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  • 3 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan

    The Dolton Village Board approved a budget Monday, although it’s for the fiscal year that just ended, and trustees are working on a new spending plan for the budget year that began May 1. “This is a catch-up budget as we go into the next year,” Mayor Jason House said. He said officials have begun preparations for the fiscal 2026 budget, which will outline spending through the end of April 2026.

  • 4 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan

    Oak Forest police said Monday a second man has been charged in the May 23 death of a 54-year-old man. Police said Rashee Wyrick, of Chicago, is scheduled to make an initial court appearance Tuesday at the Bridgeview courthouse. Prosecutors are asking that Wyrick be held pending trial, according to a court document. Charged with first-degree murder, Wyrick joins co-defendant Michael Protho charged with the death of Edward Lewis. Protho is also being held pending trial.

  • 4 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan

    Homewood police are investigating an accident that resulted in the death of a Markham man who was riding a motorcycle. Police said they responded at about 9:30 a.m. Saturday to 183rd Street and Hood Avenue for a report of a crash. Police said the motorcycle was headed west on 183rd when it struck a vehicle traveling north on Hood, crossing 183rd. The driver of the motorcycle, a 42-year-old Markham man, died later at a hospital, police said.

  • 1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan

    A Chicago man has been charged with one count of first-degree murder involving the death of a 54-year-old Elburn man in Oak Forest. Police said 30-year-old Michael Protho was charged after the Cook County state’s attorney’s office approved the charge Monday following the May 23 death of Edward Lewis in the 15500 block of Long Avenue. Protho was ordered held pending trial following an initial court appearance Tuesday at the Bridgeview courthouse, according to court records.

  • 1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan

    Family Guidance Centers offers medications to people meant to counteract the effects of opioid overdoses from a clinic. But whether it’s access to transportation, child care needs or physical limitations, the nonprofit knows there are many people who need the lifesaving drugs but can’t get to the clinic, said Ron Vlasaty, Family Guidance Centers’ chief operating officer.

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