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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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