Richton Park News

A year after signing a class of recruits that helped pushed Illinois back into the Top 25 this season, Illini have signed three players considered to be among the country's 100 best.

CHICAGO - And then there was one. In the summer of 2008, from the Indiana state line to Joliet, our suburbs presented a united front.

OR WILL COP ISSUE WARNING? Odds of a citation depend on where you're pulled over September 19, 2009 Stopped by police? Depending on where you were pulled over, you are either guaranteed to get a ticket -- or you could drive away scot-free. In south suburban University Park, for instance, don't even think about asking for mercy.

Matteson :: Park Forest :: University Park :: Richton Park :: :: Fire damages townhouse in Univ.

An Oakland Avenue man discovered someone burned a flag flying from his garage overnight Wednesday.

Eight prisoners were shackled inside a transport van being transported to Mississippi on Saturday, August 8. While making a stop at one of the gas stations on I-57 near Manhattan and Monee Roads in Monee, Walter Wilson, 25, escaped the transport van at about 10:43 p.m. Residents of Monee received a Will County Emergency Management Agency alert ...

An Illinois judge has freed a man who'd been jailed for three weeks after letting loose a loud yawn during a sentencing hearing.

Rumors of chocolate-covered bacon at the Lake County Fair reached as far as Richton Park, Ill., but attendees have yet to find the elusive, yet oh-so sweet and salty delicacy.

Demolishing 10 east side homes in Chicago Heights. Knocking down a fire-damaged home and rehabbing 20 rentals for a lease-to-purchase program in Richton Park.

Drowsy spectators in one suburban Chicago courtroom might want to stifle their yawns from now on.

Drowsy spectators in one suburban Chicago courtroom might want to stifle their yawns from now on.

Drowsy spectators in one suburban Chicago courtroom might want to stifle their yawns from now on.

Illinois State Police say authorities have recaptured an inmate who escaped from a transport van in a southwest Chicago suburb.

A Richton Park man received a rude awakening when his ill-timed yawn in a Will County courtroom landed him behind bars.

An inmate that escaped from a transport van in the southwest suburbs Saturday night was found in Richton Park Sunday night and taken into police custody.

Bail was set at $50 million Thursday morning for the 23-year-old Chicago man charged with robbing and then fatally stabbing his 88-year-old grandfather in Richton Park.

Police were holding a grandson of an 88-year-old Richton Park man in connection with his stabbing death Sunday in his south suburban home, family members said Tuesday night.

A An 88-year-old man found dead this weekend in his south suburban home suffered multiple stab wounds and his death is a homicide, according to results of a Monday autopsy.

The owner of the Dairy Queen Karmelkorn inside Lincoln Mall said he would like to see more cash flow in Matteson.

Citing a need to strengthen local commerce, Matteson is launching its own business organization.