Hickory Hills

The Illinois Legislature is breaking a promise made to us teachers many years ago: Do your best at teaching and you will be taken care of during your retirement. I spent 35 years doing my best, starting in 1970 at $7,000 a year, spending most of my...

The 2005 slaying of a 23-year-old Cicero woman has resulted in murder charges against her estranged husband and his friend, authorities said today, and both men are being held without bail. James Murry, 35, was extradited from where he had been living...

A man who apparently was struck and killed by a freight train this afternoon on the Southwest Side has been identified, authorities said. Peter Borzeka, 56, of the 9400 block of South 79th Avenue in Hickory Hills, was dead on the scene, according to...

An Orland Park woman found dead in her home with her estranged husband Tuesday was killed by “an assault and cervical injury,” according to police and autopsy results from the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Her husband died of a...

An Orland Park man has been charged with felony drunken driving in a crash near Hickory Hills that killed a nurse as she drove to work Sunday mornjing, police said today. Heidi Roseen, 51, of Lockport, was declared dead at 7:07 a.m. Sunday at Advocate...

A Cicero man was ordered held in lieu of $200,000 bail Saturday after he allegedly fondled his girlfriend's 11-year-old daughter, according to police and Cook County prosecutors. Carlos Haddock, 39, of the 1600 block of South 51st Court, is charged...

A nurse heading to work was fatally injured when a pickup truck driven by a man who later admitted drinking since 5 p.m. Saturday crashed into the nurse's sportutility vehicle after running a red light near Hickory Hills, police said. Heidi Roseen, 51,...

A 49-year-old woman shot dead at her home by southwest suburban Hickory Hills police late Saturday night aimed a handgun at two officers before they shot her, police said. Nancy B. Van Raes, of the 8600 block of South 82nd Avenue, was pronounced dead...

Hickory Hills police shot and killed a 49-year-old woman early Sunday morning, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. She was shot in her home on the 8600 block of South 82nd Avenue, according to a spokeswoman for the medical examiner'...

Drug possession A 29-year-old Deerfield man was arrested at 8:22 p.m. Jan. 28 in the 900 block of Waukegan Road and charged with felony possession …...

Frankfort-based Gas City Ltd. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday, listing more than $100 million in debt. William McEnery, of Homer Glen, owns the …...

A 38-year-old Hickory Hills woman is scheduled to appear in Cook County court Dec. 23 on a charge of criminal damage to a vehicle for …...