Daily Southtown

A Chicago man, Pedro Tovar, is being held in Cook County Jail after being charged with murder in the deaths of Eduardo Chavez and Corrine Mirelez on New Year's Day in Calumet City.

With 13 homicides in 2023, Harvey recorded the most killings of any Cook County suburb, according to data from the Cook County medical examiner's office, while a dozen homicides were each reported in Chicago Heights and Dolton.

Blue Island City Clerk Raeann Zylman suggested the Hometown Heroes program after seeing similar displays in Lansing.

Upcoming events include Will County’s Eagle Watch, Winter Wonderland festival at Eggers Grove, exhibition of Stagg student art in Palos Park, a mental health seminar in Oak Forest and adult trivia night in Midlothian.

Shameka Leach, a lifelong fan of the Chicago Bears who also is a fan of volunteering for charitable causes, will head to the Super Bowl in February after being named Fan of the Year by the Bears.

Maddie Yacobozzi continues to prove she has what it would take to play at the next level, including Thursday night in a 65-31 win over Sandburg.

An Orland Park man, Terrence Clyne, has been charged with a hate crime after he police said he punched a neighbor, who is of Palestinian origin, after an argument about trash cans.

Kelly lost the mansion to foreclosure in 2013, and another musician, Rudolph Isley, of the R&B soul group the Isley Brothers, and his wife, Elaine, paid $587,500 for the mansion later that year.