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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
A 43-year-old Forest Park woman died early this morning after she was was hit by a vehicle while walking in Olympia Fields. Ruby Matthews, of the 120 block of Ash Street, was hit near the intersection of Western and Lincoln avenues in the south suburb, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. Matthews was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Harry Hill, president of TV shopping channel operator Oak Lawn Marketing Inc., received a lot of discouraging comments from Japanese when he thought about selling the "Billy's Boot Camp" exercise DVDs. "People say, 'We Japanese don't do that.' It's amazing. Does everybody in Japan think the same?" Hill, 46, a resident of Nagoya, said near the company's Tokyo office in Minato...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
A 16-year-old girl who was stabbed and beaten during a weekend attack by other women was awake and talking this morning, though she's in a great deal of pain and her family says they're worried about internal injuries. Andrea Thomas, a junior at Carver Military Academy, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where her family were taking turns watching over her. "We're...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in Sauk Village, authorities said. Today, as Mabry recovered at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and Allen's family mourned his death, Gunn's brother Antoine Williams said Gunn called him in between the shootings of Mabry and Allen and when police found him in Markham. Gunn and Mabry had a confrontation Friday night, Williams said Gunn told him in the phone call. Gunn shot his...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... arguing when he was stabbed, Perez said. The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for treatment, Perez said. He is described as in good conditon. His girlfriend is in police custody, Perez said. There was no information available about the nature of the argument. -- Deanese Williams-Harris
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... conditon, Knight said. The other man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious-to-critical condition, Knight said. Chicago Police Major Accident Investigation Unit is investigating the incident, Alfaro said. -- Deanese Williams-Harris
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
A woman was seriously injured in a stabbing during a street fight on the Far South Side this afternoon, authorities said. The woman was taken from the 10200 block of South Carpenter Street to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious-to-critical condition, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Will Knight. A group of people were fighting on the street at that location just before...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... car did not appear life-threatening, police said. Nunez, of the 4200 block of West 103rd Street in Oak Lawn, was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in the suburb, said a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. Prosecutors today said Morales' blood-alcohol content was 0.303, nearly four times the legal limit. In addition to the criminal charge, Morales is cited...
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... conditon, Knight said. The other man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious-to-critical condition, Knight said. Police Major Accident Investigation Unit is investigating the incident, Alfaro said. --
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
... a.m. in the 6600 block of South Cicero Avenue. Nunez, of the 4200 block of West 103rd Street in Oak Lawn, was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in the suburb, said a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. In addition to the criminal charge, Morales is cited with failing to reduce speed to avoid an accident, following too closely and leaving the scene of...
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
A 16-year-old Far girl authorities said was attacked by baseball bat and knife-wielding females as she sat in her sister's parked car this afternoon is expected to survive a serious stab wound to her back.Andrea Thomas, 16, was saved by surgeons at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after being stabbed in the back on the 10200 block of South Carpenter Street about 2:30 p.m., a police...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... in the truck, was taken in serious-to-critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, said Cmdr. Will Knight of Fire Media Affairs. Police were trying to determine what caused the man to crash into the building, Mirabelli said. -- Staff report
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
A man was shot and seriously wounded at a White Castle on the South Side this morning after he struggled with a gunman who had followed him into the restroom, police say. The man was shot in the lower abdomen and was taken in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, officials said. He and his girlfriend had gone to the restaurant in the 1400 block of West 79th Street...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
A 20-year-old Orland Park motorist accused of running down an acquaintance earlier this week in Tinley Park has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, officials said today. Samuel H. Comstock of the 14200 block of South 84th Avenue and the victim, a 23-year-old Oak Lawn man, had a "minor" argument at a party and left separately around...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A Cook County jury late yesterday awarded the parents of a now ten-year-old boy with a $22.3 million verdict in a medical negligence case arising out of the care and treatment on May 29, 1999 at Advocate Christ Medical Center/Hope Children's Hospital, in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn, which resulted in the loss of the boy's left leg.
