Homer Township

A Will County judge blocked the jail release of a Homer Glen father and business owner charged with endangering his child who died from a suspected overdose death in a $1 million home that was completely trashed.

A Homer Glen father and mother are facing a felony charge of endangering the life and health of a 2-year-old child who died after becoming “unresponsive” in a filthy residence containing garbage and evidence of drug use, police said.

Steve Balich also is supervisor of Homer Township, where he had the American flag flown upside down for a day on May 31.

A Lockport Heights woman who survived a May 7 shooting said she is stronger than the hate of the man charged with attempting to kill her. She said her "sons are stronger than his hate" and he's "not going to win."

A Cook County correctional sergeant is seeking to end her marriage with a man charged with attempting to murder his neighbor in Homer Township. She's under an internal investigation but the sheriff's office declined to explain why.

The Lockport Resource Center and Lockport Police Department are in the process of collecting used bikes and scooters, which they will fix, clean, and sell this May to fund scholarships for students.

The road expansion has been planned for years but faces opposition from Homer Township residents.

Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant and Charles "Chuck" Maher ran unopposed in the primary election but the November contest is heating up.

Proposed widening of 143rd Street in Homer Glen tied up in legal wrangling at county board.

Voters in Homer Glen have voted in support of discontinuing township government in an unprecedented advisory referendum.

Will County voters will be asked to make choices on seven referenda across city and township lines.

The family was not home at the time of the fire in Lockport. The family's dog was rescued from the residence.

A fire left a Crest Hill residence uninhabitable but two people inside were able to safely leave before firefighters arrived on scene.

Homer Township woman makes knit caps she sends around the country, maintains 1.5-acre lot.

Homer Township OKs anti-abortion proclamation, declares itself 'sanctuary' for life