Park Forest 2nd grader run over by school bus: Family sues driver, district for death
A lawsuit will be filed against a school bus driver, suburban school district and bus company after a 7-year-old was hit and killed in Park Forest last month.
School bus operator who ran over and killed kid in Park Forest did not have a valid license, police say
Police said that the driver did not possess a legal commercial driver's license at the time. The driver had been supposed to turn in medical documents, and had not. Thus, the driver's license had been canceled 12 days before the boy died.
7-year-old boy struck and killed by school bus in Park Forest
A 7-year-old boy was struck and killed by a school bus Friday afternoon in Park Forest.
Suburban toddler shot in the stomach, police investigating
The child was airlifted to Comer's Children Hospital in Chicago to undergo surgery, police said. He was in critical condition.
1 dead, another injured in shooting outside Park Forest home
Authorities say the shooting was not random and there is no ongoing threat to the public.
Park Forest police find Matteson man fatally shot in parked car
A man was found shot dead in a parked car Sunday evening in a residential parking lot in south suburban Park Forest.
Park Forest Police Department donating bulletproof vests to Ukraine freedom fighters
“We are proud to support the people of Ukraine in this extraordinarily difficult time,” the police department said.
Teen charged with carjacking two rideshare drivers at gunpoint
A teenager is facing felony charges related to two armed carjackings of rideshare drivers last year in Roseland on the Far South Side.
Sheer chaos: Suburban high school dealing with student fights, packed classrooms, bus shortage
'NOBODY WANTS TO COME TO WORK': Video inside the lunchroom earlier this week at the school campus in suburban Olympia Fields shows students waiting to board buses to head home. One hall monitor was hurt trying to break up a fight.
Police investigate carjacking, shooting at Park Forest gas station
Police are investigating a carjacking and shooting at a gas station Friday in suburban Park Forest.
Park Forest police receive surprise visit from hero officer
The Park Forest Police Department received a surprise visit Tuesday that brought big smiles.
4 people shot outside theater venue in suburban Park Forest
BREAKING OVERNIGHT: Four people were shot outside of a theater venue in suburban Park Forest.
Goal Achieved: Park Forest police officer wounded 5 years ago becomes detective
Doctors initially did not think Tim Jones would survive after being shot three times in the head and neck. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, but defied the odds.
Suburban business owner lied to get $420K in COVID-19 relief loans: feds
A business owner from Park Forest allegedly lied about the size of his company to obtain more than $420,000 in COVID-19 relief loans, federal prosecutors said.