A 19-year-old Chicago man is charged with stabbing his girlfriend to death Thursday, Oak Leaves reports.
Forest Park man sentenced for shooting a Bellwood man in a 7-Eleven parking lot in 2012.
Medical examiner investigating death of woman found in River Forest Thursday night.
Patch's roundup of bizarre police news in La Grange, Western Springs, Oak Park and River Forest from the past week.
Oak Park and River Forest police reports from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3 include burglaries, drug arrests, a retail theft arrest, property damage and more.
NTSB issues urgent recommendations to CTA to take measures to avoid unintended train movements that could cause accidents in the future.
A roundup of bizarre police news that makes you go, "huh?"
Oak Park and River Forest High School increases security after a female student reported a man tried to coax her into his car about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
NTSB officials assigned to investigate the CTA Blue Line crash at Harlem Avenue Monday would not be furloughed as part of government shutdown, AP reports.
The sole owner of TY, Inc., was emotional during a hearing in federal court Wednesday morning, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Oak Park police reports from Sept. 19-27 include bike thefts, break-ins and more.
Other recent Oak Park police reports include warrant arrests for a felony theft at Radio Shack in June, DUI, marijuana and more.
Anwar Barbour sentenced to six years for raping, beating 18-year-old woman in Chicago on New Year's Eve in 2011.
No probable cause determined for CTA Blue Line crash near Harlem Avenue early Monday morning, officials say.
Illinois News Broadcasters Association, Radio Television and Digital News Association and National Press Club released statements in support of Patch editor Joe Hosey as he faces jail time and fines for protecting a source.
Nick Steward has been missing since Sept. 20 when he left work in Wood Dale to drive home to Lake Villa.
The FBI has stepped down as lead investigator on the case, turning it back to local law enforcement. Seven people died from cyanide-laced Tylenol in the Chicago area.
Blue Line train service down after train collision near Harlem Avenue.
There are some weird, funny and "What??" crimes reported in the area. Patch highlights what we've seen in the past week.
Also in recent Oak Park and River Forest police reports: Battery arrest on Maple; Man approaches Oak Park girl from behind and steals her tablet; Kid arrested for battery after starting a fight on a school bus.
Other recent River Forest police reports include a DUI arrest, a man who was attacked after he denied having relations with an ex-neighbor's wife, a report of fireworks destroying a box of religious flyers, theft at OPRF and more.
Illinois State Police are confirming four dead and four injured after a rollover accident occurred around 6 a.m. Thursday on westbound Interstate 290 just west of Route 83 in Elmhurst.
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In other bizarre police reports: A burglar with a taste for wine and another who might need a haircut.
Dennis "Tony" Mahone sentenced to 70 years for 2010 shooting.
Three people were hospitalized after a crash that overturned an SUV on Des Plaines Road Saturday.
The Rev. Bede Jagoe, a 79-year-old priest who was accused of grabbing a man's groin in a chapel at Midway Airport and kissing and grabbing him in the elevator was found not guilty of sexual abuse Monday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
Patch Editor Joe Hosey should not face jail time for refusing to turn over a source on his murder coverage, says National SPJ.
Forest Park police reports, Sept. 9-10
A roundup of some of the more bizarre police news in the area from the past week.
Forest Park police reports from Sept. 7 and 8 include open alcohol, marijuana arrests.
Forest Park police reports, Sept. 5-7
Miguel Rico, 20, is charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI for a crash that killed two young women near Oak Park over the weekend.
Forest Park police reports, Sept. 4-6
'It's so unfair,' one of the victim's aunts says, in describing the death of the women, 19 and 20, who were struck by a driver police say was drunk and entered I-290 the wrong way.
Forest Park police reports from Sept. 3 include marijuana possession, suspended license arrests and more.
Police will be on the lookout for impaired drivers between midnight and 3 a.m. Sept. 27.
Drunk driver drives onto I-290 in the wrong direction and strikes the car of three women, killing two, Oak Leaves reports.