Woman sentenced to 4 years in prison for deadly 2023 DUI crash
Darci L. Klomhaus, 23, of Aurora, Illinois, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol.
‘Screaming’: Witnesses recount harrowing moments as man disappeared in suburban reservoir
UPDATE: Authorities recovered a body from the reservoir Wednesday night, according to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. Crews were expected to return Wednesday to a suburban reservoir to search for a man who went missing while swimming in the restricted waters -- a chaotic scene witnesses said they heard...
Naperville firefighter helps invent new tool to battle electric vehicle fires
As the popularity of electric vehicles grows, so does the possibility of a hotter, more dangerous fire, presenting a different challenge to first responders everywhere.
Small plane makes emergency landing at Elgin golf course, officials say
A small plane made an emergency landing Wednesday evening at a golf course in the northwest suburbs, officials said.
Portage Park armed carjacking leads to charges against 19-year-old
Chicago police have announced a series of felony charges against a 19-year-old accused of stealing a car at gunpoint in the Portage Park neighborhood. According to authorities, a 20-year-old man and a 47-year-old man were in the 4000 block of North Laramie at approximately 5:30 p.m. Tuesday when the suspect stole...
Illinois Facility Closing, 80 Workers to Be Laid Off
Another Illinois plant appears ready to close which means another mass layoff of 80 workers is imminent based on a new notice submitted to the state. According to the Illinois Work Net Center site, a manufacturing facility in Chicago will close resulting in the loss of 80 jobs. The new WARN notice that was just...
Five Charged with Retail Theft and Burglary in Oak Brook, DuPage Officials Report
Five individuals are now facing charges of retail theft and burglary following two separate incidents in Oak Brook, according to a recent announcement by DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin and Oak Brook Chief of Police Brian Strockis. Alan Jackson Jr., Tamika Wilson, Juan Brochero-Sarabia, Estefani...
What a failed robbery from 1951 tells us about Chicago crime
On July 9, 1951, three oddly dressed robbers approached a security truck owned by Brink’s while it was parked at the Bowman Dairy Company near Goose Island. The only thing standing between the shotgun-wielding criminals and the cash in the armored car was Julius Blanchart, a Brink’s security guard, and his two...
Driver rear-ended woman 3 times in escalating road rage before crash killed innocent driver:...
In a case Cook County prosecutors are calling a deadly act of vehicular aggression, a 34-year-old man is charged with first-degree murder after allegedly pursuing and repeatedly ramming a woman’s vehicle and then crashing into another car, killing its driver. Markell Reeves was arrested this week, more than a...
Cuts coming to Paramount Theatre programs as Aurora grapples with budget concerns
Aurora’s Paramount Theatre is scaling back theatrical productions in the wake of projected cuts in city financial support. Exactly how much is uncertain as Paramount’s governing body and the city of Aurora have offered competing assessments. On Monday, the Aurora Civic Center Authority and Paramount said they will...