Oak Park

After exclusively testing adults during initial clinical trials, both Pfizer and Moderna have begun to test COVID vaccines on younger individuals, including a suburban teen girl.

After exclusively testing adults during initial clinical trials, both Pfizer and Moderna have begun to test COVID vaccines on younger individuals, including a suburban teen girl. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

After a revered Oak Park couple was attacked and killed late at night in their home, NBC 5 Investigates spent months reviewing the autopsy reports and the couple’s legal work. A veteran homicide detective said the murder does not look random. Rob Stafford shares the story.

Warning: Details in this story are graphic and may be disturbing to some readers. It was a violent crime unlike any ever seen in Oak Park, a town known more for Frank Lloyd Wright architecture and Ernest Hemingway’s birthplace than brutal murder mysteries. On April 13, 2020, Thomas Johnson, 69, and his wife Leslie Jones, 67, were discovered dead in their…

A fundraiser brought Chicago teachers personal protective equipment before students and educators are expected to head back to the classroom next week. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Over 100 people gathered in support during a vigial after a brick with a racist message was thrown at the front door of Oak Park’s Live Café and Creative Space. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports

An Oak Park business owner reacts after a brick with racist slurs was found outside the cafe. NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.

Hundred of messages of love and support can be seen sprawled across the front of an Oak Park café after a brick with a racist message was thrown at the restaurant’s glass door earlier this week. Reesheda Graham Washington, a Black woman and owner Live Café & Creative Space, says she appreciates the messages from residents seen along her...

Police in Oak Park are investigating what a local cafe owner is calling a hate crime. Reesheda Graham Washington of Live Café & Creative Space said she woke up Wednesday to news that someone had tried to smash the front door of her business with a brick. According to police, the brick was wrapped in a piece of paper that…

Chicago area small businesses were boosted Thursday by a mix of last-minute shopping and customers wanting to support local businesses. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Restaurant owners face huge challenges due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but there is optimism in suburban Oak Park. Organizers of “Takeout 25 Oak Park” tell NBC 5 if approximately half of Oak Park’s households spend $25 dollars a week on takeout, it would add up to $1 million to the pockets of area businesses. Ravi Parakkat, who is a…

Restaurant owners face huge challenges due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but there is optimism in suburban Oak Park. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has the story.

One person was killed and a child was injured in a crash that shut down the inbound Eisenhower Expressway early Friday in west suburban Oak Park.

A newly adopted pet in Oak Park is gaining local celebrity status after being featured in People Magazine. Meet the rescue dog, Nala, as NBC 5 and Telemundo Chicago continue celebrating our virtual Clear the Shelters Drive. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports

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….