2015's Top 10 Most-Read Stories on Oak Forest Patch

OAK FOREST, IL — It’s been quite a year, Oak Forest Before the final countdown, let’s take a look back at what made this year great, moving, tragic—just plain unforgettable.

• Nude High Schooler Photos Get Oak Forest Man Busted: A 36-year-old Oak Forest man faces child porn charges after police found him in possession of more than 60 nude photos of teen girls. Prosecutors allege the man had repeatedly used threats and punishments to force a teen relative to solicit nude photos from members of a text message group. Bond was set at $1 million dollars.
• Oak Forest Woman Head-Butts Attacker: The man tried to break into the woman’s home, but she fought back.
• Friends Mourn Oak Forest Native Killed in Hawaii Skating Accident: Sarah Stanislawski, 27, was killed when she collided with a car while rollerblading in the hills of Makakilo, on the island of Oʻahu. She is remembered as “bright and beautiful, kind to all.”
• Beloved Longtime Oak Forest High School Nurse Dies at 86: Share your memories of Rita Ulrich.
• Iraq War Veteran Says He Was Kicked Out of Home Over Service Dog: Jon Jans needs his service dog Alli, but he also needs a place to live. Happy update: Jon and his wife close on their own home on New Year’s Eve!
• The House Where Julia Lived: The Ferralez family didn’t know much about the family that lived in their new home. But they were about to find out. (And pssst, have you heard they recently won a car?!)
• Oak Forest Man Heroically Pulls Boy from Icy Pond: Oak Forest resident Joe Conway was one of the first on the scene where a 13-year-old boy had fallen through ice on a pond in Downers Grove.
• Toddlers Left in Locked SUV in Scorching Heat: A 21-year-old Homewood man spotted the 3-year-old girl and her 2-year-old brother, who were left in their carseats inside a Cadillac Escalade outside Food 4 Less, 5556 W. 159th Street in Oak Forest.
• Will You McMarry Me? A McDonald’s Love Story: Awwww. Local couple celebrates 30 years of wedded bliss in the spot where they met: the Oak Forest McDonald’s.
• Closure for This Family: Father who torched his daughter and son-in-law to death found guilty of murder.

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