Man charged in Park Forest murders
January 2, 2025A man has been charged in connection with the murders of two Park Forest women. Coleman Franklin was arrested shortly before noon Tuesday in Harvey. He faces two counts of first-degree…
A man has been charged in connection with the murders of two Park Forest women. Coleman Franklin was arrested shortly before noon Tuesday in Harvey. He faces two counts of first-degree…
Former Oak Park resident Heather Mack, who is serving a 26-year sentence in a West Virginia federal prison for conspiring to kill her mother in Bali in 2014, has formally complained…
SPRINGFIELD — Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011 could be on the table…
A 17-year-old boy was charged in connection with a carjacking on Chicago’s Southwest Side. The teen was charged with one count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm…
Time to study up, Illinois. New state laws are now in effect. They include some of the defining bills of the 2024 legislative session and others that will change how people get IDs,…
Two individuals have been charged in connection with stabbings at an Oak Forest restaurant. Jaray Brown Jr., a resident of the 13900 block of Central Park Avenue in Robbins, and Camren…
A Park Forest man died from injuries sustained Thursday in a head-on collision in the south suburban village. Officers and fire personnel from the Park Forest Police and Fire departments…
Two women were killed inside a Park Forest home Thursday. At 6:08 p.m. Thursday, officers from the Park Forest Police Department responded to the 300 block of Miami Street to investigate…
Video: https://youtu.be/2hPwuNqB4LU?feature=shared Nearly 200 people attended the annual Chabad of Glencoe Chanukah Celebration on Thursday. Chanukah or Hanukkah, depending on your…
Video: https://youtu.be/1WT8OarMYcQ?feature=shared The 33rd year of what has become a holiday tradition for many rolled through the Chicago area when Santa Claus arrived on…
SPRINGFIELD — Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late Saturday, bolstering coffers with new taxes…
Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois. To the director of one of the museums, the work to rebury those remains…
This week in ag, the fallout continues from RFK’s “Make America Healthy Again” report that recommends sweeping changes to how farmers produce food. We’ve also got info on big…
The Illinois State Fair will offer a little something for everyone this year. Fans of the fair and its food gathered at the state fairgrounds in April to celebrate the countdown of…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office is projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his February budget…
Electric customers around Illinois will see significantly higher prices on their bills next month. The average residential customer of northern Illinois’ Commonwealth Edison will…
Mid-May rains across north-central Illinois did little to alleviate dry conditions in many locations, though some benefitted from up to 5 inches of precipitation. This week we will…