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Former Country Club Hills Police Chief Pleads Guilty

Former Country Club Hills Police Chief Regina Evans pleaded guilty Monday to fraud and money laundering charges related to the misuse of a $1.25 million state grant to a non-profit organization she ran with her husband, Ronald Evans Jr.

9 hours ago

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South Suburban Company Transforms Foreclosures Into Rentals

Jim McClelland’s company has bought more than 1,000 foreclosed houses, renovated them and rented them out to new tenants.

2013/02/07

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Investment Firm Buys Southland Homes In $28 Million Deal

Tinley Park-based Mack Cos. said it has sold nearly 200 single-family homes in the south and southwest suburbs to an Arizona-based real estate investment trust for $28 million.

2012/12/28

A tray of Twinkies that a pair of south suburban restaurants were giving away to customers on Dec. 5, 2012. The restaurant owners' bought 10,000 Twinkies after Hostess went out of business, and decided to give them away to customers. (Credit: CBS)

Restaurant Gives Away 10,000 Free Twinkies

A south suburban restaurant was handing out free Twinkies to customers on Wednesday.

CBS Chicago–2012/12/05

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4 Teens Arrested For Detonating Homemade Bomb

Four teenagers were charged with aggravated assault after tossing from a car a homemade bomb that exploded near three men and a newborn baby in south suburban Country Club Hills.

2012/08/12

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Former Country Club Hills Employee: I Was Humiliated, Demoted Because I’m Gay

The southern suburb of Country Club Hills is being sued by one its municipal employees, who is claiming he was humiliated and discriminated against by the suburb’s mayor and former city manager because he is gay.

CBS Chicago–2012/07/31

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas

County Treasurer Works To Recover Money Overpaid To South Suburb

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas says the State’s Attorney is working to recover almost $7 million her office overpaid to the City of Country Club Hills and has yet to get back.

WBBM Newsradio–2012/05/02

Regina Davis is seen at a news conference in this screen grab from September 2009 video. (CBS)

Former Top Cop Of Country Club Hills Indicted On Fraud Charges

U.S. prosecutors in Springfield announced the indictment of Regina Evans on Friday. She’s charged with mail fraud and money laundering.

2012/04/20

Kenneth Rhodes, 50, is charged with murder in the deaths of his sister, Pauline Betts-Bracy, and her husband, Nathaniel Bracy. (Credit: Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Man Charged With Killing Sister, Brother-In-Law

The family of a woman killed in her home last weekend said she had previously called police, because she feared for her life.

CBS Chicago–2012/01/18

Country Club Hills police investigate a double homicide at a townhouse complex Saturday. (CBS)

Two Found Shot To Death In Country Club Hills

The bodies of two people were found shot to death inside their home in Country Club Hills early Saturday, and family members said a relative was in police custody.

2012/01/14

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Secretary Of State: Driver In Deadly I-57 Crash Had No License

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White says a crash that killed two south suburban teenagers in the early hours of New Years day should never have occurred.

CBS Chicago–2012/01/04

A dead one-day-old baby was found in a trash bin near an apartment complex in Country Club Hills on Jan. 2, 2012. (Credit: CBS)

Dead Newborn Found In Trash Bin

The Illinois Dept. of Children and Family Services is investigating an allegation of abuse against a young woman whose one-day old baby boy was found dead in a trash bin Sunday night in south suburban Country Club Hills.

2012/01/02

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2 Dead From I-57 Rollover Crash

Two young people were killed and another three injured when the SUV they were in — which state police say was traveling at a very high speed — left the road and rolled over on I-57 in the south suburbs Sunday morning.

2012/01/02

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Two Killed In Crash On I-57

Two young people were killed and another three injured when the SUV they were in — which state police say was traveling at a very high speed — left the road and rolled over on I-57 in the south suburbs Sunday morning.

2012/01/01

Chief Warrant Officer Greg Holley, an Apache helicopter pilot, returned home to Country Club Hills on Oct. 22, 2011, a day after President Barack Obama announced all troops would be coming back from Iraq by year's end. (Credit: CBS)

Country Club Hills Welcomes Army Pilot Home From Iraq

Just over 24 hours after President Barack Obama announced that one of America’s longest wars was coming to a close, a young man who served in that conflict was back home in the Chicago area on Saturday.

CBS Chicago–2011/10/23

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Country Club Hills Police Chief Resigns

The police chief in south suburban Country Club Hills is giving up her job amid some controversy.

CBS Chicago–2011/10/11

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Country Club Hills Aldermen Spend $33,000 Using Cell Phones

ith little oversight and scant record keeping, south suburban Country Club Hills aldermen have spent thousands of dollars on cell phone bills.

2011/09/19

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Two Car Collision Sends Five To Hospitals

Four adults and a child were hospitalized following a 2-car wreck in a construction zone in south suburban Country Club Hills Sunday morning.

2011/08/28

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Laid-Off In Country Club Hills Suing

With Mayor Dwight Welch’s blessing, a group of former Country Club Hills employees — including the mayor’s girlfriend — are suing the city and his political opponents with claims of gender discrimination, stalking and retaliation.

2011/08/27

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Teens Charged With Thefts From Cars In Forest Preserves

Two teens have been charged with a string of burglaries in south suburban forest preserves.

CBS Chicago–2011/08/18

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