River Forest Threat Suspect Wants New Lawyer
CHICAGO (STMW) -Ronald Haddad, the River Forest man charged with sending threatening e-mails and letters to numerous elected officials, filed a long, rambling hand-written motion in federal court...
View ArticleWoman Charged With Lying About Robbery
RIVER FOREST, Ill. (STMW) - A River Forest woman was charged with a Class 4 felony Thursday after allegedly filing a false report that she had been robbed at gunpoint. Darlene Goebel, 46, of the 1100...
View ArticleDominican University Student Accused Of Assaulting Schoolmate
RIVER FOREST, Ill. (CBS) – A Dominican University student has been charged with the sexual assault a schoolmate in her dorm last week. On Wednesday of last week, a student at Dominican University in...
View ArticleWoman, 29, Shot Dead Near Dominican University
RIVER FOREST, Ill. (CBS) — A 29-year-old woman is dead, after being shot in the head in a parking lot near Dominican University in River Forest overnight. Two suspects were in custody Tuesday morning....
View ArticleFormer Cop, Son Charged In Woman’s Murder Near Dominican University
UPDATED 07/14/11 9:16 a.m. RIVER FOREST, Ill. (CBS) — A former police officer is charged with conspiring to kill his girlfriend, with his son and another man as accomplices, near the campus of...
View ArticleEx-Cop Offered $400 To Kill Girlfriend: Prosecutors
MAYWOOD (CBS) — A former North Chicago police officer offered to pay a man $400 — including $200 upfront — to kill his girlfriend, prosecutors alleged Friday. During a court appearance, Cook County...
View ArticleRiver Forest Lemonade Stand Honors 9/11
RIVER FOREST, Ill. (CBS) – Millie Flannery says the terrorists attacks on 9/11 gave her an idea. “When the terror attacks happened, I wondered what we could do to help the victims’ families and the...
View ArticleLongtime Chicago Priest To Be Remembered
CHICAGO (CBS) — Roman Catholics will gather Friday morning for a funeral mass for a priest who served in a number of Chicago parishes. As WBBM Newsradio’s Nancy Harty reports, the funeral mass for the...
View ArticleOne-Time Religious Publisher, Foster Parent Charged With Sex Abuse Of Two Girls
RIVER FOREST, Ill. (STMW) – A River Forest man who took in dozens of foster children since 1996 and volunteered with local youth groups was charged Friday with the sexual abuse of two girls. Robert L....
View ArticlePolice: Man Used Sword To Beat, Sexually Assault Woman In River Forest
RIVER FOREST, Ill. (STMW) — A North Side man has been charged with allegedly beating and sexually assaulting an acquaintance with a sword in her west suburban River Forest home, police said. Kenneth W....
View ArticleSlain Diplomat From River Forest Remembered As ‘Serenely Beautiful’
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) – Loved ones honored a young diplomat from River Forest on Tuesday at her former high school, three days after she was killed in a Taliban bombing in Afghanistan. CBS 2’s Susanna...
View ArticleKerry Visits Family Of Slain River Forest Diplomat
CHICAGO (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stopped in Chicago today to visit the parents of the young U.S. diplomat killed in Afghanistan. Anne Smedinghoff was killed while delivering textbooks...
View ArticleSlain Diplomat From River Forest Honored At Funeral
RIVER FOREST, Ill. (CBS) – Hundreds of mourners were packing into a church in west suburban River Forest on Wednesday, to pay their final respects to a young woman killed while working as a diplomat in...
View ArticleRiver Forest Student Dead In Crash On Way Home From Indiana University
REMINGTON, Ind. (CBS) – A terrifying car crash has killed an Indiana University student heading home to suburban River Forest. CBS 2’s Derrick Blakley reports, shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday, 20-year-old...
View ArticleRiver Forest Police Say Man Tried To Run Over Ex
RIVER FOREST, Ill. (STMW) — A Chicago man has been charged with attempted murder and a slew of other crimes following a car crash in River Forest June 25. Police say Will O. Thomas, 21, of 1756 N....
View ArticleArlington Heights Man Arrested, Accused Of Stealing ATM Info In River Forest
RIVER FOREST, Ill. (STMW) — Detectives have one man in custody and are seeking a second man in what they’re calling “a very sophisticated” high tech scam to steal information from debit cards used at...
View ArticleHuman Remains Found In Woods In River Forest; Man Confesses
Thatcher Woods. (CBS) UPDATED: 10/11/2013 11:45 a.m. RIVER FOREST, Ill. (CBS) – Chicago Police are investigating human remains of a woman found in Thatcher Woods Forest Preserve in west suburban River...
View ArticleHalloween Trick-Or-Treating Times For Cook County, Ill. 2013
(Photo Credit: Thinkstock) By Christine Nyholm, Examiner.com Halloween Trick-or-Treating is being held in communities in the Cook County suburbs of the Chicago area on Thurs., Oct. 31, 2013. Most...
View ArticlePolice: Woman Tried To Abduct 2 Kids From Sunday School
RIVER FOREST, Ill. (CBS) – River Forest Police are looking for a woman they believe was trying to abduct two children from Sunday school at a church. play pause Police: Woman Tried To Abduct 2 Kids...
View ArticleFirefighters Save Floyd The Dog From Des Plaines River
RIVER FOREST (CBS) — Firefighters rescued a 13-month-old dog who slipped into the Des Plaines River in River Forest. play pause Floyd Saved From River WBBM Newsradio's Steve Miller He’s a Fox Terrier...
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