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Ex-cop charged with money laundering linked to Regal Theater rehab

Former Country Club Hills police Chief Regina Evans was charged Friday with misappropriating part of a $1.25 million state grant. »

Ex-Country Club Hills police chief charged with money laundering

Former Country Club Hills police Chief Regina Evans was charged Friday with misappropriating part of a $1.25 million state grant. »

15 people charged in scheme to get fake unemployment benefits

A woman from south suburban Country Club Hills has been charged along with 14 others in a scheme that defrauded state unemployment insurance agencies in Illinois and two other states of more than $8.7 million, the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago said... »

Mayor: Country Club Hills payday snafu ‘one of those glitches’

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Co-founder of largest black-owned bank dies

Alvin Boutte Sr. led the nation’s largest black-owned bank and helped bankroll the civil rights efforts of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He died Sunday at age 82 at his Hazel Crest home. He was born in Lake Charles, La., and earned a pharmacist’s deg... »

Man drowns while trying to rescue dog in Homewood

A man drowned Monday afternoon while apparently trying to rescue one of his two dogs that had wandered onto ice on a small lake in the Izaak Walton Nature Preserve in Homewood, authorities said. Fire Chief Robert Grabowski said firefighters responded t... »

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Woman dies on 110th birthday

The celebration for Jane Ising’s 110th birthday was all set. Her son and his wife were coming from Homewood to the Applewood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Matteson, where monthly parties are held for residents turning another year older. Mrs. Is... »

Country Club Hills man charged in University Park murder

Tommy L. Crockwell, 42, is charged in Will County with two counts of first-degree murder for the Oct. 26 shooting death of Johnny “Duke” Rouse of University Park. »

Judge’s brother held without bail in deaths of sister and brother-in-law

Kenneth Rhodes, whose brother is a Cook County judge, was ordered held without bail Wednesday on charges he killed his sister and her husband, who were found dead in a home in Country Club Hills over the weekend. »

Cook County judge’s brother charged in deaths of sister and brother-in-law

The brother of a Cook County judge has been charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his sister and her husband, who were found dead in a home in Country Club Hills over the weekend, Country Club Hills Mayor Dwight Welch said Tuesday. Kenneth Rhod... »

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‘Rocky’ Clark remembered for being inspirational

Twin sisters Wanda and Towanda Gray, of Dolton, didn’t know Rocky Clark personally. But over the years, they had followed the inspirational story of the former Eisenhower High School football player, who kept a positive outlook on life even after he be... »

Visitation under way for ‘Rocky’ Clark

Twin sisters Wanda and Towanda Gray, of Dolton, didn’t know Rocky Clark personally. But over the past decade-plus, they had followed the inspirational story of the former Eisenhower High School football player, who kept a positive outlook on life even ... »

State investigating death of two infants — including one found in trash bin

State officials are investigating the parents of two infants who died in separate incidents Sunday night, including a day-old boy found in a trash bin in Country Club Hills. The Department of Children and Family Services is investigating an allegation ... »

Families mourn two teens killed in I-57 crash

For the families of five south suburban teens, the weekend was a terrible start to 2012. Tyon Groves, 16, was killed when the SUV he was driving crashed on I-57 after he left a New Year’s party. Passenger Au’Ocean Lewis, 17, of Country Club Hills, was ... »

Two teens killed in I-57 rollover

A 16-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl died and three teens were injured early Sunday after a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 57 near 186th Street, state police said. A northbound SUV rolled over about 4:55 a.m., Master Sergeant Al Ulcigrai said. Five ... »

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