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West Suburban Hospital Announces Layoffs
OAK PARK (CBS) — Vanguard West Suburban Medical Center says it’s eliminating 39 positions. A spokeswoman says that includes some vacant positions – and some layoffs – and that they include nurses and...
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Teen Charged With Hate Crime, Says He Was Mad About Trayvon Martin
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) — A teen charged with a hate crime in Oak Park says he attacked and beat up his victim because he was angry about the Trayvon Martin case. Alton Hayes III, 18, of Oak Park, is...
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Best Places To Get Your Jewelry Cleaned In Chicago
By Angela Hazen Beautiful jewelry is costly to come by these days, but many of us have that special piece or two that’s close to our hearts. Whether it’s been sitting in your dresser for years, you’ve...
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Woman Injured When Lightning Strikes Tree
OAK PARK, Ill. (STMW) – A woman was injured when lightning struck a tree Sunday afternoon in west suburban Oak Park. The 57-year-old woman was walking in the 1000 block of North Fair Oaks Avenue when...
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Strong Storms Rock Chicago Area Overnight
CHICAGO (CBS) — Powerful storms caused flooding, and lightning strikes caused damage across Chicago, including a house fire in Robbins. Flash flood watches and warnings remained in effect until Monday...
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Oak Park Pastor Survives Lightning Strike
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) – As a pastor, Kathy Nolte likes to think she has insight into how quickly the end can come for anyone. During a thunderstorm on Sunday afternoon, lightning from the heavens...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Group Now Fully Owns Oak Park Studio
CHICAGO (CBS) – A local organization now owns the Frank Lloyd Wright home and studio in Oak Park free and clear. When the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust bought the architect’s home in 1975, the...
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Hemingway’s Boyhood Home Under Sales Contract
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Ernest Hemingway’s boyhood home in Oak Park has been sold. As WBBM Newsradio’s Pat Cassidy reports, the Clarence and Grace Hemingway home, at 600 N. Kenilworth Ave. in Oak Park,...
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Quinn Talks With 8th Graders About Pension Reform
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday took the case for pension and Medicaid reform to an Oak Park middle school. As WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports, Quinn came to...
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Some Think Euthanizing Messy Pigeons In Oak Park Excessive
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) — It’s one of those silly words that can make you giggle: poo. But it’s no laughing matter in one western suburb. CBS 2’s Marissa Bailey reports on Public Enemy No. 1 when it comes...
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Suspicious Fire Destroys Gay Nightclub In Oak Park
UPDATED 06/04/12 4:00 p.m. OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) – Oak Park authorities say signs point to arson as the cause of the weekend fire that heavily damaged a gay bar. As WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller...
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Daycare Operator: I Had To Close, Economic Development Agency Is To Blame
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) — A daycare operator says she had to close up shop because a nonprofit economic development agency failed to pay her — and says she’ll never get all the money she’s owed. As CBS...
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Oak Park Village Board To Weigh In On Euthanizing Pigeons
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Oak Park is set to move ahead with discussion of euthanizing pigeons at a village board meeting Monday. As WBBM Newsradio’s Dave Berner reports, the village is focusing its...
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Oak Park Won’t Be Euthanizing Pigeons After All
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) — The Village of Oak Park has decided against a proposal to kill pigeons roosting under the Marion Street Metra train viaduct near the downtown shopping district. As WBBM...
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Report: IDOT Weighing Reconfiguring Left-Lane Exit, Entrance Ramps On Eisenhower
CHICAGO (CBS) — If you drive the Eisenhower Expressway, you know how confusing the left-lane exits and entrances at either end of Oak Park can be. But as CBS 2’s Kris Habermehl reports, those exits may...
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Community Seeks Vandals Who Struck Oak Park Church
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) — A Roman Catholic Church in Oak Park is the victim of vandalism, after two robberies in recent weeks. As WBBM Newsradio’s Lisa Fielding reports, the Rev. Larry McNally arrived at...
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Man Fatally Shot In Oak Park
Updated 6/16/12 at 12:30 p.m. OAK PARK, Ill. (STMW) – A man was fatally shot Saturday morning in Oak Park, just over the border with Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. The unidentified man, believed to be...
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Oak Park Employees Picket As Managers Fill In
OAK PARK, Ill. (STMW) – Three dozen SEIU Local 73 union members picketed outside the Oak Park village hall in sweltering 90-plus degree heat Saturday, protesting what they say is inequity and...
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Village of Oak Park Employees Go On Strike
Oak Park, Ill. (CBS) — This is the first weekday of a strike by employees of the Village of Oak Park. As WBBM’s Bernie Tafoya reports, several dozen Oak Park Village workers went on strike Saturday....
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Oak Park Village Employees To Return To Work, Negotiations
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) — Oak Park village employees were set to return to work Tuesday, after a three-day strike. The Chicago Tribune reported the about 76 village employees were returning to work on...
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