Alsip News

On a recent sweltering day, the Aquatic Park in Alsip was packed with kids and adults splashing in the pool and soaking up the sun.

Quincy Recycle Paper announced today that it will be locating a facility in New Haven, Indiana.

After years of searching for a site for Oak Lawn's first dog park, park district commissioner Mary Wallace thinks she's finally found the right spot.

James "Sap" Ivory's legacy will finally be set in stone. The late Birmingham Barons first baseman will soon become the 20th former Negro Leagues player to receive a headstone as part a project started six years ago by an Illinois physician who wanted to make sure they didn't lie forgotten in unadorned anonymity.

In this July 31, 2009 file photo, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart holds a news conference at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill.

In this July 31, 2009 file photo, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart holds a news conference at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill.

A man kneels over a grave at Burr Oak Cemetery July 9, 2009 in Alsip, Illinois. Hundreds of people turned up at the cemetery to locate and inspect the graves of family members to see if they had been desecrated.

A man working at a west suburban Brookfield liquor store was fatally shot Friday night in a robbery that police called a random act of violence.

Now You Know THE TOPIC: The Cemetery Oversight Act passed in January imposes new state regulations on many private cemeteries.

Shirley Jackson prowled around Burr Oak Cemetery on Wednesday morning, poking sunken headstones and wiping back grass in search of her mother's grave.

A former Worth mayor is one of possibly two dozen Democrats seeking to replace state Rep.