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Man Caught Stealing Copper Piping From Home
BRIDGEVIEW (CBS) — A Shorewood man has been charged with burglarizing a southwest suburban home after police caught him hiding in a garage just after a large amount of copper piping was stripped from...
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Couple Found Dead In Palos Park Home
UPDATED 09/12/11 5:30 p.m. PALOS PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Police are questioning a person of interest after a husband and wife were found dead in their home in unincorporated Palos Park over the weekend....
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Son Charged With Beating Parents To Death In Palos Park
UPDATED 09/13/11 4:47 p.m. PALOS PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Bond has been denied for a 17-year-old high school student, who is charged with beating his parents to death in their home in unincorporated Palos...
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High School Runner Killed By Car During Cross Country Practice
CHICAGO (CBS) — A runner participating in a high school cross-country practice on Thursday was struck and killed by a car. Patrick Mizwicki, 14, who ran for Lincolnway East, was killed while running on...
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3 Teens Charged With Helping Friend Kill Parents
UPDATED 10/11/11 10:05 p.m. PALOS TOWNSHIP, Ill. (CBS) — Three suburban teenagers have been charged with helping a high school classmate kill his own parents in unincorporated Palos Township last...
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State: Upset She Was Pregnant, Man Killed Girlfriend In 1981
CHICAGO (STMW) — “Tell her it was another man. Tell her you were raped.” Those were the “cold, calculating words” of Gary Albert, “desperate to avoid responsibility for his 15-year-old girlfriend who...
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4 Teens Charged With Killing Palos Couple Ask For New Judge
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (STMW) — Attorneys for the young man accused of killing his Polish-born parents want a new judge to handle his case, as do the three friends accused of helping him commit the crime....
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Not Guilty Verdict In 1981 Slaying Of Pregnant Deaf Girl
UPDATED 11/22/11 7:53 a.m. BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (CBS) — A Sugar Grove man has been acquitted of the murder of his teenage girlfriend 30 years ago, when the two were attending a program for deaf students...
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A Rare Sight: Nesting Eagles Spotted In Palos Township Forest Preserve
PALOS TOWNSHIP, Ill. (CBS) — In news that may have been a century in coming, a nesting pair of bald eagles is visible to the public in Cook County. As WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller reports, it was...
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Once-Endangered Eagles Return To Cook County
CHICAGO (CBS) – It’s the first time in a century people have been able to see a bald eagle nest in Cook County. As CBS 2’s Bill Kurtis reports, they came close to extinction in the U.S. Bird watchers...
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Nurse Killed By Suspected Drunk Driver In Palos Township Crash
PALOS TOWNSHIP, Ill. (CBS) — A nurse from southwest suburban Lockport was killed early Sunday when a suspected drunk driver struck her vehicle in unincorporated Palos Township. Heidi Roseen, 51, was...
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Man Killed In Wrong-Way Crash In Palos Township
PALOS TWP., Ill. (STMW) — A 64-year-old southwest suburban man died early Tuesday in a wrong-way, two-vehicle crash, authorities said. The Cook County Mmedical Examiner’s office identified the victim...
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Man Charged With DUI In Fatal Crash In Palos Township
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man has been charged with several counts of aggravated DUI for causing a crash that killed two friends early Monday near southwest suburban Lemont, according to police. The driver of...
View ArticleTrustee’s Social Media Posts About Muslims Draws Protesters
CHICAGO (CBS) — Activists say Monday’s rally against a Palos Township Trustee is just the beginning, after a string of Facebook posts the group calls anti-Muslim. The most recent post by Republican...
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Preckwinkle Calls on Sharon Brannigan To Resign From Commission
CHICAGO (CBS) — Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has called for a commission member to resign after becoming aware of the member’s social media posts about Muslims and people from the...
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Activists Repeat Call For Palos Township Trustee’s Resignation Over Alleged...
PALOS HILLS, Ill. (CBS) — Activists on Monday kept up the pressure on Palos Township Trustee Sharon Brannigan to resign. “We’re still here demanding that Brannigan resigns and demanding that the board...
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Tanker Truck Flips Over, Spills Alcohol On Archer Avenue In Palos Township
PALOS TOWNSHIP, Ill. (CBS) — An overturned tanker truck was blocking the Archer Avenue late Tuesday afternoon in the southwest suburbs. The accident happened around 1:55 p.m. on Archer Avenue near 95th...
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