This week, Chris and Ryan talk about one of the biggest drug busts in Chicago Heights' history and the changes to Homewood's tax financing programs.
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The Homewood woman didn't stop for pedestrians or cars on her March 14 trip around the north end of Chicago Heights, according to police.
Chicago Heights Police were controlling traffic at the scene of a car accident near the intersection of Vollmer and Chicago roads, when a Homewood woman caught their attention. Marissa L. Bell-Taylor, 18, of the 18200 block of Hart Drive, was arrested and charged with reckless driving after police saw her speed past emergency vehicles, going 60 mph in a 30 mph zone, according to the report. Bell-Taylor continued at the same speed for three blocks even as police followed her with emergency lights and sirens on, police said. Bell-Taylor then entered a parking lot at Prairie State College and continued at 50 mph without slowing or yielding to pedestrians who were heading into the school, police said. Bell-Taylor turned down another aisle and …
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10:04 am on Friday, May 18, 2012
To the jail cell with her! We do not cotton to that king of behavior. This is not Chicago, and we expect those that live here to confornm to us. Otherwise to the gallows with her. more ›
Arrested in Chicago Heights and Homewood last week.
A Hammond, Ind., man cruising through the Southland last week was hit with three counts of DUI in three days. Chicago Heights Police said they smelled marijuana and alcohol after stopping 37-year-old Humberto Lopez’s car at 14th and Halsted streets around 7 p.m. Jan. 27 for turning illegally on red. Lopez failed initial field sobriety tests and refused to take anymore or blow into a Breathalyzer, but admitted to smoking a joint and drinking beer before getting behind the wheel, police said. He was charged with DUI of alcohol, DUI of drugs and improper turn. This followed a similar arrest in Homewood two days prior, in which police said they stopped Lopez at Halsted Street and Holbrook Road around 6 p.m. for swerving between lanes. Officers…
11:43 am on Sunday, February 5, 2012
How many times does someone need to be stopped for DUIs before something is done besides giving them another DUI? more ›
Police pursued the suspected carjacker and recovered the vehicle that was stolen.
A Homewood man's visit to the east side of Chicago Heights ended with him losing his car. The 22-year-old man told police he and a friend were sitting in his car in the 1100 block of Fifth Avenue around 9:15 p.m. on Nov. 24 when a man in a dark hooded sweatshirt and jeans walked up to the driver's side door and displayed a semi-automatic handgun. "Don't make this a homicide," the hooded man reportedly said to the victim. "Drop your wallet on the floor and exit the vehicle. I want to know where you stay." The victim said he then gave the suspect his wallet, then got out of the car with his companion. The suspect drove off in the victim's blue 1992 Buick LeSabre. Police then saw the vehicle traveling westbound on 14th Street. The suspect …
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10:39 am on Saturday, December 10, 2011
If only Illinois had a concealed-carry law like the other 49 states! more ›
Patch takes a look at the issue of domestic violence as a tribute to October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Coping with domestic violence is no walk in the park. Yet millions of women are subject to it every day. “It can happen to anyone—it really can,” South Suburban Family Shelter (SSFS) Executive Director Diane Bedrosian said. And it will happen to one out of four women, regardless of race and class, according to Bedrosian. All the reason to remind our readers that October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Although one in four women is abused, a smaller number recognize it and an even smaller number ever seeks help. Bedrosian helps shed some light as to why. There is sometimes a defining moment, according to Bedrosian, when women realize they are victims of abuse. It is usually the moment that a mother realizes that her child …
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Ryan Fitzpatrick
2:04 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Thank for the info, Jennifer. I'll be more careful about checking the levels next time we record. Out of curiosity—what device are you listening to this on? more ›