Oak Lawn News

Two people were seriously wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon in the South Sidea s Englewood neighborhood.

Share + Jul 1, 2009 4:21 pm US/Central The death of a man killed when he was apparently sucked under a Metra train and dragged Tuesday afternoon on the South Side was an accident, an autopsy Wednesday determined.

Brian Greco wrapped up his high school career at Richards High School in Oak Lawn one year early.

Shootings claimed the lives of nine men in the city and two suburbs over the weekend.

A 4-year-old girl died Saturday, three days after being hit by a wave and apparently choking on food at a Southeast Side beach, authorities said.

Chicago Police announced early Saturday it is asking for the public's helping locating a vehicle that killed a 13-year-old boy in an April 3 hit-and-run crash.A Martin Urbina Jr., 13, of 3923 W. 70th Pl., was hit by a vehicle April 3 at 5954 S. California Ave.

Most students hate summer school, but now it probably doesna t look so bad compared to what the nine students who started a brawl will be facing.

An Oak Lawn man has been charged with multiple counts of cruel treatment to animals, selling dogs younger than 8 weeks old, operating as a dog dealer without a license, and possession of dangerous animals for allegedly breeding and selling dogs out of a Crestwood automotive business.

Eight Oak Lawn Community High School students have been charged in connection with the fight that led to the brutal beating and stabbing of a summer school classmate.

The second fight erupted Wednesday as a crowd gathered at West 95thStreet and Austin in Oak Lawn.

Chicago motorcyclist was killed after his body was thrown onto a median after losing control on a Far South Side feeder ramp of the Bishop Ford Freeway Sunday evening, State Police said.

Jun 21, 2009 1:26 pm US/Central CHICAGO One person is in custody Sunday morning for a shooting that apparently injured himself and three other people Saturday night in the South Side'sA Auburn-Gresham neighborhood.

Police are investigating as a homicide the death of a 16-year-old boy Thursday night after he was ejected from an SUV when another vehicle chased and rammed it near Midway Airport.

Danny Vithoulkas, 44, was charged with nearly a dozen counts of animal related crimes following an investigation where Vithoulkas offered to sell undercover officers two 7-week old German Shepherd puppies.

Police continue the search Friday afternoon for a black van that allegedly rammed a vehicle off the road late Thursday on the Southwest Side, causing a rollover crash that killed a 16-year-old Chicago boy.

A 16-year-old boy who just finished his sophomore year at Bogan Computer Technical High School was fatally shot Wednesday night while walking near his Ashburn home with his nephew.

I have dined at Francesca's a couple of times in Oak Park and downtown Chicago.A I might even have dined at their Palos Park location.A I remember enjoying the experience every time.A And that is why I was chomping at the bit for Francesca's to open their restaurant in Oak Lawn, IL .

Advocate Health Care will acquire Midwest Physician Group, a large doctor practice in the south suburbs, for more than $12 million.

An Oak Lawn trustee told the Village Board Tuesday he has fielded a number of calls in recent weeks about foxes - not the popular restaurant and bar, but the medium-sized, reddish-brown members of the canine family.

Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced today the surrender of a former southwest suburban man, who was wanted in connection with a massive mortgage fraud investigation.