Park Forest

The school bus driver who struck and killed a 7-year-old boy in late January didn’t have the license required to legally operate a school bus at the time of the crash, Park Forest police said.

Authorities in the south suburbs have identified the 7-year-old boy who was fatally struck by a school bus Friday afternoon, according to police. The boy was identified as Connor Kaczmarski, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Connor was in the second grade at Mohawk Primary Center in Park Forest and described as “a joy to all of...

Police in Park Forest are investigating after a 7-year-old boy was struck and killed by a school bus Friday. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 on Friday evening announced the death of a second grade student who died after being struck by a school bus, according to district officials.

A 7-year-old boy was struck and killed by a school bus Friday afternoon in south suburban Park Forest, authorities said.

Multiple street closures were in place Sunday evening in south suburban Park Forest following a shooting in which one person was seriously wounded, police said.

Ahead of the holidays, a barbershop in south suburban Park Forest provided dozens of kids with free haircuts, from fades to tapers. NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.

A 2-year-old boy was rushed to a Chicago hospital following a shooting Friday morning in south suburban Park Forest, police stated. At approximately 11:15 a.m., the child was brought by a relative to an area hospital, suffering from a gunshot wound to their abdomen, police said. The toddler was airlifted to a pediatric trauma center to undergo surgery and was…

A young mom who was shot six times during an alleged road rage incident on Interstate 57 earlier this summer wants to know why the person who fired the gun remains free.