Lorraine Swanson
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New Details Emerge In 2003 Newborn Twins' Deaths, Mom Charged
New Details Emerge In 2003 Newborn Twins' Deaths, Mom Charged - Oak Lawn, IL - How Cook County Sheriff's Police used genetic genealogy to crack a 17-year-old cold case. → Read More
47 Days On Ventilator: 19-Year-Old COVID-19 Survivor Has Message
47 Days On Ventilator: 19-Year-Old COVID-19 Survivor Has Message - Palos, IL - Jibriel Tawalbeh, 19, of Palos Hills, was the last person anyone would have expected to become critically ill from COVID-19. → Read More
Deli Provides Food To Pub So It Can Remain Open In Pandemic
Deli Provides Food To Pub So It Can Remain Open In Pandemic - Beverly-MtGreenwood, IL - Barney Callaghan's Pub starts serving Swanson's artisan sandwiches, finding loophole in the latest round of COVID-19 restrictions. → Read More
Blue Island PD Closed, Employee Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Blue Island PD Closed Due To COVID-19 - Alsip-Crestwood, IL - NBC Chicago reports the Blue Island Police Department has shut down operations after a police officer tested positive for coronavirus. → Read More
Chicago Dispensary Runs Out Of Recreational Pot
Chicago Dispensary Runs Out Recreational Pot - South Side, IL - Midway Dispensary in Garfield Ridge temporarily suspended recreational pot sales but will continue to serve medical marijuana patients. → Read More
Palos Township Tr. Sharon Brannigan's 'Walk of Shame': VIDEO
Palos, IL - Embattled Palos Twp. Tr. Sharon Brannigan runs away from constituents demanding her to step down after alleged anti-Muslim Facebook posts. → Read More
Brannigan Quits Cook County Women's Commission Over Muslim Facebook Posts
Palos, IL - Cook County Commissioner Morrison says Palos Township trustee had already resigned before residents confronted her on 'anti-Muslim' posts. → Read More
He Threw Dogs Off A Roof; Now He's Going To Prison
Oak Lawn, IL - Oak Lawn man tells court he's "very sorry" after being sentenced to six years for throwing dogs off parking tower and violating probation. → Read More
Palos Township Residents Confront Trustee On 'Anti-Muslim' Facebook Posts
Palos, IL - Residents vow to attend all future Palos Township Board meetings until trustee resigns. Video coverage of rally and board meeting. → Read More
Residents To Rally for Palos Twp. Trustee's Dismissal Over 'Anti-Muslim' Facebook Posts
Palos, IL - Palos Township Tr. Sharon Brannigan says she will not resign despite public outcry over alleged anti-Muslim remarks made on social media. → Read More
Oak Lawn Tornado: 50 Years Later Survivors Recall ‘Black Friday’
For survivors of Oak Lawn Tornado, the terror of April 21, 1967 still lingers. → Read More
Evergreen Park High School Presents 'Once Upon A Mattress'
Performances are Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 17, Feb. 18 and Feb. 19. → Read More
Childhood Pals Charged in Oak Lawn 'Takeover' Bank Robbery
Men got away with $114,038 in robbery of US Bank on Aug. 27, but a relative recognized them in bank surveillance photos. → Read More