Olivia Stevens

A Chicago Heights crematory has been shut down after the Illinois Comptroller’s office received a complaint last month of the facility mishandling human remains, according to the state agency. Heights Crematory, 230 E. 11th St., faces penalties of up to […]

Harvey resident Lizzie Welch-Aguiniga says she gave up on schools being support systems for children by the time she was 13. The oldest of 11 children raised by a mother struggling with drug addiction, Welch-Aguiniga says she reported the regular

Illinois State Police said they encourage people to show support for Clay Carns, a state trooper from Orland Park who was struck and killed in a roadside crash last week, by lining the route of his funeral procession Friday morning.

Calumet City will proceed with litigation against its elected clerk despite efforts by aldermen to dismiss the case, which they say represents retaliatory action from Mayor Thaddeus Jones. During a special meeting Monday, council members James Patton, Monet Wilson, DeJuan

Park Forest police obtained a warrant Monday for a suspect in a double homicide last week that left two women dead in a home on the 300 block of Miami Street. Coleman Franklin was charged with two counts of first

The Lockport Township District 205 Board is looking to fill a seat left vacant by member Zyan Navarra, who had filed to seek reelection. The district said Wednesday in a news release Navarra notified the board president in November he

During a quick and fiery town hall style caucus Tuesday night, state Sen. Napoleon Harris received the Democratic nomination for Thornton Township supervisor in the April 2025 election, blocking incumbent Supervisor Tiffany Henyard from the ballot. Harris, the committeeman for

Five months out from April’s election, neither Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard nor any incumbent township trustees have announced intentions to run again for their positions. Candidates running outside of a major party needed to file petitions by 5 p.m.

While their south and southwest suburban neighbors bemoaned historically high property tax bills this summer, a small school district serving New Lenox and Joliet boasts a complete rebate of its taxes on homeowners. Union Elementary District 81 has provided at

Riverdale Mayor Lawrence Jackson filed petitions Monday to run for reelection in the February Democratic primary, but will face two challengers. Three trustees also filed for reelection but face challenges in the Village Board race. Michael Airhart and Rena Poulos