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Two severe storms swept through Brookfield on Monday, leaving downed trees, flooded streets and closed railroad crossings in their wake. The first storm hit around noon, plunging the village into near-total darkness. A second barrage of rain and wind followed around 5 p.m., compounding the damage. “It was pitch black..

A driver led Illinois State Police on a dangerous chase Tuesday, traveling erratically on major expressways in Chicago's south suburbs and through a McDonald's drive-through as it nearly hit several vehicles -- and all with children inside. NBC's Sky 5 helicopter witnessed the scene as a wanted vehicle began driving...

Oak Park residents recited poems, sang protest anthems, and lit candles Friday night in honor of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Gurerro, residents of Texas and Maine who were shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers earlier this month. “I know the community here [in Oak Park]...

CHICAGO - A passenger on the CTA Green Line train was assaulted early this month on the Near West Side, according to Chicago police. Police said the attack happened around 11:45 p.m. on July 10 near the Damen Green Line station. The suspect approached a 48-year-old man, took a glass...

For the first time in the 191-year history of the Chicago Police Department, white officers will no longer be the largest racial group in the department’s rank and file, according to the Chicago Tribune. Data from the city’s Office of Inspector General shows that Latino officers are on track to overtake white officers

A Lake View homeowner is suing the federal government, claiming Customs and Border Protection officers illegally entered his property during an immigration raid last fall. The lawsuit alleges agents climbed over locked fences, chased construction workers around the home and into the garage, damaged about $30,000 worth

Before 11 a.m. on July 26, police were dispatched to Macho’s Grill, 7300 Roosevelt Road, for a battery. A waitress there told police that a man, woman and two kids came to the restaurant, and she greeted them and offered them drinks. Shortly after delivering the drinks, the man said they were unsatisfied and that they

What began as another sweltering summer afternoon quickly turned into one of the most destructive weather events the southwest suburbs have seen in years. Residents across Palos Park, Palos Heights and Orland Park watched ominous skies darken Monday afternoon before powerful thunderstorms unleashed destructive winds, t

CHICAGO - The National Weather Service has confirmed two tornadoes touched down in the Chicago suburbs during Monday's severe weather outbreak,. One tornado tracked through Lansing before lifting just east of the Illinois-Indiana state line in Munster, Indiana. The storm was rated EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, wit

A man accused of carrying out a string of unprovoked attacks against CTA passengers was arrested only after he wandered into a suburban children’s day camp and assaulted two kids and a camp counselor, according to court records. Daron Gray, 32, is charged in connection with four attacks in...