A Catholic school teacher who was injured last year in a hit-and-run that left another teacher dead in Orland Park filed a lawsuit against the retired priest charged in the crash. Elizabeth Kosteck, 54, and her husband filed the three-count suit on Feb. 14 in Cook County circuity court, naming Paul Burak and Square Celt Ale House & Grill as…

A Catholic school teacher who was injured last year in a hit-and-run that left another teacher dead in Orland Park filed a lawsuit against the retired priest charged in the crash.

Authorities are looking for suspects involved in an incident where a man and a woman were carjacked at gunpoint early Tuesday in a Jewel-Osco parking lot in south suburban Orland Park. According to Orland Park police, at around 1:48 a.m. Tuesday, two people were sitting in a car in the 17600 block of Lincoln Ave. in a grocery store parking…

Authorities are looking for suspects involved in an incident where a man and a woman were carjacked at gunpoint early Tuesday in a Jewel-Osco parking lot in south suburban Orland Park. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

A Catholic school teacher who was injured last year in a hit-and-run that left another teacher dead in Orland Park filed a lawsuit against the retired priest charged in the crash. Elizabeth Kosteck, 54, and her husband filed the three-count suit on Feb. 14 in Cook County circuity court, naming Paul Burak and Square Celt Ale House & Grill as…

An SUV crashed into a Dunkin’ Donuts location Friday afternoon in suburban Orland Park after being “cut off” by another vehicle while leaving a car wash, fire officials said. At around 4:50 p.m., several emergency crews responded to the business, which is located at 15615 S. Harlem Ave. The SUV plunged into the side of the store, crashed through a…

Officials in Orland Park believe a sprinkler system helped save a group of critters from a fire that broke out at a pet store Monday in the southwest suburb. Crews responded about 8:15 p.m. to reports of a fire at Chicago Fish and Coral Company, 14412 John Humphrey Drive, according to Ray Hanania, spokesman for the Orland Fire Protection District….

Officials in Orland Park believe a sprinkler system helped save a group of critters from a fire that broke out at a pet store Monday in the southwest suburb.

A Palos Hills man was charged with multiple felonies for fleeing police and crashing into multiple squad cars in southwest suburban Orland Park.

Prosecutors have dropped a DUI charge against a retired priest accused of running over two Catholic school teachers — killing one of them — last year while leaving a Christmas party in Orland Park. Rev. Paul Burak no longer faces the alcohol-related charge in connection to the Dec. 4 hit-and-run that killed Margaret “Rone” Leja, according to Cook County records….

Orland Park police are investigating after Ku Klux Klan flyers were delivered to several homes in the southwest suburb. Plastic bags with “three different cards and flyers containing hate speech” were delivered to three Orland Park homes Jan. 5, according to a statement from the village of Orland Park. A village spokeswoman confirmed the papers were KKK literature. “At this…

Police in suburban Orland Hills responded to a multi-vehicle accident that closed down a stretch of 159th Street Monday afternoon. According to authorities, police from Orland Hills and neighboring Orland Park responded to the crash just before 3 p.m. Monday. Police say that 159th Street will be closed between 88th Avenue and 91st Avenue for several hours as they investigate…

Two brothers were charged in connection with a burglary that happened in southwest suburban Orland Park. Evangelo Neofotistos, 32, and Peter Neofotistos were both charged with residential burglary, Orland Park police said. Peter, 35, was also charged with possession of a controlled substance. Officers responded Nov. 11 to the 8700 block of Henry Street where they found a washer and…

An Oak Forest man who worked at Sandburg High School in Orland Park has been charged with inappropriate contact with a child. Eric Kruger, 34, faces a felony charge of unlawful grooming after he allegedly sent “progressively inappropriate text messages” over several months to a minor who is not a student of the school, Orland Park police said in a…

Friends and loved ones gathered Tuesday to say goodbye to the teacher who was killed in the Orland Park accident. Funeral services were being held and NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the details.

Fr. Paul Burak, 73, a retired pastor of St. Michael Parish in Orland Park, was charged with aggravated DUI and leaving the scene of an accident.

A retired priest charged in a deadly hit-and-run that killed an Orland Park teacher as they left a Christmas party last week appeared in court Tuesday, the same day the beloved teacher is laid to rest. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has the latest details.

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