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Ford lays off hundreds at Chicago Heights plant amid ongoing UAW strike

About 330 employees were laid off between a plant in Chicago and one in Lima, Ohio. The company blamed the strike for disrupting operations and causing the layoffs.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 3, 2023

3 men charged in fatal Chicago Heights shooting deaths of 2 cousins

Alexis Mendoza, 19, Adrian Romo-Trejo, 24 and Jesus Mendoza, 43, are accused of killing David Parra and Antonio Munoz outside Parra’s home on Sunday morning.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 7, 2023

Father of 3 shot dead on his anniversary; another victim had hoped to bring his family from Mexico

An argument with neighbors in the south suburb turned deadly early Sunday morning, say relatives of the two men who were killed. At least 15 people are in custody.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 4, 2023

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Mom creates garden where son was shot, hoping people will remember him, maybe help solve his killing

“We just want justice for him, and we just want his name to be remembered,” said Nicole D’Vignon, the mother of Nicolaus Cooper, gunned down in March in Chicago Heights.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2023

Sprawling fire heavily damages furniture factory and warehouse in Chicago Heights

Fire crews responded to the Morgan Li facility in the 1100 block of South Washington Avenue around 6:30 a.m. Monday. Aerial footage showed the fire burning in several spots with heavy smoke. No injuries were reported.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 6, 2023

Chicago Heights man gets more than three years in prison for threatening Biden’s inauguration

U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman called Louis Capriotti’s threats “vicious, laced with profanity, disgusting in every way.” And he called Capriotti’s false claim of being a Marine “particularly despicable.”

Chicago Sun-Times · May 17, 2022

In Hammond, historic hospital awaits demolition amid changes in health care

The Catholic hospital system that runs Franciscan Health Hammond closed Franciscan St. James Health in Chicago Heights in 2018, also citing low demand for inpatient care even as it’s built new hospitals in wealthier suburbs.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 29, 2022

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Feds want 2 1⁄2 years for Chicago Heights man who threatened Biden’s inauguration

Louis Capriotti’s threats were not connected to the U.S. Capitol breach. He did not participate in it or travel to Washington, D.C. Still, federal prosecutors say, “the timing of Capriotti’s voice messages should not be ignored” and only made his crime worse.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 7, 2022

Chicago Heights man who left threatening voicemails ‘did not do so in a vacuum,’ lawyers argue

Louis Capriotti, who left threatening voicemails for a member of Congress from his Chicago Heights home, is seeking an 18-month sentence.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 26, 2022

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