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Column: The mayor of Markham appeared to win reelection. Now a court reversal says he is ineligible to hold public office.

April 23, 2021 at 7:03 a.m.

Markham Mayor Roger Agpawa is ineligible to hold municipal office, an appellate court ruled 2-1 Thursday. The ruling is a stunning reversal of decisions by a lower court and an...

LaTonya Floyd speaks during the funeral service for her brother, George, at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston June 9, 2020. (AP Photo)

Column: Oak Lawn native Kevin Cronin sings REO Speedwagon hit with George Floyd’s sister at vigil

April 21, 2021 at 3:55 p.m.

A rock star from the south suburbs performed a touching act of kindness that seemed to ease the pain felt by the family of George Floyd, the man killed by...

The Orland Fire Protection District on Aug. 23., 2016, rescues an Orland Park public works employee who became ill while inside a water tower about 75 feet above the ground. Mayors are protesting state plans to cut local funding that helps pay for police and fire protection, water and other essential services.

Column: Mayors tell lawmakers to restore local funds swept to help state balance budget

April 20, 2021 at 3:38 p.m.

Suburban municipal officials gathered online Tuesday to tell Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state legislators to stop taking money that belongs to residents of their communities. Hazel Crest Mayor Vernard Alsberry...

Activists march through West Town Thursday night after video footage of the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo was released to the public. Toledo was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer early morning March 29 in Little Village.

Column: Best way to overcome pandemic, police killings, gun violence is to work together

April 16, 2021 at 3:31 p.m.

Some south and southwest suburban residents may have gone to bed Thursday with a sense of fear and dread about what they might wake up to find Friday morning. Chicago's...

Lockport Historic District in October 2020.

Column: Transformed downtown propels Lockport to win national Strongest Town contest

April 15, 2021 at 3:38 p.m.

Before-and-after pictures of vacant downtown storefronts transformed into thriving businesses show why southwest suburban Lockport deserved to win the national 2021 Strongest Town competition. Brightly painted venues that highlight historic...

Cook County Circuit Judge Raymond J. Jagielski, presiding judge of the Fifth Municipal District, describes April 9 how a courtroom was converted into a jury deliberation room at the Bridgeview courthouse.

Column: Cook County touts safety measures as courthouses prepare to resume jury trials

April 14, 2021 at 2:38 p.m.

South and southwest suburban residents are being summoned for jury duty for the first time in a year due to the pandemic. Cook County courthouses in Bridgeview, Markham and elsewhere...

A woman broadcasts a live video feed of comments by Husam Marajda Monday on Ponderosa Drive in Palos Heights. Marajda led a coalition that sought to oust Trustee Sharon Brannigan from Palos Township government due to 2017 social media comments deemed offensive to Muslims.

Column: Arab community celebrates election defeat of Palos Township Trustee Sharon Brannigan, the subject of protests over her social media posts

April 14, 2021 at 11:31 a.m.

Members of the Arab community and allies gathered Monday evening to celebrate the election defeat of a Palos Township trustee who has been the subject of protests since 2017 over...

Cook County sets up a COVID-19 vaccination site Feb. 2, 2021 at the Tinley Park Convention Center.

Column: As COVID-19 cases skyrocket in some south suburbs, new restrictions may be needed

April 9, 2021 at 11:30 a.m.

A sharp rise in the numbers of COVID-19 cases in several south suburbs should serve as a warning that the pandemic is far from over. Twenty new cases were reported...

Voters including DeLorean Coleman, 35, sitting in the chair, wait about three hours to vote at early voting polling site Oct. 19, 2020 at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights.

Column: Integrity squeezed as politics creeps further into south suburban public higher education

April 8, 2021 at 4:17 p.m.

There was a time when it may have been tough to imagine the speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and chair of the Illinois Democratic Party endorsing a candidate...

Charles Griffin in 2009, after he was first elected mayor of Ford Heights.

Column: In the small village of Ford Heights, voters support a former mayor accused of stealing nearly $150K in public funds

April 8, 2021 at 8:16 a.m.

Ford Heights voters appear to have elected Charles R. Griffin, a former mayor whose attorney said accusations that he embezzled nearly $150,000 in public funds were a political ploy. Unofficial...

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