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Two more Park Ridge residents fell victim to a scammer who claims to be a neighbor locked out of his home.

The Illinois Senate moved to undercut the powers of Cook County Board President Todd Stroger by voting to lower the threshold for county commissioners to override his veto.

Five hundred seventy five guests attended the Park Ridge-based Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care Angels Ball on Saturday, Oct.

The Cook County Medical Examinier's office ruled that the death of a Skokie man working in Park Ridge was accidental.

A northwest suburban man tracked down by a police dog and charged with a brutal knife attack on his 86-year-old grandmother was ordered held on $2 million bond Friday.

A serial rapist was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after he was convicted of attacking a woman in 2007 in a wooded area near Park Ridge.

Over 250 people from 12 area churches expected to take part in the annual Niles/Park Ridge CROP Hunger Walk last Sunday, Oct.

A Chicago man arrested in connection with a fatal car crash that took the lives of two of his passengers in Park Ridge last week was scheduled to appear in Cook County Circuit Court this week for a preliminary hearing.

A Skokie man died Tuesday after an accident with sewer equipment in Park Ridge. Joseph Patyk, 32, of 821 Lawndale Ave.

Secretary of State Jesse White will mark national Teen Driver Safety Week by presenting an award to a Chicago area high school.

Suburban police don't know what impact closing expressways in Chicago will have during Wednesday and Thursday commutes, but they're monitoring potential traffic jams on suburban streets.

Years ago, suburban schools queued up for state funding to build more classrooms.

When Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Edgar Muenzer established the Park Ridge Civic Orchestra in his hometown in 1994, he never dreamed it would become such a vital, thriving institution.

" Wanda Wilson, CRNA, PhD, MSN, has been selected as the seventh executive director of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists .

Share + Oct 13, 2009 5:53 pm US/Central PARK RIDGE, Ill. A man was charged Tuesday for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol during a double fatal crash Sunday in northwest suburban Park Ridge.

For seven years, an 83-year-old Park Ridge resident has endured a bizarre series of incidents involving vandalism and harassment.

After days of intense negotiations, Sun-Times Media Group has reached a tentative agreement on a concessions package with its unionized newsroom workers - a move that could help finalize a sale of the company in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

Park Ridge police hope to find the people responsible for seven years of vandalism to the home of an elderly couple.

The Park Ridge City Council proposes a new definition to "Dangerous Animal," which adds, "any animal which, without provocation, in a vicious or terrorizing manner approaches any person in an apparent attitude of attack, whether or not the attack is consummated or capable of being consummated." As a "Dangerous Animal," its residence cannot be ...

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It will cost Park Ridge-Niles School Dist. 64 nearly $125,000 to implement one of the most significant new educational technologies this year.

A 22-year-old Des Plaines man, who police say appeared intoxicated, was taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge Wednesday night suffering from a stab wound to his lower back.

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Wanda Wilson, CRNA, PhD, MSN, has been selected as the new executive director of the AANA.

The first time President Barack Obama visited Edison Park he was Illinois Sen. Obama with two preschool children at home.