Maywood News

Police seized about $28,000 in heroin and arrested three Maywood men following an investigation that originated in River Forest.

Authorities say DNA will be used to determine the identity of the decomposed remains of an infant found earlier this week in the Des Plaines River.

Proviso East High School graduate Deshawn McCarthy was shot in the head Wednesday evening while driving with friends in Maywood, police said.

An autopsy on Wednesday should help determine if the body of a small boy found along the Des Plaines River belongs to 20-month-old Bryeon Hunter, the Maywood boy allegedly killed by his mother and her boyfriend.

Police say the body of a child has been found in the Des Plaines River in west suburban North Riverside.

The former head of the Maywood Housing Authority in suburban Chicago has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $400,000 in public money.

FRIDAY, MAY 3 Aggravated Assault, Controlled Substance Anthony L. Hicks, 44, of the 1400 block of South 19th Avenue in Maywood, was charged with the following: Unlawful use of weapon Aggravated assault Criminal trespass to residence Possession of drug equipment Possession of a controlled substance Police arrested Hicks at 6:14 a.m. on the first ... (more)

An 85-year-old Elmhurst woman died and another man was injured when a vehicle hit them Saturday in the western suburb.

The man, 69, was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Harlem Avenue and 39th Street in Lyons, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

FRIDAY, MAY 3 Warrant Arrest Lisa M. Fulgham-Tagget, 25, of the 800 block of S. 20th Avenue in Maywood, was booked on an outstanding warrant for her arrest in Chicago Ridge for retail theft charges.

Dr. Mark Cichon, DO, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine of Loyola University Medical Center, has been named to the board of directors of the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians .

MAYWOOD, Ill. - Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing researchers and Edward Hines, Jr.

MAYWOOD, Il. - Loyola University Medical Center has opened a new 20-bed unit for patients undergoing stem cell transplants for cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.

MAYWOOD, Il. - Nearly 1 in 10 stroke patients suffer chronic and debilitating pain, typically described as sharp, stabbing or burning.

There's just something about shopping at a farmers market that is so much nicer than a trip to your local grocery store.

The search/recovery continues for missing 1 year old Bryeon Hunter in Maywood, Illinois.

Independent k-9 trainer searching for 1-year-old Bryeon Hunter who's been missing since last week.

MAYWOOD, Il. - A protein known to be a key player in the development of Parkinson's disease is able to enter and harm cells in the same way that viruses do, according to a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study.

MAYWOOD, Ill. - About one-third of patients suffer depression following a stroke, and depression in turn increases the risk of stroke, according to a review article by Loyola University Medical Center physicians.

Flooding in the Chicago area has delayed a search of the Des Plaines River for the body of a one-year-old Maywood boy.