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The mayor of west suburban Maywood was arrested last week after police allegedly found him asleep and intoxicated behind the wheel on the Kennedy Expressway. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

The mayor of west suburban Maywood was arrested last week after police allegedly found him asleep and intoxicated behind the wheel on the Kennedy Expressway.

Students at Maywood Fine Arts Academy have been busy rehearsing as they’re gearing up for the first live ballet in three years. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

A man suspected in the non-fatal stabbings of three people on the Las Vegas strip two months ago has been arrested in suburban Chicago, according to authorities.

A 15-year-old girl was critically wounded in a shooting on Lake Shore Drive Thursday night.

The owner of a suburban barbershop was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail Sunday after he allegedly shot and killed a customer who refused to pay.

A 93-year-old woman died in a crash Friday in suburban North Riverside. The crash happened about 3:45 p.m. at the intersection of Cermak Road and South 1st Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Marie Esposito suffered blunt force injuries in the crash and was pronounced dead later that day at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood,...

The lobby of an apartment complex in suburban Maywood is the site of one of Cook County’s first on-the-go pop-up vaccination site. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports

A suburban Maywood couple has died after their furnace malfunctioned and overheated their home over the weekend, authorities say.

A Maywood couple died just hours apart after the furnace in their home malfunctioned over the weekend, according to authorities.

A suburban Maywood couple has died after their furnace malfunctioned and overheated their home over the weekend, authorities say. According to the Maywood Police Department, the couple’s son called authorities at approximately 2 p.m. Sunday to report that both of his parents were unresponsive in their home. Police say the son had come to the house to check on...

Rev. John Harrell has been on a mission to feed communities that have had a tough time making ends meet. And there is a reason why he is driven to bringing change: “We are really trying to change the narrative around Black America.” NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

When the coronavirus pandemic shut everything down, Maywood Fine Arts was gearing up for a big show that had to make some changes. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

When the coronavirus pandemic shut everything down, Maywood Fine Arts was gearing up for a big show. “We were having dress rehearsals, we had our costumes, and the next week we were supposed to have our show at Trinity High School. We get the call saying you can’t practice this week,” student Kyla Neely said. So, the ballet show...

Teens in suburban Maywood will have the opportunity to let their voices be heard during the “Hear Me Now” rally scheduled to take place on Saturday. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports

A patient at a mental health clinic in west suburban Maywood was charged with sexually assaulting a staff member there last week. Deandre Coleman, 23, faces charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and aggravated battery involving strangulation, Illinois State Police said. Coleman allegedly assaulted an employee at John Madden Mental Health Center, 1200 S. 1st Ave., on Jan. 8, state police…

A tow truck driver was fatally struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning on Interstate 290 in Maywood, according to Illinois State Police. Chris Coffey reports.

A tow truck driver was fatally struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning on Interstate 290 in Maywood, according to Illinois State Police. Troopers were called to the eastbound side of I-290 near Ninth Avenue just after 6 a.m. Police say that a tow truck operator, identified as 23-year-old Andrew Dove-Fredere of Berkeley, was towing cars from an earlier accident and…

An 80-year-old woman was shot to death by her husband over the weekend before he turned the gun on himself in their west suburban Maywood home, police say. Officers responded to the murder-suicide about 1 p.m. Sunday just off the Eisenhower Expressway in the 1600 block of 16th Avenue, according to a statement from Maywood police. Inside, officers found 80-year-old…

Dickson Chumba set his personal best in Chicago in 2014 when he finished third on a historic day that witnessed three of the top five times ever run in Chicago. Chumba is the fifth fastest runner in Chicago’s history.