6 Lincoln-Way East students allowed to withdraw after racist behavior
The Lincoln-Way East High School board voted to allow six students accused of racially harassing students from Homewood-Flossmoor to withdraw.
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The Lincoln-Way East High School board voted to allow six students accused of racially harassing students from Homewood-Flossmoor to withdraw.
Students at Lincoln-Way East High School in Chicago's southern suburbs walked out of class Wednesday following two racist incidents involving another school.
The incidents happened at a varsity football game on Friday and during a cross-country meet on Saturday.
Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State of Illinois were in the south Chicago suburb of Homewood on Wednesday morning, going door-to-door to document the damage caused by the storms last month.
Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State of Illinois were in the south Chicago suburb of Homewood on Wednesday morning, going door-to-door to document the damage caused by the storms last month.
In Homewood, gigantic piles of mulch, tree limbs, and branches were already lying around from storms that hit earlier in the summer. More debris had to be removed and put into piles on Tuesday. Lauren Victory reports from the Mobile Weather Lab.
There was a large fire department response to a two-alarm blaze at an apartment building south suburban Homewood Tuesday afternoon.
There was a large fire department response to a two-alarm blaze at an apartment building south suburban Homewood Tuesday afternoon.
People across the community step in to make sure they're okay until their power comes back on.
ComEd officials say over 2300 crews are focusing on power restoration. Power at the retirement home was restored on Tuesday night.
With trees atop cars and branches hanging from power lines, residents are cleaning up and working to get back to normalcy.
The National Weather Service does have teams assessing the damage across the south suburbs to determine whether the damage was the result of a tornado or straight-line winds.
Generators echoed on some streets, while the sound of chainsaws bellowed on others.
Check out some local spots in Homewood, Illinois, with Jackie Kostek.
Homewood-Flossmoor High School was put on hard lockdown Friday afternoon after a gun was brought to the school, officials said.
A condo owner in Country Club Hills says he's forced to sell his home after his condo association failed to reimburse him for repairs to his leaking roof. Edward Hadnott's condo has sat empty since a major roof leak in 2022.
A leaking roof didn't just damage a Homewood condo, it forced the owner out of his home. The HOA vowed to fix everything, but eight months later, the damage is still there and so is the frustration.
She became Homewood's first supercentenarian — that is, a person living to the age of 110 or older — last year.
The village invited people to celebrate at the Balagio Ristorante, at 17501 Dixie Hwy.
Illinois State Police said Cameron Jackson-Bey, 33, shot at the victim during a road rage incident on Friday afternoon on Interstate 94.
CBS News Chicago first told Jean Eli Gonzalez's story last month. He vanished in 2007, within two weeks of arriving in Chicago for a rehab program, and DNA testing, recently located his body at last.
Jim Priestley said that if he had to guess who in his class would have grown up to become pope, the man he knew as "Bob" Prevost would have been his top pick.
The family of 18-year-old Tom' Mya Lyons had just sent her off to prom the day before.
The then-17-year-old victim said she was sexually assaulted in a first-period theatre class at the school on Oct. 31 of that year when she was paired with a young man to rehearse some lines.
Homewood Police Chief Denise McGrath said she worked the case when she was a detective, and hasn't given up on finding Nancy O'Sullivan.
