25th Avenue Overpass In Bellwood Completed
The 25th Avenue overpass, which aims to reduce congestion, opened on Thursday in west suburban Bellwood.
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The 25th Avenue overpass, which aims to reduce congestion, opened on Thursday in west suburban Bellwood.
Roy McCampbell, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft before Cook County Judge Timothy James Joyce, also was ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution, according to court records.
A vehicle rolled over on I-290 near 25th Avenue about 12:50 a.m., according to Illinois State Police.
Janail King, 19, of the 0-100 block of South Lilac Lane in Willowbrook, was pronounced dead at 3:04 a.m. at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. He had been shot near the intersection of 26th Avenue and Grant Avenue in Bellwood, authorities said.
Many suburban communities suffered water damage overnight, due to flash flooding from the heavy downpour of Monday night's storm. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports one of the hardest-hit areas was west suburban Bellwood, where floodwater surrounded many homes and inundated several streets.
Bellwood police said two men in their 20s were shot about 10:45 p.m. Thursday in the 1000 block of Bellwood Avenue. Another man was shot around the same time at another location.
Two men have been ordered held without bond, accused of shooting and killing a Cook County Sheriff's deputy as the officer tried to stop them from robbing his daughter and her boyfriend over the weekend.
A Cook County sheriff's officer was fatally shot during an armed robbery outside a VFW hall in Bellwood Friday night, authorities said.
A Bellwood man has been arrested as the second gunman in a fatal shooting in the Roseland neighborhood, which prosecutors have said was prompted by a stolen gun.
A 27-year-old man was shot to death Monday afternoon in west suburban Bellwood.
A man was walking down the street when he was shot in the back in west suburban Bellwood, and where he was walking might have helped save his life.
A freight train derailment Sunday is causing delays for Metra Union Pacific trains in west suburban Bellwood.
A former administrator of west suburban Bellwood has been charged with stealing more than half a million dollars from the village.
Gov. Pat Quinn is planning an announcement Tuesday on some major transportation projects.
Three men were shot and wounded in broad daylight Tuesday in west suburban Bellwood.
Premier Bank has become the third Illinois bank to fail this year, and the second this month. State regulators worked with the bank for months in an attempt to save it.
While the west suburban Lisle institution has no plans to leave town, a proposal up for approval this week could result in the private Catholic nonprofit school establishing a campus in Mesa, Ariz.
Gov. Pat Quinn on Saturday announced nearly $4.3 million in federal funding to increase affordable housing and stabilize communities in three west suburban Cook County communities.
Twelve years ago, a panel was formed to fix a major congestion problem in the near western suburbs. So what happened?
Train traffic on the Metra Union Pacific Line to and from the western suburbs was halted this morning, after electrical wires fell across the tracks.
Cook County Sheriff's Police have busted up a burglary ring that targeted homes across the near western suburbs.
Bellwood, Berwyn, Forest Park, Maywood and Oak Park are moving ahead with plans to renovate homes and apartment buildings for low- and moderate-income families.
Firefighters were busy overnight in west suburban Bellwood.
Police are looking for suspects after two homicides near a middle school in west suburban Bellwood.
