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Man Killed, Teen Critically Wounded In Melrose Park Shooting
CHICAGO (CBS) — A suspect was in custody Tuesday morning, after a shooting in the western suburbs left one man dead and a 14-year-old boy in critical condition. Police said witnesses saw a gunman walk...
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Man Charged In Fatal Melrose Park Shooting
(STMW) — A man has been charged with murder for a shooting that left a man dead and a 14-year-old boy critically injured early Tuesday in west suburban Melrose Park, police said. Ellezer Torres, 22,...
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Woman Dies After Being Run Over By Her Own Vehicle In Melrose Park
(CBS) — A 26-year-old woman died about 12 hours after she was run over by her own vehicle in what police are calling a “tragic accident” early Friday in west suburban Melrose Park. The victim was...
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Nuns Get Holiday Reprieve From Nearby Strip Club; Lawsuit Continues
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Cook County judge on Tuesday said a sisterhood of nuns in Melrose Park can press on with their lawsuit aimed at shutting down a strip club that opened next door to their convent six...
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Man, Parents Charged In Connection With Suburban Ruse Burglary
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man and his parents have been charged in connection with a ruse burglary in November in west suburban Leyden Township. About 12:30 p.m. Nov. 23, a man who claimed he was a...
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3 Arrested During Investigation Of Fatal Melrose Park Shooting
CHICAGO (CBS) — Authorities have arrested three men while investigating a fatal shooting last Sunday afternoon in west suburban Melrose Park. About 2:40 p.m. Jan. 15, a resident called police to report...
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Woman Killed In Melrose Park Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 20-year-old Addison woman died after a traffic crash Wednesday morning in west suburban Melrose Park, authorities said. Just before 4 a.m., the driver of a 1998 Chevrolet Astro...
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Teen Missing After Jumping Into Des Plaines River Near Melrose Park
CHICAGO (CBS) — A massive search is underway Sunday for a teenager who went missing after jumping into the Des Plaines River in unincorporated Cook County, officials said. Three teens jumped from a...
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Fourth Day Of Search Underway For Teen Missing In Des Plaines River
CHICAGO (CBS) — The search for a missing teen who went for a swim in the Des Plaines River has entered its fourth day, as the Cook County Sheriff’s office has taken over the effort to find the boy....
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Missing Teen’s Body Found In Des Plaines River Near Melrose Park
CHICAGO (CBS) — The body of a missing teenager has been found in the Des Plaines River, not far from the bridge where he jumped in the water on Saturday. Cameron Sanders, 16, of Villa Park, jumped off...
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Questions Emerge Surrounding Search For Teen Who Jumped Into River
CHICAGO (CBS) — Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin called on an investigation into why it took five days to find the body of Cameron Sanders in the Des Plaines River. This decision, he says, was...
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Person Of Interest Questioned In Fatal Melrose Park Stabbing
Chicago (CBS) — A person of interest is being questioned after one man was stabbed to death and another wounded early Sunday in west suburban Melrose Park. Officers were called just before midnight to...
View ArticleWoman Killed, Man Injured When Freight Train Hits Car In Melrose Park
CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman was killed and a man was injured when a car drove around crossing gates and into the path of a moving freight train in Melrose Park early Friday morning. The car was headed...
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Former President George H.W. Bush Funeral Locomotive Stops In Melrose Park
Chicago (CBS) — The locomotive that pulled former President George H.W. Bush’s funeral train stopped in the Union Pacific train yard in Melrose Park Sunday. (Credit: Todd Skogen) Todd Skogen, a former...
View ArticleProtest Planned To Save Westlake Hospital
Chicago (CBS) — Lawmakers and community leaders are planning a protest Monday hoping to stop the planned closure of Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park. Pipeline Health, the management company that took...
View ArticleHow Much Longer Will Westlake Hospital Stay Open?
Chicago (CBS) — Weeks after a public feud between the Village of Melrose Park and the company buying Westlake Hospital there, the village fears the hospital will close its doors. “It’s one of Melrose...
View ArticleWestlake Hospital Moves To Suspend Services; Melrose Park Seeks To Block...
CHICAGO (CBS) — The owners of Westlake Hospital said they are suspending services, due to a declining number of patients and staff, but officials in Melrose Park plan to ask a judge to force the...
View ArticleVillage Of Melrose Park Says Westlake Hospital’s Owners Violating Temporary...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A day after a Cook County judge issued a temporary restraining order, employees say the owners of Westlake Hospital have violated it. The restraining order issued Tuesday prohibited...
View ArticleHearing Scheduled In Dispute Over Possible Westlake Hospital Closure
CHICAGO (CBS) — The owners of Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park will be in court Tuesday morning, to face accusations they violated a Cook County judge’s order preventing them from changing staffing...
View ArticleJudge: Westlake Hospital To Stay Open For 2 Weeks
CHICAGO (CBS)– Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park is staying open for the next two weeks, at least. Tuesday in court, a judge found the owner of the hospital, Pipeline Health System, to be in contempt...
