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Sandburg erupts for 14 three-pointers against Oak Lawn as David Vargas and Ryan Tomczak both crack 30 points

“It was awesome,” Tomczak said. “That was the best game of my life.”

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Motorist who struck, killed man in Oak Lawn to serve community service, pay fine

Murod Kurdi, 28, died in June after being hit by a motorist who told police she’d been drinking. She refused a Breathalyzer and was ticketed at the scene and released.

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Off-duty Chicago police officer killed in Oak Lawn crash

Edwin Espinoza, 35, a probationary officer who was with the department one year, died in a single-car crash Sunday. A GoFundMe has raised more than $15,000 for his family.

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President Biden’s concern about ‘Islamophobia’ comes way too late

It is deceptive to discuss the uptick in Islamophobia divorced from the circumstances that have fueled this most recent wave: the demonization of Palestinians, and by association, Muslims, writes an educator from Oak Lawn.

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A Chicago police officer was accused of sexual assault. The top cop pushed to keep him on the force.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability found that the officer engaged in a series of nonconsensual sex acts in 2020 against the woman, who reported he attacked her when she fell asleep at her home after they attended a banquet.

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Oak Lawn woman charged with fatally stabbing 16-year-old Heaven Taylor

Egypt Otis, 18, surrendered to police Wednesday evening and faces a first-degree murder charge. She was on release for aggravated battery and robbery charges in juvenile court at the time of the stabbing.

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Oak Lawn woman charged with murder in Loop stabbing of girl, 16

Egypt Otis, 18, faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Heaven Taylor, who surrendered to police Wednesday evening with help from a West Side pastor.

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Family mourns dancer fatally shot near mother’s home: ‘I never thought I’d have to bury my son’

As James Coles left his mother’s Morgan Park home to see a friend, Jacqueline Coles grabbed him by the wrist and told him to be careful. Hours later, she stood outside Christ Medical Center as doctors tried in vain to save him.

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Family files wrongful-death suit, calls for felony charges in fatal Oak Lawn crash

Murod Kurdi was struck and killed by a motorist who told police she’d previously been drinking. She refused a Breathalyzer and was ticketed and released.

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Boy, 16, shot in Chicago Lawn

He was shot in the right knee and was taken in good condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

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Two banks robbed within an hour in the southwest suburbs

Two robberies occurred minutes apart in Oak Lawn and Western Springs on Tuesday afternoon. The FBI doesn’t believe the robberies are connected.

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Boy, 17, killed in West Pullman drive-by shooting

Someone in a dark gray Nissan drove up Tuesday evening, and the front passenger started shooting, police said.

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3 men cut hole in wall, rob Oak Lawn jewelry store and beat owner

The three broke into an empty business next to Ramallah Jewelry and cut a hole leading into the store, police said.

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Man dies after he was found shot in Washington Heights

Al Logan III was taken to Christ Medical Hospital in Oak Lawn initially in fair condition but later died, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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Processions honor 2 Chicago firefighters who died this week as they are taken to funeral homes

A crowd of dozens of first responders and supporters gathered for separate processions from the Cook County medical examiner’s office to suburban funeral homes.

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Tim Cowlishaw: Why Michael Irvin’s controversial past puts him in a bind against Marriott accusation

DALLAS — Wearing a dark sports jacket, a dark shirt and a somber expression, a man who once entered a courtroom for his own cocaine possession trial wearing a full-length mink arrived for a news conference at an Oak Lawn law firm Wednesday fully aware that his past still haunts…

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Hundreds gather to mourn slain Chicago Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso: ‘He had a lot ahead for him’

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, state Comptroller Susana Mendoza are among those paying respects to the officer shot and killed in a foot pursuit in Gage Park.

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Suburban Chicago officer pleads not guilty in violent arrest captured on video, allegedly struck teen more than 10 times

CHICAGO — An Oak Lawn police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of aggravated battery and official misconduct for his allegedly striking a then 17-year-old Bridgeview teen more than 10 times in the face and head as he was lying face down in the street during an arrest captured…

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In courtroom packed with fellow officers, Oak Lawn cop pleads not guilty to battery, misconduct charges in teen’s arrest

Officer Patrick O’Donnell was ordered released on his own recognizance following a bond hearing Wednesday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse that was attended by dozens of his fellow officers.

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After indictment of Oak Lawn cop, civil rights group presses for charges against two other cops in beating of 17-year-old suspect

“This is a crisis in the culture of policing that’s happening in this country,” said Muhammad Sankari with the Arab American Action Network.

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Oak Lawn cop facing criminal charges after video showed him and other officers repeatedly punching 17-year-old boy

Officer Patrick O’Donnell was indicted Tuesday by a Cook County grand jury on counts of aggravated battery and official misconduct in connection with the July 27 arrest of Hadi Abuatelah.

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2 wounded in shootout when man finds someone trying to break into his vehicle in West Lawn

The man was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in fair condition. The suspect was taken to an area hospital in good condition.

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Man charged in fatal shooting outside Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn

The shooting appeared to be related to a double homicide in Gresham less than two hours earlier, according to the Oak Lawn police.

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2 shot, 1 fatally, in Roseland

One man, 23, was struck in the abdomen and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. He was pronounced dead early Wednesday morning, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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Labor Day weekend gun violence in Chicago: 10 killed, 46 wounded, including 13-year-old boy

The fatal attacks included a shooting early Sunday outside a bar in the Loop, and a man who was found with a gunshot wound in Old Town on the Near North Side.

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