Lawsuit accuses shuttered hospital CEO of 'financial mismanagement,' 'misappropriating' state funds

ABC Chicago 4/22 10:58P Mark Rivera

A co-owner of operations for the closed Oak Park hospital West Suburban Medical Center has now filed a counter-lawsuit against his business partner.

Scathing audit performed on shuttered Oak Park hospital thousands relied on

ABC Chicago 4/22 6:20A Mark Rivera

Hospital "leadership is unstable and overstretched," auditors found a month prior to hospital's closure, according to a report obtained by the ABC7 I-Team.

Fight over shuttered safety-net hospitals heads to Cook County court

ABC Chicago 4/14 10:30P Mark Rivera

After weeks of finger-pointing between an Oak Park safety net hospital's property owner and CEO of operations, court records reveal a judge may soon be overseeing the dispute.

Vast search underway in Ecuador to locate missing Chicago-area native, Fenwick HS alumnus

NBC Chicago (Local) 4/14 11:23A Matt Stefanski and NBC Chicago S

An extensive search effort is underway to locate a Chicago-area native and an alumnus of Fenwick High School who disappeared in Ecuador last week.

Leaders of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park working to resume operations

ABC Chicago 4/1 12:10P Evelyn Holmes

The leadership of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park is expected Wednesday to outline a plan to re-open the hospital.

West Suburban hospital vows summer reopening after closure, but doubts remain

NBC Chicago (Local) 4/1 11:55A Rose Schmidt

The owner of West Suburban Medical Center is pledging to reopen the Oak Park hospital this summer after it closed abruptly last week.

Oak Park West Suburban hospital closes doors after Resilience Health suspension announcement

ABC Chicago 3/27 10:36P Leah Hope

Operations at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park Weiss Hospital in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood have officially been suspended due to a problem with the billing system, the Resilience Health CEO said.

Oak Park West Suburban hospital patients left without service amid Resilience Health suspension

ABC Chicago 3/26 8:49P Leah Hope

Employees who were assigned the task of covering the "Emergency" sign at West Suburban hospital battled the wind as the hospital is expected to stop patient operations Friday.

ISP investigating report of Eisenhower Expressway shooting in Oak Park

ABC Chicago 3/9 10:13P WLS

Part of the Eisenhower Expressway was shut down for a shooting investigation on Monday afternoon, Illinois State Police said.

Fire rips through vacant apartment building in Oak Park, Illinois

CBS Chicago (News) 2/18 3:00A CBS Chicago

A large fire in an apartment building in the west Chicago suburb of Oak Park was under investigation Wednesday morning. The fire broke out at 8:57 p.m. Tuesday in the apartment building at 1229 N. Taylor Ave., at the intersection with North...

Large fire rips through unoccupied building in Oak Park, Illinois

CBS Chicago (News) 2/18 2:23A CBS Chicago

A large fire in an apartment building in the west Chicago suburb of Oak Park was under investigation Wednesday morning.

Funkytown Brewery, one of nation's few Black-owned craft breweries, gets big grant from City of...

CBS Chicago (News) 2/16 5:43A Irika Sargent

Funkytown Brewery is one of the few Black-owned craft breweries in the nation. It all started with three childhood friends who grew up to love beer. Now, Funkytown is planning a new brewery and tap room thanks to a multimillion-dollar grant from...