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Former Country Club Hills school administrator claims district rescinded employment offer as she battled COVID-19: lawsuit

August 11, 2020 at 7:43 p.m.

A former administrator at Country Club Hills Elementary District 160 claims the district illegally rescinded her contract extension earlier this year because she failed to sign and return her employment...

Paraplegic nursing home resident charged in fatal shooting at Homewood long-term care facility

August 11, 2020 at 2:38 p.m.

A 32-year-old resident of a long-term care facility in Homewood was charged Sunday in the shooting death of another resident. Maurice McMullen, who is paralyzed from the waist down and...

23-year-old man fatally shot in Chicago Heights

August 6, 2020 at 9:47 p.m.

A 23-year-old man was shot to death Wednesday night in Chicago Heights. Police responded to a report of shots fired in the 500 block of Andover Street at 11:38 p.m....

Richton Park teen charged in Sauk Village slaying

August 6, 2020 at 9:25 p.m.

A 17-year-old from Richton Park has been charged in a fatal shooting last week in Sauk Village. The teen was arrested Tuesday in Chicago and charged with first-degree murder in...

Feds charge 3 south suburban family members with child labor trafficking

August 5, 2020 at 11:09 p.m.

An African national and two of her daughters are accused of taking two undocumented West African girls to the United States under false pretenses and forcing them to work in...

Monee man charged in 76-year-old’s slaying inside Matteson home

August 5, 2020 at 7:01 p.m.

A Monee man has been charged in the fatal attack of a 76-year-old Matteson resident on Monday. Jeffery Meegan, 30, faces two counts of first-degree murder in the death of...

Man stabbed 3 at Worth home before killing himself in ‘murder-suicide,’ police say

August 4, 2020 at 11:36 p.m.

A 27-year-old man stabbed three people at a home in Worth Friday before turning the knife on himself in what police described as a murder-suicide. Kyle Palakaitis, of Oak Lawn,...

26-year-old man slain in Sauk Village

August 4, 2020 at 8:47 p.m.

A 26-year-old man was fatally shot Friday afternoon in Sauk Village. Tevin Watkins, of East Hazel Crest, was shot multiple times at about 1:34 p.m. in the 1700 block of...

Customers at Avenue Flower Shop & Wine Bar play video slots and other games in 2019 at the Oak Lawn business. (Daily Southtown staff)

Oak Lawn fines 13 video gaming companies for failing to comply with ‘push tax’ requirements

August 4, 2020 at 11:38 a.m.

A legal dispute between Oak Lawn and a video gaming trade association over a new tax on users of video slot and poker machines intensified last month when the village...

Hometown teen charged after fatal shooting at Burbank gas station

July 31, 2020 at 7:53 p.m.

A Hometown teenager has been charged following a fatal shooting last weekend at a Burbank gas station. Andrew Elam, 18, was arrested Tuesday and charged with aggravated unlawful use of...

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