Chicago Ridge News

Police officers, local residents and members of the prolife community gathered Thursday to honor the life Jeremiah Michael, the name given to an abandoned infant that was found dead at a Chicago Ridge recycling center earlier this month.

The tragic death of a newborn boy, whose body was found May 1 in a cooler at a Chicago Ridge recycling plant, was driven home Thursday during his funeral Mass at Our Lady of the Ridge Catholic Church.

A funeral Mass will be said Thursday for the dead newborn boy found earlier this month inside a cooler at a recycling plant in Chicago Ridge.

A woman allegedly beaten during a February home invasion has been called by family of her attacker, a prosecutor said during a Thursday morning hearing at the Bridgeview courthouse.

A Hickory Hills police officer is being hailed as a hero for rescuing the owners of a popular banquet hall after fire erupted about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, said Walter Sherman, battalion chief for the Roberts Park Fire Protection District in Justice.

A 50-year-old Chicago Ridge man who police say they found lying behind a fence is accused of calling in a bomb threat to a Palos Hills business, according to a report.

When they let former Chicago Ridge Deputy Fire Chief Gary Swiercz out of jail, he wasn't allowed to return to the Tinley Park condo where he allegedly tried to rape and kill a neighbor.

A Chicago Ridge man who allegedly phoned in a bomb threat Monday to his ex-girlfriend's Palos Hills workplace has been charged with felony disorderly conduct, police said.

The newborn boy found dead early May 1 at a recycling plant in Chicago Ridge has been given a name, will be given a funeral and will be buried, Chicago Ridge Police Chief Robert Pyznarski said Tuesday.

Here are some of the top stories from the past week in Patch's south suburban region: Oak Lawn- Dead Baby Found in Cooler at Chicago Ridge Recycling Center - Police are investigating the body of a baby boy discovered Wednesday morning among trash picked up by a recycling truck.

When the first Free Comic Book Day was held in 2002, the long-awaited Spider-Man live-action movie premiered that same weekend.

Although he wasn't carried to full-term, the newborn boy found dead Wednesday in a soft cooler at a recycling center in Chicago Ridge could have survived if he had been given proper medical attention, the Cook County medical examiner's office ruled Thursday.

A dead infant was found inside cooler at a Chicago Ridge recycling center Wednesday morning.

The remains of a newborn baby stuffed into a soft cooler were found early Wednesday in a recycling facility in Chicago Ridge, authorities said.

As sharp little beaks laboriously poked their ways through tough white shells, a crowd of about 15 children and adults marveled at Mother Nature's handiwork late Tuesday afternoon at the Chicago Ridge Public Library, 10400 S. Oxford Ave.

The remains of a young child, believed to be an infant, were found Wednesday morning in a recycling facility in Chicago Ridge.

Visit the planet at Wolfe Wildlife Refuge for Earth Day this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Oak Lawn Park District and Oak Lawn Green Team are conjuring up a big celebration to celebrate the environment and learn how to take better care of the planet.

It's the last dance and last chance for romance and love for the outgoing Oak Lawn Village Board.