Oak Forest News Archives

Suburban Chicago police officers say they're investigating a counterfeit ring after they discovered 15,000 pairs of fake Nike sneakers in a storage unit last week. via Chicago Tribune

“That's the first time a woman's ever saved me”

One friend heroically pulled another to safety during a porch collapse. Donald Siple Jr., of the sixth unit in the apartment complex at 16138 Cicero Ave., said he was standing on his front porch near the ... via WBBM-AM Chicago

Dear Fixer: My fiance, Tyrone Henry, was the victim of a homicide last Sept. 1. He was sleeping on my living room couch when a bullet came through a window and killed him. via Chicago Sun-Times

Police say the mother of a 3-year-old Oak Forest boy found her son dead, hanging from the cord of a window blind. via WGN-AM Chicago

OAK FOREST, Ill. A 3-year-old Oak Forest boy apparently strangled himself accidentally when he became caught in a cord attached to window blinds at his home Tuesday evening, authorities said. via Cbs2chicago.com

“We had to take every precaution based on the information we had at the time”

One man faces charges Thursday after police negotiated a peaceful end to a hostage standoff Wednesday in southwest suburban Oak Forest. via Chicago Sun-Times

An Oak Forest man who barricaded himself in his apartment for three hours Wednesday after allegedly beating his girlfriend was released Thursday after promising to appear in court, authorities said. via Chicago Tribune

Two Injured In Incident An armed man has taken a child hostage Wednesday afternoon and barricaded himself in a southwest suburban apartment, police said. via NBC Channel 5

“I believe there will come a time when we don't have to award $100,000 to catch such a perpetrator”

Against the backdrop of a spring sunset, Apostle Ron Wilson and other religious leaders held a prayer vigil Friday evening for the five victims of the Feb. via Chicago Sun-Times