A Dist. 123 student allegedly posted online threat againt Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School. Parents on edge over recent school threats.
The FBI is assisting Cook County Sheriff and local police in evaluating another round of threatening texts sent to south suburban schools.
Two people who lead police on a chase from Indiana related to a carjacking are now in custody, Oak Lawn police said.
The thefts occurred during the overnight hours of Oct. 27 and Oct. 28 in Oak Lawn, similar to thefts in Mount Greenwood the same time.
The two suspects threw the woman to the ground and wrestled away her car keys, Hometown police said.
The fight may have started from an unfounded report that a student had a gun, police said.
There are 34 sex offenders in Oak Lawn and five in Hometown, according to the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.
Oak Lawn police have cleared the scene of a major accident that occurred Tuesday afternoon near 95th Street and Pulaski Road.
A Hawaii judge issued a warrant for an Oak Lawn woman accused of falsifying a COVID vaccination card after she missed court, officials say.
Oak Lawn police will step up enforcement of child safety laws Sept. 17-30.
An intruder with a bandaged hand hit the woman with a brick and made off with her purse, Chicago Ridge police said.
A student involved in a domestic incident, "who may have left with a gun," did not report to class, police said. No gun was recovered.
The 24-year-old woman presented a falsified vaccine card with the name "Moderna" misspelled to screeners in Honolulu, authorities said.
Oak Lawn police will be paying extra attention to the roads through Labor Day Sept. 6 for impaired drivers and seat belt violators.
Burbank police are seeking information about a man seen firing a shot near 80th Street and Austin Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
Khalid Jaber, 54, of Oak Lawn, was considered "the backbone of his family," according to a family statement.
A former Joliet teacher charged in the 2018 death of his wife, will live in Oak Lawn with his mom while awaiting trial.
Mom of two men charged in slaying of CPD Officer Ella Fench is accused of fighting police when she tried to see her son at Advocate Christ.
Oak Lawn police said the two shooters approached the man in the parking lot and words were exchanged before gunfire rang out.
Over the course of the operation, 25 men approached members of the team and solicited sex in exchange for money.
Burbank police said the man in flip-flops was still inside the house when the homeowner came back from shopping.
The driver of a yellow Dodge Challenger fleeing a melee in the Oak Lawn Metra Parking Tower at 100mph has turned himself in, police said.
Police trying to determine if the gun went off accidentally or during a struggle during an apparent altercation between two women.
Two people were pronounced dead at the scene of a single-car crash in Hickory Hills, and two others died at the hospital, police said.
Oak Lawn police release results of 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' and 'Click It Or Ticket' enforcement campaign from June 17 to July 4.
Oak Lawn police seek information on yellow Dodge charger seen fleeing from melee at the Metra Parking Tower where three adults were arrested
Oak Lawn police said the father apparently did not see the child as he backed into the garage when the family came home from shopping.
Chicago Ridge police make the largest cash seizure in department history as 28-year-old Worth man faces multiple drug felonies.
Child dies after being shot inside a Burbank home. Investigation continues.
An Oak Lawn man charged in a North Riverside homicide was fleeing police when he crashed into a Burbank home, police said.
Burbank police say video shows driver and passenger getting out of a silver car and walking around two injured pedestrians on Cicero Avenue.
The 19-year-old man is brain-dead and not likely to survive as a Burbank man is charged with attempted murder during a car sale gone bad.
Burbank police seek information into a fatal hit-and-run where a 53-year-old woman was struck and killed on Cicero Avenue on June 10.
People inside the vehicle that crashed into a Burbank home may have been followed by police from another town for another case.
Chicago man with a history of violence accused of kidnapping, beating and biting his ex-girlfriend was ordered to be held without bail.
Oak Lawn police said the woman was found suffering from multiple injuries after being taken at gunpoint by a man, who is known to police.
From now until Memorial Day, Oak Lawn police remind motorists to "Click It Or Ticket," plus April's distracted driving scorecard.
The South Side man was arrested at an Oak Lawn restaurant for a meet-up with a 15-year-old boy he solicited over a messenger app, cops said.
Oak Lawn police will run extra patrols looking for signs of motorists texting during Distracted Driving Awareness Month throughout April.
Oak Lawn police said the suspects threatened to shoot the owner if he didn't get out of his car, but a gun was never displayed.