An Oak Forest man who was hit by a vehicle weeks ago in Midlothian died Sunday night, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.John Holly, 53, was a pedestrian at 147th Street and Waverly Avenue on Feb. 3 when a vehicle struck and injured him, the medical examiner’s office said. Holly, of the 15000 block of Tudor Road, was pronounced dead about 9:54 p.m. Sunday at Advocate Christ ... ...

An Oak Forest man who was hit by a vehicle weeks ago in Midlothian died Sunday night, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.John Holly, 53, was a pedestrian at 147th Street and Waverly Avenue on Feb. 3 when a vehicle struck and injured him, the medical examiner’s office said. Holly, of the 15000 block of Tudor Road, was pronounced dead about 9:54 p.m. Sunday at Advocate Christ ... ...

Jeff Limp has been appointed to the Frankfort Public Library District board of trustees, filling a seat vacated when Kay MacNeil resigned last month.Limp, whose appointment was unanimously approved, will fill the remainder of MacNeil’s term and plans to run for the seat in the April 2013 election.Limp and his family have lived in Frankfort for 12 years. They previously lived in Mokena, where he ... ...

Jeff Limp has been appointed to the Frankfort Public Library District board of trustees, filling a seat vacated when Kay MacNeil resigned last month.Limp, whose appointment was unanimously approved, will fill the remainder of MacNeil’s term and plans to run for the seat in the April 2013 election.Limp and his family have lived in Frankfort for 12 years. They previously lived in Mokena, where he ... ...

Jeff Limp has been appointed to the Frankfort Public Library District board of trustees, filling a seat vacated when Kay MacNeil resigned last month.Limp, whose appointment was unanimously approved, will fill the remainder of MacNeil’s term and plans to run for the seat in the April 2013 election.Limp and his family have lived in Frankfort for 12 years. They previously lived in Mokena, where he ... ...

A man died Sunday night, weeks after a vehicle struck him in Midlothian.John Holly, 53, was a pedestrian at 147th Street and Waverly Avenue in Midlothian on Feb. 3 when a vehicle struck and injured him, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Holly, of the 15000 block of Tudor Road in Oak Forest, was pronounced dead about 9:54 p.m. Sunday at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak ... ...

A man from Chicago’s Chatham community has been charged after a handgun was found in his carry-on luggage Saturday morning at Midway Airport.Police arrested Willie Thomas, 51, about 8:20 a.m. Saturday after a handgun was discovered inside his carry-on bag at a security checkpoint at the airport, police said.Thomas, of the 8300 block of South Wabash Avenue, was charged with one count of felony ... ...

A man from Chicago’s Chatham community has been charged after a handgun was found in his carry-on luggage Saturday morning at Midway Airport.Police arrested Willie Thomas, 51, about 8:20 a.m. Saturday after a handgun was discovered inside his carry-on bag at a security checkpoint at the airport, police said.Thomas, of the 8300 block of South Wabash Avenue, was charged with one count of felony ... ...

Wikipedia says Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford “has indicated he plans to run for governor of Illinois in 2014.”But during a stop at The Herald-News last week, Rutherford said that may or may not be true.“Just last week I met with my staff and I said, ‘Somebody go to Wikipedia and proof this,’ because, you know, that isn’t us that posts that,” he said of the entry. Wikipedia is like an online ... ...

Wikipedia says Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford “has indicated he plans to run for governor of Illinois in 2014.”But during a stop at The Herald-News last week, Rutherford said that may or may not be true.“Just last week I met with my staff and I said, ‘Somebody go to Wikipedia and proof this,’ because, you know, that isn’t us that posts that,” he said of the entry. Wikipedia is like an online ... ...

The 2011-12 Chicago winter is shaping up to be one of the warmest in history, and with 10 days left, this winter is making one last push to move up in the record books.The 2011-2012 winter – defined as Dec. 1, 2011 through Feb. 29 – has had only 10 days with an inch or more of snow on the ground in Chicago through Feb. 15, according to the National Weather service.By the same time last winter ... ...

The 2011-12 Chicago winter is shaping up to be one of the warmest in history, and with 10 days left, this winter is making one last push to move up in the record books.The 2011-2012 winter – defined as Dec. 1, 2011 through Feb. 29 – has had only 10 days with an inch or more of snow on the ground in Chicago through Feb. 15, according to the National Weather service.By the same time last winter ... ...

Even before the 2010 earthquake, Cite Soleil was a godforsaken place.The densely populated, incredibly impoverished slum section of Port-au-Prince was notorious for crime, disease and misery. The earthquake only made matters worse.Displaced families took up residence there and some 4,000 convicts who escaped from the capital’s demolished jail returned. Shootings, rape and robbery are common ... ...

A former payroll clerk in Matteson-based School District 159 was receiving multiple checks on payday and was issued a check for more than $15,000 just weeks before she was fired, according to payroll records obtained by the SouthtownStar.Her son also received more money than his job as a substitute teacher called for, records show.All told, about $32,000 was paid to Patricia Brewer, of Matteson ... ...

“This was extremely unexpected. I had no clue what was going on,” Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Milton Marks said after he and his family were escorted via the Warriors’ Watch Riders to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2791 in Tinley Park. The Orland Park native had just gotten home on Friday after a 7-month deployment in Kuwait . A caravan of motorcycles, police cars and fire trucks led ... ...