Oak Park

Detectives are questioning two people after a shooting that left a man dead and four other people injured Saturday in Austin on the West Side. They were at a backyard party at 12:37 a.m. in the 100 block of North Laporte Avenue when someone started shooting into the yard, according to Chicago police. A 23-year-old man was shot multiple times…

An Oak Park woman lost her mother to coronavirus and survived a battle with the COVID-19 herself says she would like to see a federal mask mandate. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports

A community rallied together on Wednesday after a “Black Lives Matter” mural was defaced overnight, with the word “Black” changed to the word “All.” NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the story.

A Black Lives Matter mural painted on a street in Oak Park was defaced Wednesday with letters painted over it to instead read “All Lives Matter.” Police said the incident happened during the overnight hours at the intersection of Scoville and Lake Streets and an investigation is underway. “Public works crews removed the materials used to deface the mural,” police…

Sky 5 footage shows the Black Lives Mural in Oak Park that was defaced.

Officials reported no new cases of the coronavirus in west suburban Oak Park Wednesday — a first since March 25. The first case of COVID-19 was reported in the suburb March 18 and the village declared a state of emergency and implemented a stay at home order that same day. Since then, 293 residents have tested positive, according to officials….

Retail stores across Illinois are preparing to open Friday when most of the state shifts into phase three of the reopening plan. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports

A new public art initiative allows artists from around the world to feature their installations outside their homes for the public to appreciate while following the stay-at-home orders. Art-In-Place is a collaboration between CNL Projects and Terrain Exhibitions. Between May 20 and June 20, more than 200 exhibits are expected to be installed in the Chicago-area, spokesperson Cortney Lederer said….

A father and son on Monday were shot and wounded by someone trying to break into their Oak Park home, police said. They woke up shortly before 2 a.m. to the sound of someone smashing the door window of their home in the 200 block of Clinton Avenue, Oak Park police said in a statement. When one of the men, ages...

The deaths of two attorneys found in their suburban Chicago home earlier this week have been ruled homicides by the Cook County Medical Examiners Office.

Authorities say two people were found dead under “suspicious circumstances” Monday night inside a home in west suburban Oak Park.

More details are slowly emerging after authorities say they found a husband and wife dead under “suspicious circumstances” Monday night inside a home in west suburban Oak Park. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio has the latest details.

Authorities have identified the husband and wife that were found dead under “suspicious circumstances” Monday night inside a home in west suburban Oak Park. Regina Waldroup reports.

Authorities say two people were found dead under “suspicious circumstances” Monday night inside a home in west suburban Oak Park. NBC 5 Sandra Torres reports.

Police opened a death investigation at a home in west suburban Oak Park Monday night. Lisa Chavarria reports.

Oak Park, one of the first communities in Illinois to issue a “shelter-in-place” order during the coronavirus pandemic has now taken another step to slow the spread of the disease, ordering the closure of all playgrounds, fields and courts. According to a post on the suburban village’s website, the closure includes all basketball, tennis, pickleball and volleyball courts: The...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced a statewide stay-at-home order aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus. The order is expected to begin at 5 p.m. Saturday and continue until the end of April 7. Schools will also remain closed in the state until that date, Pritzker said. “We know this will be hard and we’re looking for every...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday announced a statewide stay-at-home order aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus. The order is set to begin at 5 p.m. Saturday and continue through April 7. Read the governor’s full order below: All first responders, emergency management personnel, law enforcement personnel, health care workers and others working to support Essential Businesses and...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday, March 20, announced a statewide stay-at-home order aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus. Watch Pritzker’s full announcement in the player above.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a statewide stay-at-home order aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus Friday, but what does that mean for you? The order is expected to begin at 5 p.m. Saturday and continue through April 7. Essentially, the order closes “non-essential” businesses that may still be open. It will determine what is deemed a “necessary industry” –…