Oak Forest

A suburban man was arrested and charged for purposely starting a fire in Oak Forest, according to police.

Funeral services have begun for the Oak Forest family members, who were shot during an alleged domestic dispute.

Hundreds of community members came together Monday night for a vigil honoring a family killed in Oak Forest last week.

The Cook County Medical Examiner confirmed four people are dead following a barricade situation at a burning home Friday morning.

Police in Oak Forest were able to apprehend a suspected car thief this week with the assistance of some sharp-eyed residents.

Students at Oak Forest High School collected enough spare change to give a $1,000 gift to the family of 6-year-old Maggie DeVries who is facing what her mom calls the “silly spot” on her brain and an operable tumor. 

A flyer is floating around Oak Forest — claiming that the town's high school is for sale.

An Oak Forest woman allegedly drove onto the Dan Ryan Expressway as her husband clung to the roof of their car, but he later fell off and she ran over and killed him, prosecutors said Wednesday.

An Oak Forest police officer is in serious but stable condition after a shooting Sunday at a Food4Less.

Oak Forest police said that at 10:54 a.m., police were called to 159th Street for a driver needing assistance. That driver, Ketura Wilson, 21, of Calumet City, had a gun, police said.

Police asked residents of the city to avoid the area of 159th Street and Central Avenue due to an active shooting around 12 p.m., Sunday.