MELROSE PARK, Ill. — Amazon is set to open its largest distribution center near Chicago next month. The company’s new facilities will be in Melrose Park and will span 40-acres of land. It&#82… ...

Amazon plans to hire hundreds of employees for a three-building distribution center that will open this year on the site of the former Maywood Park horse track, as part of the e-commerce giant&#821… ...

MELROSE PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- Amazon is building its biggest distribution center in the state on the site of the old Maywood Park horse racing track. The Melrose Park campus will consist of three ...

MELROSE PARK, Ill. (CBS)-- It's a sport that has no off-season. Nearly every Thursday and Friday, every week of the year -- since 1946, in fact -- there has been harness racing at Maywood Park, a ...

Maywood Park Racetrack, just 17 miles from downtown Chicago, stands on what used to be the cook county fair grounds. The track is recognized as one of the safest and fastest in North America.

Lawmakers canceled a public hearing that was scheduled for Wednesday in Chicago on legislation that would prevent the permanent closing of the Balmoral Park and Maywood Park race tracks.

MELROSE PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- It's the end of an era for Illinois harness racing, as Maywood Park held its final race before closing Friday night. Horses have been racing here since 1946, but ...

Two Chicago-area harness tracks with the same ownership voluntarily filed for bankruptcy protection Dec. 24 "to ensure continued operations," officials said. Balmoral Park and Maywood Park, the ...

The Illinois Harness Horseman’s Association is fighting a court battle against racetrack officials, who are proposing to cancel harness horse races after Oct. 3, arguing that the closure would ...

Illinois Approves Maywood ADW License Decision by racing board came over strong objections of horsemen groups July 25. By Bob Kieckhefer; July 25, 2013 ...

In this report from April 27, 1983, Bob Wallace practices with horse driver Jim Curran for the annual media race at the old Maywood Park harness racing track in Melrose Park, for Channel 2 News.