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Holiday weekend storms brought down the tower used by Connoisseur Media’s classic alternative “95.9 The River” WERV in the Chicago suburb of Aurora, IL. The 353-foot tower owned by Vertical Bridge collapsed, leaving the station to take to social media urging listeners to listen to their web stream instead. WERV now tel

All lanes have reopened after a rollover crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive Thursday morning.

A Chicago woman sparked a debate online after sharing a video of herself confronting a Chipotle location after arriving shortly after closing time to pick up food she had already paid for. TikTok creator Dariel Woods (@_officialdariel) posted the video in May, claiming she arrived at the restaurant around 11:01 or 11:0

Eliseo Reyes, 29, of the 14500 block of Cooper Avenue in Dixmoor, was charged June 12 with driving under the influence of alcohol, improper backing on a highway and disobeying a traffic control light. Orland Park police said he was found stopped at a green light near 159th Street and...

Tricia J. Kellett has been missing from Chicago, Illinois (Cook County) since May 7, 1982, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Her photo above (right) is an age-progressed likeness of how she might have looked at 48, though she would now be 53.

There is a push to keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois. A state representative filed new legislation that amends property tax code in order to help local communities in certifying certain projects as megaprojects.

ICE agents conducting targeted operations in Janesville were involved in a crash, and local police were not asked to assist in the operation.

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Three Illinois cities and metropolitan areas were recently ranked below the national average in a report on education. Financial publication WalletHub’s June 29 report, “ Most & Least Educated Cities in America (2026) ,” evaluated the 150 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. on 11 education-related metrics, including

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