Markham News

Mokena School District 159 recently hired former Lincoln-Way East assistant principal Kathleen Wilkey to replace outgoing Charles Vitton as the new assistant superintendent of instruction, Sun-Times Media reports .

Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a man whose body was found last month.

Wilkey has been math and science coordinator for the Elmhurst Community Unit School District since 2011 and curriculum coordinator for Morris Community School Districts 54, 60C, and 101 from 2008 to 2011.

How's the old saying go? Close only counts in horseshoes in hand grenades. Add the lottery to that list.

SUNDAY, APRIL 28 Pills Stolen At Party Thirty hydrocodone pills were stolen during a party at a home in the 200 block of East 24th Street, according to a report.

The Altus Municipal Authority and City Council held their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 7, in Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex to discuss items on the consent agenda.

Busts At Hooters April 30: Diners at the restaurant known for being delightfully tacky decided to split without paying their checks when they finished enjoying the view.

Several of former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr's former constituents are asking a federal judge to give him no mercy when he hands down his sentence.

The accident occurred at 10:24 p.m. in the 111000 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines said.

THURSDAY, MAY 2 Liquor Theft From CVS Darren L. Wright, 38, of the 8000 block of South Green Street in Chicago, and Vivian L. McGee, 28, of the 16200 block of Paulina Street in Markham, were charged with retail theft, according to a report.

Martin Scott was looking at a possible 30 - year prison sentence after a police dog found pot in the trunk of his car back in September 2011.

MARKHAM, Ill. A dispatcher for a south suburban fire department has been charged with buying stolen fire equipment to sell at a south suburban pawn shop.

An expert witness' reconstruction report on the New Year's 2010 crash that claimed the life of a 20-year-old New Lenox woman must be reviewed by a lawyer before a judge will decide whether to allow it at trial.

A 20-year-old Matteson woman was charged with aggravated battery after police say she purposely hit another woman with her car during an argument Thursday in the 400 block of Rutledge Street.

On April 29, 2013 the last of a group of IDOC inmates were returned to Cook County Criminal Courts to answer charges of first degree murder .

A retired state trooper jailed since September for allegedly gunning down a man in a gas station parking lot was brought before a Cook County judge for a brief hearing Tuesday morning.

Cook County prosecutors have charged a fourth man in connection with the 2010 slaying of a woman and two children following a botched robbery in Harvey.

Submitted photo / Pictured is a photo of one of the latest benches installed at Ennis Veterans Memorial Park.

During a special joint meeting of the Altus Municipal Authority and the Altus City Council on Tuesday, elected officials Debbie Davis - City Clerk/Treasurer, and Councilmen Richard G. Henry - Ward I, Michael T. Beason- Ward II, Perry Shelton- Ward III, and Dwayne E. Martin- Ward IV, were sworn in by Municipal Court Judge Ken Darby.

Altus City Mayor David Webb proclaims April 15-19,"The Week of the Young Child." Mayor Webb and Head Start Lincoln Center Director Elva Campos met in the Mayor's Office on Wednesday, April 17, where the Mayor signed the proclamation and presented it to Campos.