Oak Lawn News

Even the best of hospitals can be depressing places, especially for children who require frequent treatment.

At least 13 people were shot on the city's South and West sides late Sunday and early this morning, including a 71-year-old man shot by a BB gun, authorities said.

Burr Ridge has joined at least eight other Illinois towns in a legal fight to collect lost tax money from online travel companies.

Chicago Police fatally shot a 16-year-old boy, reportedly armed with two handguns, in Englewood late Sunday night, authorities said.

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McGregory Porter, 24, was shot in the eye, and another man was shot in the abdomen during an altercation late Friday in Austin.

The shooting occurred at 2:15 p.m. in the 7200 block of South Artesian Avenue, according to Fire Media Affairs.

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At least seven people were injured in shootings across the city Thursday night and early Friday.

Bob Streit Is in Center of Debates with Other Oak Lawn Trustees Oak Lawn Trustee Bob Streit arrived a few minutes late for the Oak Lawn Village Board meeting on Tuesday night.

About 2:20 a.m. Wednesday, a 42-year-old man was shot to death in the 2000 block of West 70th Place, authorities said.

Robert Fogel, the University of Chicago economic historian awarded a Nobel Prize for his data-driven reconsiderations of how railways and slavery influenced U.S. economic history, has died.

Members of Hannah Circle, from the United Methodist Church of New Lenox, and the church's youth group recently volunteered time and baking skills at Ronald McDonald House in Oak Lawn, baking cookies for the residents.

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Two people were killed and at least 16 others were hurt in shootings across the city since Friday afternoon, including a man killed when gunfire erupted on the outbound Dan Ryan Expressway early Sunday.

The identities of two men whose bodies were pulled from Lake Michigan Thursday afternoon on the North Side have been have been released, authorities said.

An upscale supermarket is coming to Evergreen Park, the latest in a series of retail developments the village has welcomed over the past two years.

Twenty trophies, nine medals and a Bruce Lee calendar already adorned the bedroom of 7-year-old tae kwon do sensation Tyler Maross, of Park Forest.

"We're a small town that's existed 60 years in between Chicago, Evergreen Park and Oak Lawn," Casey said Thursday.