Some thieves in Melrose Park were so determined to steal firearms early Wednesday that they smashed a stolen car right through the front of a gun shop. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports. Some thieves ...

Saying she did not believe he had committed “the crime of the century” a federal judge sentenced former Melrose Park police Chief Vito Scavo to just six years in prison Wednesday on his ...

Donation Options Search Search Search A Melrose Park police officer discharged his gun in the ground Nov. 24, 2019, while confronting a shoplifting suspecting at a Jewel-Osco in Melrose Park.

Donation Options Search Search Search Former Melrose Park police officer John Amabile walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Thursday morning, April 29, 2021. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times ...

Melrose Park’s new police chief said he will not let past controversies interfere with his goals. Sam Pitassi, 54, is the village’s first permanent police chief since Vito Scavo abruptly ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 27-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly setting a 75-year-old homeless man on fire in downtown Chicago last week. Joseph Guardia, of Melrose Park, was arrested and ...

The only cooked birds you'll find at the Taste of Melrose Park is a heaping helping of chicken cacciatore. That festival took place last weekend. It's a year younger and a bit smaller than Chicago ...