvey is used to making people laugh on his morning radio show. But on Monday, he was talking turkey and making them smile.

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger said he will veto a board vote to roll back his controversial county sales tax hike.

Editor's note: Information in Police Briefs is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office and city police departments.

Share + Nov 5, 2009 4:17 pm US/Central MARKHAM, Ill. A Chicago man was found guilty Wednesday of slashing the throat of a woman with a hunting knife as she walked near a Metra station in south suburban Blue Island in 2005.

Cook County health officials plan to offer swine flu vaccine by appointment at four sites in the suburbs.

Share + Oct 28, 2009 1:22 pm US/Central MARKHAM, Ill. Bond was set at $25 million Wednesday for a 19-year-old Michigan man charged with the fatal stabbing of a south suburban man that also left a 6-month-old girl hospitalized with stab wounds.

The Cook County sheriff, Tom Dart, has earned a nickname among local prosecutors: Sheriff Schindler.

A horse that got loose from a ranch early Sunday onto I-57 in south suburban Markham caused minor traffic problems for about 20 minutes before the horse jumped a fence and returned to the ranch.

H ow did Bruce Dozier manage to keep his driver's license? That's a question everyone in an elected position of responsibility is trying to avoid, despite a body count that keeps accumulating from Dozier's time behind the wheel.

Charges have been dropped against former Chicago Heights building inspector Sam Hernandez.

A regional military commander, Marine Major General Benjamin Dolorfino, says they would launch Monday, October 5, 2009 a new "hot line" that would allow citizens to send text messages from their cell phones or inform authorities about suspicious persons or information that could prevent terrorism.

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - " Suspected Moro rebels attacked a marine post Monday in the southern Filipino province of Sulu where fighting had killed dozens of gunmen and soldiers in recent weeks.

A south suburban man on parole for a 2006 reckless homicide was charged Saturday with allegedly slamming into several vehicles Thursday at a Crestwood intersection, killing a Country Club Hills man and injuring several people.

ZAMBONGA CITY, Philippines - " A shadowy group called the Bangsamoro National Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the dead roadside bombing that killed two US Special Forces soldiers and a Filipino marine in the southern Philippines.

An Illinoisian and an Oklahoman have been identified as two soldiers who were killed in a bomb attack in the Philippines that has been blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants.

A Markham man has been sentenced to 18 months in the Illinois Department of Corrections for lying about his identity to the state police.

There's a rule among condo developers: Thou shalt not get specific when criticizing the competition.

Share + Sep 14, 2009 11:02 pm US/Central Police from south suburban Markham and Robbins apprehended a convicted felon on the South Side Monday night following a chase that ended in a crash.

Police are investigating an apparent attack on a Markham man after a weekend party in south suburban Oak Forest.

Two decades after customers clamored to buy cocaine from a teenager named John Cappas, they're lined up again to buy what he has to sell: Hot dogs.