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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:52 pm

Oak Lawn News

Local news for Oak Lawn, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

14 hrs ago | Chicago Sun-Times

Man killed when car hits bridge, plunges into creek

A motorist was killed when he rammed a car into a bridge and plunged into a creek Wednesday afternoon in a rural area of far southwest suburban Manhattan.

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Related Topix: New Lenox, IL, Manhattan, IL, Cook County, IL, Natural Disasters, Fire, Wildfire

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Southwest News-Herald

Oak Lawn Board Rejects Motel License Request

The Village of Oak Lawn has rejected the business license request by the D-Lux Motel, 4811 W. Columbus Drive, on the corner of Columbus and Cicero avenues.

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

Southwest News-Herald

Oak Lawn 229 Budget Will Go To Furnace

Oak Lawn School District 229 Board members held their first committee of the whole meeting of July last week, with newly appointed superintendent Michael Riordan, who came on to replace Dr.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Southwest News-Herald

Oak Lawn Goes Green For Village

Oak Lawn has been making strides to become more "green" or environmentally friendly in the past months.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

cbs2chicago.com

6 Hurt When Car Hits Bus Stop

Six people were injured -- four of them seriously -- when a car careened out of control and struck a CTA bus shelter on the South Side Tuesday night.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

NBC Channel 5

Woman Suspects Neighbor Was Target Of Home Attack

Sue Ewell had just gotten back to her southwest suburban home from her job at the Jewel Food Store and was dozing off in her chair when she heard a crash about 11:30 p.m. When she stepped outside her home on ...

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro

Sun Jul 13, 2008

WBBM-AM Chicago

Weekend Violence UPDATE: Teen Dies in Little Village Shooting

A 13-year-old boy is dead after being shot Saturday night in the South Side's Little Village neighborhood.

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Related Topix: Waukegan, IL, Chicago Metro, Cook County, IL

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Man slain, another wounded in shooting on Far South Side

For the last 10 years, Robert White and his brother had been building a record label together, developing a stable of artists and selling CDs online.

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Chicago Sun-Times

6 seized in kidnap, bank extortion plot

Six people face attempted bank robbery charges after they tried to extort money from an Oak Lawn bank by kidnapping a teller's fiance, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Chicago, IL

Tampabays10.com

FBI: Agents foil bank robbery, rescue hostage

FBI agents have broken up a Chicago ransom plot by hiding an electronic tracking device in a bag of cash and storming a hideout.

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Fri Jul 11, 2008

WBBM-AM Chicago

Man Shot, Killed In Quiet Beverly Neighborhood

Neighbors of the quiet Far South Side community of East Beverly are baffled after a shooting that left one man dead and another critically wounded.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Chicago, IL, Robert White, Classical

Thu Jul 10, 2008

NBC 5

Car Flips, Burns In Oak Lawn Crash

Speeding may be responsible for an early Thursday rollover crash and fire in southwest suburban Oak Lawn , police said.

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Wed Jul 09, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

What became of '80s drug kingpin

At 21, just three years out of Marist High School, he was a cocaine kingpin on the Southwest Side and in the suburbs.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Chicago Metro, Palos Heights, IL

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

Dolton man fatally shot at home

A man shot in his south suburban Dolton home died Thursday morning. Dariel Idleburg, 20, of Dolton, was shot in his home and pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 6:02 a.m. Thursday, ...

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Related Topix: Dolton, IL, Cook County, IL, Autos

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

Man dead after being shot by police on S. Side

A man shot by police early Sunday in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the South Side has died from his injuries.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Cook County, IL, Chicago, IL

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Teen shot in basement of South Side church, cops say

A teenager was shot and critically wounded Tuesday night in a church on Chicago's South Side, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Chicago, IL

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Chicago Tribune

1 dead, 6 hurt in city shootings

The turn of June into July showed no letup in the violence that has marked a bloody Chicago summer.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Chicago, IL, Cook County, IL

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

Bond set at $500K in nursing home beating death

Bond was set at $500,000 Sunday for a West Side man accused of beating his nursing home roommate to death with a clock radio.

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Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Autos

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Southwest News-Herald

Arrest Former Oak Lawn Cop On Drug Charges

Former Oak Lawn police officer Steve Harrison has again been arrested - this time on a drug charge.

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Related Topix: Alsip, IL

Southwest News-Herald

Oak Lawn 'Wastes' No Time

There were two major topics of concern at the June 24 Oak Lawn Village meeting - safety belts, and garbage and waste pick-up. Trustee Tom Phelan, said that he and the other trustees have been getting a lot of ...

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