The traffic campaign focused on seat belt enforcement and drunk driving, especially in late-night hours.
Everything stuffed inside the house only fed the flames, officials told NBC.
The City of Oak Forest details administrative changes and decisions in light of charges against former Deputy Chief Charles Sopko.
The body was discovered Thursday around 9 a.m. Identification is pending fingerprint testing.
Oak Forest police busted a small cannabis operation out of Oak Forest June 20.
The car rolled over and ended up in a creek, requiring water rescue.
The increased effort will begin June 23 and continue through July 6.
David Griffin was previously serving as interim deputy chief.
Terrell Randall shot his girlfriend and ex-girlfriend on the same day in 2011.
Chief Terry Lipinski will step down from his role June 27, the City announced Friday.
Southbound lanes on Ryan expressway remain closed during Tuesday afternoon rush hour after a semi collided with a school bus, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Oak Forest officers join effort to raise awareness, funds for Special Olympics Illinois
More than two dozen Oak Forest businesses were surveyed for compliance with tobacco product laws.
Residents of the apartment building were evacuated safely after lightning struck outside the bedroom of one resident's daughter.
No one was harmed in the standoff Tuesday evening.
Michelle Sopko, her attorney and Cook County prosecutors will discuss plea deal options in a meeting next month.
Applications are due by May 30.
The start of the trial of Derek Grib, the man accused of fatally stabbing Oak Forest teen Felix Jimenez in 2009, is scheduled to take place June 10–12.
Eric S. Johnson will serve just over three years for his part in the death of Worth teen Brittany Wawrzyniak.
John Maniatis, 46, of the 400 block of Pleasant Hill Road in Frankfort, faces a misdemeanor DUI charge.
Police were searching for a man with a gun, but determined the report to be unfounded.
Check out a new tool Oak Forest police are using to keep residents informed.
Every Monday Patch highlights one of Cook County’s most wanted fugitives.
An Oak Forest man, dressed only in boots and a skull cap, allegedly accosted a woman at a park in Park Forest.
As part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, the Tinley Park Police Department and other area departments will be destinations April 26 for those who want to safely dispose of medicine they no longer use or need. Find out the details.
Family of a 3-year-old killed in a case of child abuse last year say the agency and department should have removed the girl from the home.
Police stopped 26 motorists for not wearing their seat belts.
Friends and colleagues lined up outside City Hall Wednesday, to greet Jim Morrissy as he was brought home to Oak Forest.
Oak Forest Officer Jim Morrissy, 62, died after being injured in a crash Monday afternoon.
The officer was taken to Christ Hospital, where he is listed in serious to critical condition.
That's just really low.
Ryan Dolan, 29, a wrestling coach and teacher who is facing felony charges of sexual assault turned in his resignation on Tuesday evening.
Siblings of the slain Jeanie Kustok and her convicted murderer husband said there were no winners in the case after the jury returned a guilty verdict Tuesday.
Area police say pothole damage is motivating thieves to brazenly pluck tires from your cars — even during the day.
Sportscaster Sarah Kustok took the witness stand and said she does not want to see her father convicted of murdering her mother.
Ryan Dolan, 29, of Tinley Park, is being held pending formal charges Monday afternoon.
Every Monday Patch highlights one of Cook County’s most wanted fugitives. This week's fugitive allegedly tried to sleep with his 11-year-old daughter.
With the help of the Oak Forest Crime Prevention Committee, Patch shares the city's calls for service for the month of February in each ward.
A firearms expert called to the witness stand by Allan Kustok's defense team took some shots at the prosecution's case.