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Maywood News

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Yesterday | Chicago Tribune

Lyons woman sentenced to 60 days in jail for crash that killed 2 teens

A Lyons woman was sentenced to 60 days in jail and must complete 160 days of community service for driving recklessly before an accident that killed two high school friends in 2007.

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Related Topix: North Riverside, IL, Riverside, IL, Berwyn, IL

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Sun-Times News Group

Teens help homeless by preparing lunches

A group of teenagers enrolled in an Oak Park YMCA summer camp are preparing and serving lunches to clients of West Suburban PADS, and they're coming away from the experience with a different view of ...

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Oak Park, IL, Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Marywood Herald

Support group serves fathers of disabled children

James Harlan noticed a gender discrepancy in the parents who used the services at The Answer, Inc., a Maywood-based nonprofit started earlier this year by Harlan and his wife, Debra Vines, as a resource for ...

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

5 people shot outside Bellwood home

Four women and one man were shot outside a Bellwood house Tuesday night. The victims were outside a home in the 400 block of Hyde Park Avenue about 9:50 p.m. when an unknown person from across the street opened ...

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Related Topix: Bellwood, IL, Melrose Park, IL

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Winnetka Talk

Updated 7/1: Maywood resident organizes march against violence

Isiah Brandon had quite a bit of help Monday evening when he tried to get his message out in Maywood.

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Related Topix: Winnetka, IL

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Marywood Herald

Man sentenced to 60 years in prison two years after fatal shooting

A Maywood man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for the February 2006 shootings that left one woman dead and two men injured.

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Related Topix: Cook County, IL

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

Off-duty Oak Park cop dies in motorycle crash

An off-duty Oak Park police officer died Tuesday after losing control of his motorcycle Saturday night near Joliet.

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Related Topix: Lockport, IL, Oak Park, IL, Cook County, IL, Joliet, IL

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

Police shoot man who used crutch as weapon

Police shoot, critically wound man using crutch as 'deadly weapon' June 26, 2008 FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS Police shot and critically wounded a man with an "extensive criminal background" who used a crutch as a ...

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Related Topix: Forest View, IL

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Marywood Herald

Officials encourage code compliance

A Town Hall meeting and a full-color pamphlet mailed to all residents are steps Maywood officials hope help with the problems of overcrowding and illegal conversions in the village.

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Related Topix: Cook County, IL

Mon Jun 23, 2008

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Police Arrest Man For Murder Of Maywood Teen

Police have made an arrest in the murder of Tawanna Ford, a promising, west suburban teenager who was gunned down by a complete stranger in Maywood two weeks ago.

CBS 2's Pamela Jones spoke with the victim's family.

"I had just spoke to her at five after 7," said Ladana Ford, the victim's mother. "I can't even, it's a brick on my heart because my child is not here."

The pain of losing her daughter is still fresh. Seventeen-year-old Tawanna Ford was shot in the head on June 2.

Police have identified a suspect in the case: 20-year-old Kenydale Robinson of Chicago. He faces murder and firearms charges.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Chicago, IL

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Will County Board expected to support using Silver Cross as veterans hospital

Just a few weeks before the state formally considers Silver Cross Hospital's plan to move from Joliet to New Lenox, the Will County Board on Thursday is expected to endorse a move by local veterans to reuse the ...

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Related Topix: New Lenox, IL, Will County, IL, Joliet, IL, Braidwood, IL, Life, Veteran Affairs

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Maywood man sentenced to 60 years in 2006 shootings

A Cook County Judge has handed down a 60-year prison sentence to a Maywood man convicted of killing an 18-year-old woman and wounding two other men on Valentine's Day two years ago.

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Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Chicago Metro

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

Teen dead following motorbike crash

A 14-year-old boy is dead and a 20-year-old man is injured following a motorbike and car collision Thursday evening on the Far Northwest Side.

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Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Autos

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Toddler dies after fall down stairs

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services says it is investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy who fell down stairs at his home in Melrose Park on Friday.

The child has been identified as Christofer Miranda-Adan. The incident unfolded at his home, located in the 140 block of North 20th Avenue in Melrose Park, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The toddler was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead at 3:11 p.m. Friday.

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Related Topix: Melrose Park, IL, Cook County, IL

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$1M Bond For Man Accused Of Murdering H.S. Senior

A Cook County judge has ordered Kenydale Robinson, accused of murdering a Proviso East High School senior about two weeks ago, held on a $1 million bond.

Robinson appeared in bond court in Maywood over the weekend for the murder of Tawanna K. Ford, said Tandra Simonton, spokeswoman for the Cook County state's attorney. Further details about the arrest were expected to be released at a 3 p.m. press conference Monday, according to a release from Maywood police.

Ford was in the front passenger seat of a friend's car about 8 p.m. on June 2 near 9th Avenue and Washington Boulevard when she was shot, Maywood police Sgt. Tim Curry said.

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Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Melrose Park, IL, Bellwood, IL

Tue Jun 17, 2008

NBC 5

Maywood Police Arrest Suspect In Teen's Slaying

Police in the Chicago suburb of Maywood said they made an arrest in the June 2 shooting death of a teenage girl.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Bellwood, IL

Tue Jun 10, 2008

Lincoln-Way Sun

Joliet man dies in crash in Lemont

A Joliet man died following a two-car crash Monday afternoon near Lemont. Killed was Robert Bato, 66, of 506 E. Meeker Ave.

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Related Topix: Joliet, IL, Lemont, IL, Cook County, IL

Sun Jun 08, 2008

Sun-Times News Group

Man shot in vehicle May 22 dies

A Chicago man shot May 22 at the intersection of Austin Boulevard and Roosevelt Road died early Monday.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Chicago, IL

Fri Jun 06, 2008

NBC 5

Blast In Manhole Injures ComEd Worker

A Commonwealth Edison employee was critically hurt when he was burned early Friday during an explosion while working in a manhole in the West Side's Austin neighborhood.

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Related Topix: Energy, Chicago, IL

Wed Jun 04, 2008

The Highland Park News

Updated 6/3: Proviso East student, 17, killed in shooting

By CHUCK FIELDMAN cfieldman@pioneerlocal.com Maywood police had no suspects or motive Tuesday morning in the Monday night fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Bellwood resident.

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Related Topix: Bellwood, IL, Melrose Park, IL

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