Forest Park News

ABC7's Hungry Hound celebrates National Ice Cream month by dipping into a different type of treat every Friday.

The parents of two teens charged with murder say Maywood police intimidated their sons into confessing to the shooting death of an 18-year-old Forest Park man.

"Dead and Gone" author Charlaine Harris reads from and signs copies of her book at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, at Borders Books and Music, 1500 16th St., Oak Brook.

Darkhouse Entertainment's Murder Mansion, the largest haunted house attraction in the western suburbs seeks highly creative, motivated and unique performers for their TWO attractions located in the near west suburbs.

Of all the national holidays, July 4 is the one on which Americans are most encouraged to celebrate.

A man who police said was a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier has been charged with a sexual assault that occurred on the South Side in 2006.

Centuries and Sleuths Bookstore welcomes authors Jane Cleland and Rosemary Harris at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 9. Cleland discusses and signs copies of her book, "Killer Keepsakes," and Harris discusses and signs "The Big Dirt Nap." Centuries and Sleuths bookstore is located at 7419 W. Madison St., Forest Park.

The 16th annual Garden Walk, sponsored by the Garden Club of Oak Park and River Forest and by Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

A 29-year-old Bellwood man was charged Monday with the June 15 shooting death of Keyana Bates, 18, of Maywood.

Two teens face murder charges for the shooting death of 18-year-old Forest Park resident Johnathan Ollech, who was found June 14 with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest in Maywood.

A west suburban man was ordered held without bond on Tuesday after being charged with the murder of a UIC student last week in Forest Park.

Every weekend, Rita Sallie dutifully treks from her Logan Square home to west suburban Forest Park to tell her 13-year-old daughter she loves her.

Keyana Bates, 18 a college student at the University of Illinois in Chicago was murdered by a concealed killer who reportedly approached the car that she was in with two other people, one a boyfriend.

Two teens have been charged in the murder of 18-year-old Forest Park resident Johnathan Ollech, found Sunday morning in Maywood with a gunshot wound in the chest.

In March, voters in Forest Park will decide the fate of the 91-year-old Edward Roos cedar chest factory in a referendum Municipal leaders in Forest Park are eying a failed condo and townhouse development as an ideal place to expand the village's 12-acre Station Park.

Police in Maywood and Forest Park say there is no link between two shooting deaths that occurred within two days of each other, even though one victim was shot within three blocks of the other victim's home.

Meet authors Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip as they discuss and sign copies of their latest book, "The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu," at 7 p.m. Friday, June 12, at Centuries and Sleuths bookstore, 7419 W. Madison St., Forest Park.

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Larryne L. Heard, Robert S. Mercado and David M. Stubblefield , are Air Force Airmen, and Albert B. Sarroca , is an Air Force Airman 1st Class.

About a dozen local residents will put their muscles where their mouths are come June 27, when they volunteer at Hines Veterans Hospital.