Oak Forest News

There will be no classes again today for kids at eight schools in the south suburbs.

Prairie Hills Elementary School District 144, which serves more than 3,000 students in the south suburbs, has canceled classes after teachers voted to strike late Wednesday over salary issues, officials said.

Teachers in Prairie-Hills School District 144 are on strike today after a late-night bargaining session failed to achieve a new contract.

It's official: Cook County's unpopular sales tax will be shaved by a half-penny next year.

Five ministers warned Friday that if Cook County commissioners override President Todd Stroger's veto of a sales tax rollback, two hospitals will close.

S o I'm standing in front of a display of large-screen TVs in a store when a guy comes up and stands beside me.

Earlier this year, Oak Forest public works director Troy Ishler said it wasn't a matter of "if" the emerald ash borer would begin infesting the city's ash trees, but a matter of "when." When is apparently now after the Illinois Department of Agriculture confirmed to the city the ash borer had been identified in at least one tree.

Ace Hardware stores that have been in Oak Forest and Chicago Heights for more than 60 years are having liquidation sales and are slated to close by the end of the calendar year.

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger today wielded his veto stamp a fourth time on legislation to roll back the unpopular sales tax hike passed a year ago.

Robbers stole about $1,700 from a local VFW commander on Monday outside a bank, but they did not realize he also was carrying another $2,100 in a cigar box from a special fundraiser, Midlothian police said.

CAMPTON HILLS – The village's first and only police chief will be leaving the department he built from scratch to seek a new opportunity as chief of the Oak Forest Police Department.

Starting today, the Cook County Health and Hospitals System joins the ranks of Chicago-area hospitals that are banning visitors under the age of 18 in an effort to limit the spread of H1N1 swine flu.

Visitors to Stroger, Oak Forest and Provident hospitals must be over the age of 18.

With state tax revenue down this year, Oak Forest is looking to increase its tax levy to meet its expenses for next year.

When fire swept through an Oak Forest apartment complex, many of the newly homeless residents turned to Together We Cope for help.

Relay for Life of Oak Forest will host its first summit at noon Saturday at the Best Western, 4375 Frontage Road, Oak Forest.

Kym Frazier and Rhonda Bryce have heard the sad story quite a few times before. A Coonhound dog is bred for hunting somewhere in the south, where the breed is very popular.

A suicidal Oak Forest man was rescued by a Cook County sheriff's police canine unit Wednesday night.

The City of Oak Forest's annual tree lighting ceremony and parade on Saturday, December 12 will take on new meaning this year thanks to the inaugural Santa Claus Fun Run and Toy Drive to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation.

Cook County Commissioner Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman was re-elected in 2006. She represents more than 316,000 constituents in the 17th District which stretches from Prospect Heights to Orland Park , including O-Hare Airport.