Chicago Heights veteran gifted new roof from Habitat for Humanity: 'Thank you'
Because he spent his career keeping others safe, Habitat for Humanity and local partners chose to replace the roof over one Chicago veteran's head.
'Lunch Bus' serves healthy meals to Chicago-area children over summer break
Now that most kids are home from school, the Greater Chicago Food Depository "Lunch Bus" is back in business, delivering meals for the first time this summer in seven suburban areas.
Chicago Heights man sentenced to over three years in prison for threatening Biden’s inauguration
A federal judge has sentenced a Chicago Heights man to 37 months in prison for leveling a threat against President Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration, a punishment designed in part to help “stop this tsunami of threats against our elected officials.”
Cook County remembers fallen officers with annual ceremony
Fellow officers, plus families, were on hand to honor four officers killed in 2021.
7-year-old boy run over by car in Chicago Heights and killed
Giovanni Leon, 7, was hit on Dixie Highway near Bloom High School around noon.
Happy 100th Birthday to Mary Lucarini of Chicago Heights
Mary Lucarini lives in the same house where she was born, and is old enough to remember Al Capone hanging around the neighborhood.
11 shot, 1 fatally, in Monday shootings across Chicago
One person was killed, and 10 others were wounded in shootings Monday in Chicago.
Chicago Heights woman becomes youngest Latina grad in Illinois university's history
Esmeralda Portillo, of Chicago Heights, has become the youngest Latina woman to graduate from Western Illinois University in the school's history.
Illinois police officer’s commitment to community outshines national scrutiny: 'I've become a father figure'
Since 1981, Brian Smith has taught various personal safety and martial arts courses on the south side of Chicago, both at the Metropolitan Police Self-Defense Institute and the Chicago Heights Ju Jitsu Academy.
Temporary driver services facility opens in Chicago Heights on Monday
A temporary driver services center will open Monday at Prairie State College nearly a year after the permanent Chicago Heights facility closed.
Chicago Heights police officer dies after collapsing on duty
A 25-year Chicago Heights Police Department veteran died days after collapsing while responding to a domestic call.
Man, 30, fatally shot in Chicago Heights
A 30-year-old man was fatally shot Friday in south suburban Chicago Heights.
Chicago Heights man killed in Gary shooting
A 31-year-old man was fatally shot Tuesday in northwest Indiana.
Chicago Heights school gym transforms into vaccination center for faculty, staff
Leaders of a suburban school district are taking matters into their own hands as they transform a school gym into a vaccination center.
Chicago Heights police officer charged with official misconduct, aggravated battery
A Chicago Heights police officer was arrested on Friday for allegedly battering a handcuffed juvenile arrestee.
Chicago Heights man accused of making threats ahead of inauguration held without bond
The Chicago Heights man accused of making threats ahead of the inauguration is being held without bond.