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With assistance from the Lakemoor Police Department and the McHenry Township Fire Protection District, first responders helped rescue the dog.

OGLE COUNTY, Ill. (WIFR) - An animal activist from Chicago awaits sentencing after being found guilty in a case involving repeated 911 calls to Ogle County deputies about a controversial rodeo event. Jodie Wiederkehr, 56, was convicted of one felony count of disorderly conduct (false report) and one misdemeanor count..

This month, safe streets advocates in Chicago have been mourning one of their own. On Friday, June 5, Riley O’Neil, 35, a Complete Streets planner for the city’s transportation department, was pedaling home to the South Side’s Bridgeport neighborhood. He was riding on Halsted Street, one of the Chicago’s busiest bike c

The world's largest Hello Kitty Café is opening in Chicago this month. Driving the news: The company announced Wednesday that the café will open at 10am on June 26 at 360 N. Michigan Ave. at the London House Hotel. State of play: The two-level, 8,000-square-foot space — slated...

A Wicker Park man charged with killing at least six kittens, then replacing each one with a look-alike bought off Craigslist so his mother would not catch on, will head to a jury trial that is now to begin Monday. Thomas Martel, who remains free on electronic monitoring, appeared by...

Five years after Chicago police officer Ella French was shot and killed in the line of duty, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability released body camera footage showing the late officer's final moments.

Blanca Murillo, a dentist who lives in Brookfield and practices in Chicago’s Archer Heights community, has been charged by the Illinois Attorney General’s office with defrauding the state of more than $100,000 in Medicaid funds. One of the dentist’s employees, Jose Luis Carrillo Ibarra, 47, of Berwyn, was...

An elderly man has been sentenced after being convicted for multiple Chicago-area bank robberies. He was released from prison in 2020 after 31 years behind bars, also for robbing banks.

Tom Dreesen, a pioneering actor and comedian and Chicago-area native, died Wednesday.

Barrington police are investigating an alleged sexual assault at a north suburban rehabilitation facility.