Park Ridge

A man has been arrested after an employee at a Park Ridge elementary school reported finding a cell phone recording in a bathroom at the school, authorities said.

A Chicago police sergeant has been charged in an off-duty incident in which he allegedly pinned down a 14-year-old suburban Chicago boy and pressed a knee to his back after suspecting him of stealing his son’s bicycle. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has the story.

A Chicago police sergeant has been charged in an off-duty incident in which he allegedly pinned down a 14-year-old suburban Chicago boy and pressed a knee to his back after suspecting him of stealing his son’s bicycle. Park Ridge police said Thursday that Sgt. Michael Vitellaro faces charges of official misconduct and aggravated battery in connection with the July incident....

The incident began on the evening of July 1 outside a Starbucks in suburban Park Ridge, when an off-duty officer accused the teen of stealing his son’s bicycle.

The family of a 14-year-old boy is calling for criminal charges against an off-duty Chicago police officer that they say racially-profiled their son because he thought the teen had stolen a bicycle. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

Park Ridge parents speak after they say their 14-year-old son was pinned to the sidewalk, a knee pressed against his back, by an off-duty Chicago police officer who thought the boy had stolen his son’s bicycle.

A Park Ridge family says their 14-year-old son was pinned to the sidewalk, a knee pressed against his back, by an off-duty Chicago police officer who thought the boy had stolen his son’s bicycle.

Fire Chief Derek Decker says multiple people were trapped, and the building was not equipped with sprinklers.

Ryan Tracy, a former corporate physicist, opened ‘Beer on the Wall’ in Park Ridge (106 Main St, Park Ridge) with a passion for fermentation science. The liquor store and beer café carries more than 500 different craft beers with 100 rotation selections.

A high school in a north Chicago suburb said it is investigating a photo circulating on social media showing the reenactment of George Floyd’s murder.

A woman was found dead in a snowbank in suburban Park Ridge Saturday following the snowstorm earlier this week, according to police. At approximately 12:30 p.m., police officers were called to the rear of a parking lot of 800 West Higgins Road for the report of a deceased person lying in a snowbank. The victim was approximately 40 years old,…

Two suspects were arrested Friday morning after a soldier deployed in Iraq witnessed a burglary at his suburban Park Ridge home and alerted police. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Police in suburban Park Ridge have extended big “thank you” to a soldier who witnessed a burglary at his home while using a doorbell camera app from Iraq. Richard Wharton called police at approximately 2:30 a.m. Friday and advised officers that he watched on his smartphone as two men walked away with power tools from his home, which is located…

A soldier currently deployed in Iraq observed two men walking toward his Park Ridge garage on his smartphone doorbell camera early Friday morning. The incident was reported around 2:31 a.m. Friday, according to police. Richard Wharton said he noticed the two men exit the garage carrying several power tools, and immediately contacted the Park Ridge Police Department, who later located…

The Park Ridge Civic Orchestra announced it will cancel its third and final concert of the season.

A mother of six from suburban Park Ridge says her gas was shut off just days before Christmas because of an autopay bill mistake. Angela May said she got a new credit card, and a new credit card number, in August, but didn’t change the number on her account with the gas company, Nicor. May didn’t realize there was...

Hillary Clinton returned to her hometown Park Ridge on Friday to answer students’ questions and preview the exhibit called “Trailblazing Women of Park Ridge”.

Authorities are investigating an online threat directed at O’Hare International Airport late Wednesday night.