Quinn creates committee to bolster environment, recreation on Southeast Side

Gov. Pat Quinn celebrates the ceremonial signing of an executive order creating a steering committee that will implement the Millennium Reserve. The goal is to bolster the recreational opportunities on the city's Southeast Side.

FBI investigating human remains found near Powderhorn Lake

The FBI is investigating possible human remains found near Powderhorn Lake in Burnham and Chicago's Hegewisch neighborhood, officials confirmed early Friday.

Driver dies in fiery crash in Hegewisch

CHICAGO | A man died Saturday in a one-vehicle crash in the 13200 block of South Torrence Avenue in the Hegewisch neighborhood, police said.

Hegewisch man was 'St. Francis of the neighborhood'

Stanley F. Kucia was a man who loved both his family and his country.

Hegewisch crash near Ford plant backs up traffic for miles

CHICAGO | An early morning crash Tuesday in the westbound lanes of 130th Street near Torrence Avenue near the Ford Chicago Assembly Plant jammed traffic for miles on the Bishop Ford Freeway from Interstate 80/94 to the Dan Ryan merge, police said.

MARK KIESLING: Fence foray finds backyard treasure

As the old saying sort of goes, one man's buried trash is another man's buried treasure.

Forest Preserve works to retore Eggers marsh in Hegewisch

CHICAGO | Rebecca Schillo sees hope in a single plant in Chicago's Hegewisch neighborhood.

2 boaters rescued on Lake Calumet

Coast guardsmen from the U.S. Coast Guard station at Calumet Harbor rescued two people from a boat that had run aground in Lake Calumet early this morning.

State Line generating plant's history sparks interest

CHICAGO | Representatives of the Southeast Chicago Historical Museum, which attempts to preserve the stories of neighborhoods such as South Chicago, the East Side and Hegewisch, were in the now-shuttered State Line Generating Station recently to search for items of historic interest.

St. Francis de Sales' Bober makes a great recovery

Austin Bober didn't know if he would ever put on another baseball uniform.

NICTD sees light traffic on Monday morning commute

Rosa Vazquez, of Dyer, had warned her boss she might be hours late Monday to her job in Chicago's Loop.

Adventures in Everyday Living: Shorelines, Thursday, May 17th

With the official start of summer only a week away, and sunny and 70s forecast for the weekend, it is the perfect time to leave the NATO conference behind and enjoy the big beach life.---Pat Colander, Associate Publisher and Editor, Shore magazine.

Hegewisch man charged in stabbing death of father

CHICAGO | A Cook County judge set no bond Tuesday for a 31-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in the Sunday night stabbing death of his father in their Hegewisch neighborhood home, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office.

Hegewisch man stabbed to death in his home; son in custody

CHICAGO | A 71-year-old Hegewisch man was found dead in his home with multiple stab wounds to the chest and arms late Sunday night in what police are calling a domestic incident.

Two men charged in catalytic converter theft in Hammond suspected of others

HAMMOND | Two Chicago men charged Tuesday with cutting the catalytic converter from a truck over the weekend are suspected in a rash of similar thefts, city police said.

Mount Carmel stays unbeaten with win over Washington

CHICAGO | For Mount Carmel coach Brian Hurry, the regular season wins are just a byproduct of trying to get the Caravan ready for the playoffs.

Gun range opponents celebrate victory

CHICAGO | Off in a corner of the Hegewisch neighborhood offices of the Southeast Environmental Task Force sits a sign that likely will now gather dust because it is no longer needed.

Girls celebrate 100 years of Scouting at Hegewisch event

Ethnic pride comes in many flavors at Hegewisch church

Water district OKs police firing range near Hegewisch

CHICAGO | The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District gave its approval Thursday to let the Chicago Police Department develop an outdoor firing range on land the district owns west of the Hegewisch neighborhood. The authorization comes despite environmental activists' objections that a firin…