Oak Forest has named a new police chief ahead of the retirement later this month of Chief Jason Reid. Reid’s last day will be Feb. 24 after more than 27 years with the city. Scott Durano, now deputy ...

Sunday marked 17 years since the Lane Bryant murders rocked south suburban Tinley Park. As time has gone on, the storefront ...

Oak Forest has named ... of the South Suburban Chiefs of Police and Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police. Reid began his career with the city’s Police Department as a patrol officer and ...

Durano, an Oak Forest native and military veteran, began as a patrol officer with the city and was named deputy chief in 2020. As deputy chief, Durano coordinated the integration of the department ...

It would be easy to assume Andrew Rick always wanted to be a firefighter. That was the career path of his father, a veteran ...

The St. Clair County Drug Tactical Unit raided a Belleville smoke shop and the owner’s residence in Swansea on Wednesday and ...

Pleasant Prairie police released video from a January pursuit. During the chase, video shows the driver crash through a ...

The city council honored a Lake Forest police canine, described as "invaluable," who recently retired following a medical ...

Officials for the agency were notified of the planned cuts on the same day they learned that about 800 awards and contracts ...