Car Crashes, Bursts Into Flames In Brookfield
BROOKFIELD, Ill. (STMW) – Four people were injured early Saturday after the vehicle they were in crashes into a tree and bursts into flames in west suburban Brookfield. Firefighters responded at 2:32...
View ArticleWest Suburban Man Stabbed To Death In Home
LYONS, Ill. (STMW) – A man is dead after apparently being stabbed multiple times at his west suburban Lyons home during an altercation. Police received a call of a person shot at a single-family home...
View ArticleWoman, Pets Rescued From Fire
LYONS, Ill. (CBS) — A woman and two pets were rescued from a fire at a house in west suburban Lyons on Wednesday, but another pet cat died in the blaze. Firefighters responded to the fire at 8111...
View ArticleLyons Man Dies While Shoveling Snow
LYONS, Ill. (CBS/AP) – A 58-year-old man died Wednesday after collapsing while shoveling snow in front of his home in west suburban Lyons. Police were called to the man’s home around 11:45 p.m. Tuesday...
View ArticleBehavior At Forest Preserve Pool Infuriates Officials
UPDATED 04/04/11 11:45 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – New safety and conduct rules are in place at Cook County Forest Preserve District pools Monday morning. Officials say they were prompted by inappropriate...
View ArticleSmoke Bomb Set Off At Adolf Hitler Birthday Party
UPDATED 04/19/11 7:50 a.m. LYONS, Ill. (WBBM/CBS) — Investigators in Lyons continue to search for the person who set-off a smoke bomb at a birthday celebration for Adolf Hitler. This past weekend,...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Officers Gather To Honor Fallen Comrades
LYONS, Ill. (CBS) – Hundreds of law enforcement officers from Cook County gathered Tuesday morning to remember their fallen comrades. As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, they joined in a procession in...
View ArticleChildren Hurt On Playground At Lyons School
Updated 05/27/11 – 3:43 p.m. LYONS (CBS) — Eight students from a Lyons elementary school were rushed to the hospital this afternoon after a mishap on the school playground. Supt. Mike Warren tells...
View Article2 Dead, 3 Seriously Injured In Lyons Crash
Updated 06/19/11 – 3:37 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Two people were killed and three others were seriously injured when two cars crashed head-on early Sunday in west suburban Lyons. According to the Lyons...
View ArticleThird Person Dies After Head-On Crash
LYONS, Ill. (STMW) – A third person has died from an early Sunday head-on crash apparently caused by a driver going the wrong direction in west suburban Lyons. Liliana Calzada, 38, of the 7900 block of...
View ArticleLyons Mayor Appoints Ex-Con Father To Village Zoning Board
LYONS, Ill. (CBS) — A former mayor of west suburban Lyons convicted of rigging construction bids is now on the village’s Zoning Board and Plan Commission. As WBBM Newsradio 780′s Nancy Harty reports,...
View ArticleWoman Suspected In Three Suburban Bank Robberies In Custody
CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman who is suspected of committing three bank robberies in the west suburbs of Berwyn and Lyons has been taken into custody, according to the FBI. The woman is suspected of robbing...
View ArticleBroken Utility Pole Shuts Down Busy Intersection On Lyons-Stickney Border
LYONS, Ill. (CBS) — The busy intersection of Harlem Avenue and Pershing Road on the boundary between Lyons and Stickney was shut down Wednesday morning, after a utility pole snapped. As CBS 2’s Kris...
View ArticlePolice Search Forest Preserve For Missing West Suburban Man
LYONS, Ill. (CBS) — Police dogs were brought out Tuesday to search a west suburban forest preserve for a 59-year old Chicago man who has been missing since late last week. As WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie...
View ArticleGas Leak, Fire Force Evacuation In Lyons
UPDATED 07/19/12 11:46 a.m. LYONS, Ill. (CBS) — The storms overnight are blamed for a gas leak that erupted into a fire Thursday in Lyons. The gas leak sprang near a storage facility at 1st Avenue and...
View ArticleSuit Targets Ex-School Treasurer Over Payouts
CHICAGO (CBS) — Lyons Township School officials are suing the township’s former treasurer, alleging he overpaid himself more than a half million dollars in taxpayer money. According to the suit, there...
View Article2 Killed In Car Crash In Lyons
LYONS (STMW) — Two women were killed Saturday night following a car crash in west suburban Lyons. The crash happened at 5000 South Harlem Avenue in Lyons, according to the Cook County Medical...
View ArticleTwo Suburban Banks Robbed
ELGIN, Ill. (STMW) — Two Banks in Elgin and Lyons were robbed Saturday. About 9:15 a.m., an unknown suspect entered the Fifth Third Bank branch at 1645 Larkin Ave. in Elgin and announced the robbery, a...
View ArticlePolice, Firefighters Rescue 11 From Apartment Fire In Lyons
LYONS, Ill. (CBS) – A mother and her 2-year-old daughter were among 11 people who have police and firefighters to thank for helping them get to safety, after a fire at an apartment building in west...
View ArticlePedestrian Dies After Being Hit By Car In Lyons
LYONS, Ill. (STMW) — A man died Friday night after he was struck by a vehicle in west suburban Lyons. The man, 69, was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Harlem Avenue and 39th Street in Lyons,...
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