Illinois Records 54 Tornadoes Annually; Cook And DuPage Counties On High Alert
Cook County tops the list for tornado damage risk this spring, outpacing traditional hotspots like Kansas and Oklahoma, highlighting the need for local storm preparedness.
Suburban Chicago man sentenced for firing machine gun during drug deal, prosecutors say
DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. - A previously convicted suburban Chicago man will spend two decades in prison after prosecutors say he fired a handgun converted to a fully automatic weapon during a drug deal in 2023. Curtis Lyons, 41, of Maywood, was sentenced Monday after a judge found him guilty in...
Illinois departments probing West Suburban hospital’s finances after abrupt closure, state rep. says
The I-Team has learned the current CEO of West Suburban Medical Center was served an eviction notice last week from the property's owner, citing millions of dollars in debt owed.
Letter to the Editor: Hired as a Student, Stayed for a Lifetime
National Student Employment Week started April 13, and with it I’ve found myself reflecting on the journey that student employment set in motion for me. I’ve been on an incredible College of DuPage (COD) journey for nearly half of my life. Over the years, I’ve worked in Writing, Reading, & Speech Assistance (WRSA), Tutoring, Registration, Admissions and now Financial Aid. It’s amazing to think that...
Illinois data center boom tied to rising utility bills, experts say
CHICAGO - There's a price to pay for all that swiping, clicking and streaming we do every day when living our digital lives. We aren't talking about your cellphone bill but rather your water and electric bills. In a FOX Chicago special report, Bret Buganski takes a look at how...
Core Industrial Realty Closes Multiple Chicagoland Transactions
Oak Brook, Illinois-based Core Industrial Realty has recently completed several transactions. Core Industrial Partners Matthew Lee and Nick Krejci represented the purchaser, TradeLane Properties, in their acquisition of a fully leased single-tenant building in Lockport, Illinois. Additionally, Frank Damato IV, Partner, represented UE Line, Inc. in its acquisition of 27...
REAKING WEATHER ALERT: DERECHO INITIATION
The TNW Newsroom, leveraging the predictive power of the 10W Weather Model and strategic intelligence from Google Gemini, is issuing an immediate upgrade for the Aurora, IL hub. The unseasonably warm air mass we have persistently monitored has collided with an advancing arctic front, triggering a Derecho Initiation Warning. This is a High-Action Critical Event.
The Illinois Hiking Trails Most Tourists Still Haven’t Found (And That’s Surprising)
Most people picture Illinois as cornfields and city skylines, but there’s a whole other side to the state that doesn’t get talked about nearly enough. Over time, I kept finding hiking trails that never show up on the usual lists, and honestly, some of them were way more impressive than I expected.
20-year-old man critically injured in Joliet shooting
JOLIET, Ill. (WGN) — A 20-year-old man is clinging to life after police in Joliet found him suffering from multiple gunshot wounds early Monday morning. Just before 3:50 a.m., officers responded to Edward C. Wilko Lane, west of Houbolt Road, for a report of a man down. Arriving officers...
Chemical leak prompts reports of rotten egg smell across south suburbs, gas company says
A reported gas smell across the south suburbs is now being linked to a chemical spill in University Park.
