Christ Medical Center expansion delayed (SouthtownStar)
The ailing economy is prompting the owner of Christ Medical Center to delay a major expansion of the Oak Lawn hospital. Advocate Health Care is shelving major capital outlays because of turmoil in the credit markets and investment losses, a spokeswoman for the Oak Brook health care system said Monday.
Dead baby was victim of abuse in past: DCFS (SouthtownStar)
Social workers chose not to take a newborn Oak Lawn baby from his family two months before he died of child abuse, even though they substantiated allegations of child abuse against his father, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services admitted Monday.
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Frankfort school fundraiser gets a boost (The Lincoln-Way Sun)
When Frankfort's Robert Smith saw information about a pie fundraiser at his eighth-grade daughter Tori's school, he decided to help by writing a check for $2,000.
Baby's death ruled a homicide (Chicago Sun-Times)
Police Thursday night were interviewing the parents of an Oak Lawn baby whose death has been ruled a homicide.
