Naperville IL

Schaumburg, Illinois – A 28-year-old man is accused of killing his father with a sledgehammer and then telling his mother she “should go check on him,” according to Cook County prosecutors. The shocking attack unfolded Saturday morning inside a quiet suburban home, leaving a 67-year-old father dead and the son...

Former Robbins Police Chief Carl Scott, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to beating a man in an interview room, apologized on Friday and took accountability for what happened.

The people behind a federal lawsuit against the use of Flock license plate readers are urging Plano leaders to reject a plan to put the cameras in town. The Institute for Justice, a nonprofit public-interest law firm, argues that the cameras violate the Fourth Amendment, which protects citizens from unlawful searches...

The official ruling that Anna Schneider, 19, died from drowning in her own backyard by a manner undetermined is one that never sat well with her family, who always believed there was more to the story. Their suspicions were confirmed when Anna’s death was officially reclassified in 2022 after the cold case team with...

A judge sentenced a man to 13 years in prison on Tuesday for viciously beating a CTA passenger with a hammer during a robbery on a Blue Line platform last year, bringing the case to a close. The rider suffered skull fractures and brain bleeding. Travis Andrews, 30, pled guilty...

All three people killed in crashes on Interstate 57 earlier this week have been identified.

A Chicago man is facing attempted murder charges, accused of pushing another person onto Chicago Transit Authority tracks in the suburbs as a train was approaching.

A Bronzeville mother says her 6-year-old first-grader was surrounded and beaten by classmates, and she is accusing the school of keeping key surveillance video under wraps. The boy was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital for evaluation and is still out of school while doctors track his recovery. His mother says she is...

Two brothers from Naperville, Illinois, are facing federal charges for allegedly running a massive health care fraud ring that exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to siphon millions from government programs. Prosecutors say the pair used the stolen funds to finance a lifestyle involving luxury cars, gold bars, and real...

A Belleville, Illinois man was excited to find 4 diamonds in a park in Arkansas, then later learned he had found 6!