View ArticleOwners Offer To Transfer Westlake Hospital To Melrose Park, Village Accuses...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Amid a fight over efforts to close Westlake Hospital, its owners have offered to transfer control of the hospital to the Village of Melrose Park, but Mayor Ronald Serpico accused...
View ArticleAppeals Court Lifts Restraining Order Preventing Westlake Hospital From...
CHICAGO (CBS) — An Illinois Appellate Court panel has lifted a Cook County judge’s restraining order that had prohibited the owners of Westlake Hospital from reducing services as they seek state...
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court Ruling Keeps Westlake Hospital Open For Now
CHICAGO (CBS) — Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park appears to be saved again, at least temporarily, after a series of back-and fourth court rulings over the future of the hospital. Last week, a Cook...
View ArticleState Review Board Allows Westlake Hospital Owners To Close Facility; Court...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A judge’s order to keep Westlake Hospital open has expired, a day after the Illinois Health Facilities & Services Review Board granted the owners’ request to shut down the hospital...
View ArticleWestlake Hospital Files For Bankruptcy
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (AP) — The owner of a suburban Chicago hospital whose attempt to close the facility because of a lack of patients was halted by a court order has declared bankruptcy. Westlake...
View ArticleWestlake Hospital Plans To Close, Judge Delays Ruling On Request To Hold...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Westlake Hospital in west suburban Melrose Park appears poised to close for good, after months of legal battles over the medical center’s future, after a Cook County judge put off...
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100-Year-Old Suburban Eye Doctor Honored For Lifetime Of Service Is Still...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 100-year-old eye doctor is being honored for his work to make sure patients can see the world around them. Dr. Daniel Nast was just awarded a lifetime of distinguished service honor...
View ArticleMelrose Park Police Officer Held In Off-Duty Shooting That Killed 1, Wounded...
MAYWOOD, Ill. (CBS) — One man is dead and another man was injured in a shooting in Maywood this week – and the suspect is a Melrose Park police officer. As CBS 2’s Tara Molina reported, the officer was...
View ArticleMelrose Park Police Officer In Custody In Fatal Off-Duty Shooting In Maywood
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Melrose Park police officer is in custody after allegedly shooting two people, one of them fatally, while off duty in Maywood this week. Maywood Police Chief Valdimir Talley Jr....
View ArticleFor This Halloween Season, 13th Floor Haunted House Ready To ‘Scare The Pants...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Not only is it Friday the 13th, but there’s a full moon out today, so the question is, are you ready to get your scare on? Some might say it’s fitting; the 13th Floor Haunted House...
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Melrose Park Police Officer Rear-Ended; Driver Charged With DUI
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Melrose Park police officer was injured Sunday morning, when a driver rear-ended his squad car. The officer was helping a disabled vehicle near 38th and North avenues around 3 a.m.,...
View ArticleWestlake Hospital In Melrose Park To Reopen For COVID-19 Patients
CHICAGO (CBS) — Another area hospital will find a new purpose as a center to treat COVID-19 patients. With cases of the coronavirus soaring, Chicago area hospitals are doing all they can to hang on....
View ArticleInside The Transformation Of The Old Westlake Hospital Into A COVID-19...
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) — The transformation of Chicago’s McCormick Place is a stark reminder of the strain on hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 500 beds are on standby at the...
View ArticleMelrose Park Mourns Death Of Officer Joseph Capello, Who Died From COVID-19
CHICAGO (CBS) — Melrose Park Officer Joseph Capello, a veteran officer and member of a blue bloods family, has died in the line of duty from COVID-19. Friday there was a huge show of support for his...
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Melrose Park Gun Shop Owner Says Sincere Williams Burglarized His Store...
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Video obtained exclusively by CBS 2 shows accused Wicker Park Walgreens killer Sincere Williams breaking into a gun shop months before the attack, the owner says. The store...
View ArticleLOCATED: Sylvester Dockens, 83, Reported Missing In Melrose Park
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Sylvester Dockens, an elderly man reported missing from Melrose Park, has been found. Authorities had issued an Endangered Missing Person Advisory for Dockens, 83, on Sunday...
View ArticlePerson Struck By Train Near Melrose Park
CHICAGO (CBS) — A person was struck by a train on the Union Pacific West Line near Melrose Park Friday night, Metra officials confirm. Metra Alert UP-W – Track 1 has been released for train movement....
View ArticleMelrose Park Mayor Apologizes For Profanity-Laden Tirade At Village Meeting;...
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Melrose Park Mayor Ronald M. Serpico was recorded using profanity and a racial slur as he raised his voice at a resident at a village meeting last week. Late Thursday, Mayor...
View ArticleFire Destroys Melrose Park Motel
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS)– A fired destroyed a motel in Melrose Park and injured a woman early Monday morning. The call for the fire came at 1:30 a.m., according to the Melrose Park Fire Department....
View ArticleMetra Train Hits Chicago Police Car In Elmwood Park
CHICAGO (CBS) — An off-duty Chicago police officer was injured Saturday afternoon when Metra train hit an unmarked CPD vehicle at a crossing in Elmwood Park . Police and Metra officials said an...
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