Oak Lawn News

"One of my little boys just kept saying, 'I love you, I love you, please don't die with me,'" recalled Rhonda Crosswhite, the Oklahoma schoolteacher who covered students with her body when her town was hit by a deadly twister this week.

A list containing the names of those serving on various Village of Oak Lawn commissions and committees drafted by a former trustee has emerged on an anonymous blog.

DOES a killer tornado really sound like a freight train? "I don't remember what it sounded like, honestly.

Teens between the ages of 16 and 19 have been hardest hit by the Great Recession and weak economy, which has made finding a summer job difficult over the past five years.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park and Beverly-Mt. Greenwood area.

A small but peaceful crowd was on hand Saturday afternoon as a march was staged down 95th Street to protest alleged racial profiling by the Evergreen Park and Oak Lawn police departments.

With a neighborhood feel and friendly shop owners, "it's the arts district itself" that makes What's Blooming on Harrison popular, she said.

Five people have been killed and at least 18 others wounded - including a 12-year-old boy left in critical condition - in shootings across the city since Friday night.

The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Chicago region, from the Lake County-Cook County border on the north to approximately Oak Lawn on the south.

The sound of a train horn has become a signal for Southland communities to get on board an emerging economic development track.

Evergreen Park Police Chief Michael Saunders has issued a statement on the planned protest scheduled for Saturday, May 18 at 1 p.m. The protest is expected to start at 1 p.m. and organizers say they will march down 95th Street from Western Avenue to Cicero Avenue to protest what they see as discriminatory racial practices of the Evergreen Park and ... (more)

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Police officers outnumbered protesters by about two-to-one Saturday afternoon as a group of about 25 protesters marched down 95th Street to protest what they allege is widespread racial profiling by the Evergreen Park and Oak Lawn police departments.

As 79-year-old Gerald Lee slumped to the floor, he wondered why there were no chairs for patients at the registration desks in the Edward Hines Veterans Affairs clinic in Oak Lawn.

No one was hurt, but there was extensive smoke damage when an electrical transformer exploded about 9:15 a.m. Friday in the basement of the Rotunda Building, 4300 W. 95th St., Oak Lawn, Oak Lawn Fire Chief George Sheets said.

After hosting an April neighborhood safety meeting where a mother asked that addresses of convicted gang members be made available to the public, much like those of convicted sex offenders are, Oak Lawn Mayor Dave Heilmann contacted state Rep.

New Trustees Are Also Sworn In As Heilmann Does Not Attend A party atmosphere dominated the Tuesday Oak Lawn Village Board Meeting with the swearing in of the new mayor and board of trustees.

A protest over alleged racial profiling by area police departments is expected to march through Evergreen Park and Oak Lawn this weekend.

There was a lot of swearing at Tuesday's meeting of the Oak Lawn Village Board -- swearing in that is.

NBC 5 reporter/anchor Dick Johnson presents Lincoln-Way Central High School senior Danijela Jackovich with a Distinguished Service Award on Friday, May 3. Danijela Jackovich, a senior at Lincoln-Way Central, and Dakota Mashak, a senior at Lincoln-Way North, were recognized May 3 at an awards banquet held at the Park Ridge Country Club.