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Costco Set To Open On Kiddieland Site
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) - Starting Wednesday, Chicago area residents will be buying bulk groceries, furniture and appliances on the site where they once enjoyed rides on the Little Dipper and the...
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Costco Now Open On Kiddieland Site
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) - The warehouse club retailer Costco has officially opened its new store in Melrose Park, on the former site of the Kiddieland amusement park. The River Forest Leaves newspaper...
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Adult Bookstore, Exotic Dancers Sue West Suburb
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (STMW) – A west suburban adult bookstore and two exotic dancers arrested by Melrose Park police filed a false arrest lawsuit against the village Tuesday. The adult bookstore...
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Paranormal Cops Track The Unknown
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) – They are a group of Chicago area police officers by day, and paranormal investigators at night. When someone claims to have an encounter with the unknown, their job is either...
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Probe Launched At Recycling Plant After Worker’s Death
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (STMW) – Workplace safety officials are investigating a west suburban recycling facility where an employee died Monday in a forklift accident. The death marks the second fatal...
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Boy, 17, Shot Dead In Melrose Park
Updated 04/1/11 – 11:12 a.m. MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) – A 17-year-old boy is dead, following an apparent gang shooting in Melrose Park. The shooting happened around 6:10 p.m. Thursday, as the victim,...
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Drivers Freezing At Red-Light Camera Intersection
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) — You know the feeling. You’re driving through an intersection when suddenly, you see the red-light camera flash. The fear of that flash has drivers in one suburb stuck in...
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Sheriff: Man Stole $900,000 From Aunt With Alzheimer’s
MAYWOOD, Ill. (CBS) – A Melrose Park man has been charged with stealing more than $900,000 from his late aunt, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Cook County Sheriff’s police said that Chester...
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Police Bust West Suburban Burglary Ring
MAYWOOD, Ill. (CBS) – Cook County Sheriff’s Police have busted up a burglary ring that targeted homes across the near western suburbs. Alfredo Ramirez, 21, of Stone Park, has been arrested and charged...
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Melrose Park Man Charged With Burning Down Dad’s House
MAYWOOD, Ill. (CBS) — A Melrose Park man stands charged with burning down his father’s home, where the suspect himself also lived. Bond for David Neubauer, 26, was set at $400,000 Wednesday at the...
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Melrose Park Duo Caught With 2 Tons Of Marijuana
WHEATON, Ill. (CBS) – Bond has been set at $10 million for two Melrose Park men who were caught with nearly two tons of marijuana inside an Addison business. Luis Pichardo, 32, and Ignacio Morales, 28,...
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Report: $2.5M Spent, But Rail Crossing Congestion Panel Has Done Nothing
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Twelve years ago, a panel was formed to fix a major congestion problem in the near western suburbs. So what happened? LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports Download:...
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Your Chicago: Maywood Park Race Track
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) — It’s a sport that has no off-season. Nearly every Thursday and Friday, every week of the year – since 1946, in fact — there has been harness racing at Maywood Park, a one...
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Unilever Closing Alberto Culver Plant In Melrose Park
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Alberto Culver plant in Melrose Park is shutting down, and about 600 workers will lose their jobs or be forced to transfer. Consumer products maker Unilever PLC, which bought...
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Man Shot Dead In Melrose Park Home Invasion
Updated 05/07/12 – 11:59 a.m. MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) — A man was killed during a bizarre home invasion in west suburban Melrose Park on Sunday. Police said two robbers cut power to a home in the 1400...
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Investigation Continues Into Shooting Death Of Retired Melrose Park Cop
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Questions surround the recent homicide of a retired suburban police sergeant who is fondly remembered by his neighbors. Former Melrose Park police Sgt. Ronald Susek was...
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2 Children Hurt When Top Of Melrose Park Building Collapses
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) – High winds may be to blame for the partial collapse of a Melrose Park building – an accident that injured two children Thursday afternoon. The commercial building’s parapet...
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2 Men Charged With Murder Of Melrose Park Woman
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (STMW) — Bond was denied on Saturday for two west suburban men charged with the murder of a 41-year-old Melrose Park woman outside of her home. The armed robbery and fatal shooting...
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Woman Suing Melrose Park Cops For Giving Her Dog Away
65 year old Sharon Balleu is suing the Village of Melrose Park because of her missing dog, Beau. (Credit: STMW) MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) — 65-year-old Sharon Balleu is suing the Village of Melrose Park...
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Suspect Nabbed Within Minutes Of Melrose Park Bank Robbery
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (STMW) – A suspect was nabbed just minutes after the robbery of a west suburban bank branch Tuesday morning by a police officer who was having coffee at a Starbucks a few doors down....
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