Maywood News

A boy was found dead in an attic crawlspace several hours after firefighters rescued a woman from a Roseland neighborhood house fire this morning, fire officials said.

A Cook County jury today convicted a Bellwood man for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, whose body was found in the trunk of his car on the south side of Chicago .

Maywood, Ill. - David Sitterly, a former west suburban man who held his adoptive parents captive in their own home during a violent extortion attempt two years ago, was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday, Pioneer Press is reporting.

A man was killed and three other people were hurt early Thursday in a crash on the Southwest Side, police said.

A 34-year-old Northlake man pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the murder of his stepfather.

Valentine's Day falls smack dab in the middle of flu and cold season, so kissing may not be such a good idea, a United States infectious disease expert suggests.

Robert Gaskill, of River Forest, has been charged with sexually abusing two girls.

Minooka police cited Leon Wayne Redder , 62, of Hudsonville, Mich., for parking where prohibited at 599 Grainger Way and W. Ottawa Drive in Minooka, Tuesday, Jan.

For more than 40 years, street gangs and the illegal drug sales they control have been major drivers of property crime in the suburbs.

As local, state and federal law enforcement sharpen their focus on Chicago's many criminal street gangs, they are more frequently identifying some gangs by name.

Darnell Holt, father of Darnell Holt Jr. gets a hug from Shelia Robinson, mother of Domonique Robinson, during a celebration service held Sunday at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park.

Hot liquid scalds -- being burned from beverages, soup or food on the stove -- are the No.

A 23-year-old Villa Park man faces charges of robbery, aggravated battery and unlawful restraint after a vicious attack on an employee of a store that sells natural vitamins, authorities said Friday.

Changes have been made to the BOF facility at ArcelorMittal's Burns Harbor plant, after the death late last year of a salaried employee badly burned when a high-pressure steam hose ruptured.

Sunday, Jan. 15 Suspended License Jesus Nunez, 27, of 608 Garnsey Ave. in Joliet, was arrested at 3:10 p.m. near New Avenue and Brown Drive.

A visually impaired man was killed after being run over by a Pace bus near west suburban Oak Park on Thursday afternoon.

Elmhurst Mayor Pete DiCianni said a couple were watching a relative's pit bull at their own home when it attacked their own dog Two pit bulls were shot dead Monday by police officers responding to a call about a dog attack in west suburban Elmhurst.

DUI Charge : Caroline Sotelo, 33, of Melrose Park, was charged with drunken driving and other offenses Jan.

Elmhurst Fire Chief Michael Kopp said ambulances took a man to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood and a woman to Elmhurst Memorial Hospital at about 5 p.m. Monday, after they were attacked by two pit bulls at a home in the 600 block of North Kenilworth Avenue.

An acclaimed singer/songwriter whose literate work flirted with everything from acoustic folk to rockabilly to straight-ahead country, John Prine was born October 10, 1946, in Maywood, IL.