Markham

A south suburban community is trying to help asylum seekers who are now living in Chicago.

The mayor of Markham is holding a fundraiser dinner Friday night to aid Chicago’s funding in the migrant crisis, NBC Chicago’s Regina Waldroup reports.

A Halloween “Hall of Horror” and “Trick-or-Treat Lane” in suburban Markham are getting families into the spooky spirit ahead of the holiday.

A person was seriously injured in a shooting in the northbound lanes of Interstate 57 in the southern suburb of Markham Sunday night, according to the Illinois State Police.

One day after charges were formally filed against Melody Townsend in connection with the death of her child in 2017, she faced a Cook County judge via Zoom for the first time.

In the summer of 2017, firefighters responded to a fire at a vacant home on Hamlin Avenue in south suburban Markham. After it was declared arson, investigators found the baby’s remains in a plastic bag in the attic. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

The death of 1-year-old Ana Marie Townsend shocked the Chicago area in 2017, and after new charges were filed in the case, those tasked with trying to solve it say they were forever changed by the experience.

An arrest has been made in a Markham cold case surrounding the death of a one-year-old girl, NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.