Bellwood News

Just for Men meets at 1:30 p.m. the first Saturday of every month at the Bellwood Public Library, 600 Bohland Ave., Bellwood.

Four women and one man were shot outside a Bellwood house Tuesday night. The victims were outside a home in the 400 block of Hyde Park Avenue about 9:50 p.m. when an unknown person from across the street opened ...

Six people were shot outside a house in west suburban Bellwood Tuesday night. The people were shot near Randolph Street and Hyde Park Avenue about 10:10 p.m., Bellwood police spokesman Richard Blass said.

Police chiefs in the western suburbs of Cook County have mixed opinions about gun ban laws instituted by municipalities being struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Bellwood residents, politicians and members of several social and civic organizations got their hands dirty Saturday morning in an effort to improve the environment.

A Bellwood man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday for strangling his roommate and stealing his car after the two quarreled about money in March 2006.

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Some Proviso Township residents remained without power Monday, more than 24 hours after storms blew through the suburbs.

Even with the news that her daughter's alleged killer was behind bars, the only emotion that LaDana Ford could muster beyond sadness was anger.

A nationwide outbreak of salmonella linked to red Roma, red plum and red round tomatoes leaves local residents with one less vegetable to buy and restaurants dealing with the change.

Police in Maywood arrested someone Sunday believed to be responsible for the death of a Proviso East High School senior who was fatally shot about two weeks ago.

Police in the Chicago suburb of Maywood say they have made an arrest Maywood police said they have made an arrest in the June 2 shooting death of a teenage girl.

Emergency crews found a damaged car that was struck by a Metra train late Monday in Maywood, but discovered no patient.

When Wilfred Carryl needed a place in Bellwood where he could have fun in a safe environment free of negative influences, he went to the Boys and Girls Club.

Identity theft affects as many as 9 million Americans a year - or one person every three minutes.

The Village of Bellwood is starting the second phase of its Computers for Bellwood Program, which helps buying a computer for Bellwood residents more affordable.

The Bellwood Library Board is looking for a committed resident to fill a vacancy on the board.

By CHUCK FIELDMAN cfieldman@pioneerlocal.com Maywood police had no suspects or motive Tuesday morning in the Monday night fatal shooting of a 17-year-old Bellwood resident.

Two men were indicted in the murder of a 21-year-old Hillside woman found partially clothed and strangled in a vacant lot last month on Chicago's west side.

Two graduates from MacArthur Middle School in Berkeley School District 87 will reap the rewards for their academic excellence over the past eight years by attending an elite state high school.