'Smiles Against Cancer' brightens the day of young patients with annual toy drop-off

The local non-profit 'Smiles Against Cancer' made its annual toy drop-off to support patients undergoing treatment at Loyola Medicine in Maywood and Advocate Christ in Oak Lawn.

Local non-profit donates over 500 toys to cancer patients
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The local non-profit 'Smiles Against Cancer' made its annual toy drop-off to support patients undergoing treatment at Loyola Medicine in Maywood and Advocate Christ in Oak Lawn.

Threatening phone call made to Oak Lawn high school

Shortly after 7 p.m., the Oak Lawn Emergency Dispatch Center received a call from a male caller who said he was inside Oak Lawn Community High School and was threatening that he was going to start shooting.

Oak Lawn police officer expected in court after allegedly beating teenager during arrest
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Oak Lawn officer Patrick O'Donnell is expected to be back in court Thursday in connection to a violent arrest last summer. Video shows O'Donnell repeatedly punching a teenager who fled law enforcement while being arrested. O'Donnell is out on bond.

Chaos erupts at Oak Lawn meeting same day as officer pleads not guilty to battery
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More than three dozen officers, most of them wearing Oak Lawn police uniforms, packed into a small second-floor courtroom and spilled out into the hallway at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse for the hearing Wednesday morning in a show of support for O?Donnell.

Oak Lawn officer pleads not guilty in violent arrest
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Oak Lawn Police Officer Patrick O?Donnell pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony charges that he abused his authority when he repeatedly punched a 17-year-old boy in the head during an arrest last summer in the southwest suburb.

Oak Lawn cop pleads not guilty to battery, misconduct charges in teen's arrest

Oak Lawn Police Officer Patrick O’Donnell pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to felony charges in connection with the violent arrest of teenager in the southwest suburb last summer.