Naperville IL

I’ll never forget the first time I wandered into Scatchell’s on a freezing Friday night, steam fogging up the windows and the smell of slow-simmered beef wrapping around me like a blanket. That glowing neon marquee on Cermak has been a beacon since 1953, calling out to hungry...

On October 22, 2025, Cicero, Illinois, and Glendale Heights saw several incidents during immigration enforcement by U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) under Operation Midway Blitz. The day included confrontations, vehicle accidents, and arrests involving U.S. citizens and undocumented...

A Cook County jury has convicted a man in the 2021 execution-style murder of 71-year-old Woom Sing Tse​ in the Chinatown neighborhood in Chicago.

Thousands of people gathered in Downtown Naperville in support of the national No Kings protest on Saturday, Oct. 18. This protest was a part of a bigger No Kings movement across the country, where, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, over seven million people came together across more than 2,700...

CHICAGO - Federal immigration officials are revealing new details about several raids that took place across Chicago this week. The enforcement activities are part of Operation Midway Blitz, which launched across the city in early September and remains underway. Now, officials with the Department of Homeland Security...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued an arrest detainer for Leyter Jeferson Arauz-Medina, a Nicaraguan national accused of raping a 54-year-old woman in Chicago on August 31, 2025. Authorities state that Arauz-Medina entered the United States near Eagle Pass, Texas, on September 17, 2024, and was...

A high school student has been found safe after going missing last week, Chicago police said.

Federal immigration agents were seen deploying teargas during operations in Lakeview, a wealthy Chicago neighborhood. A video circulating on social media on Friday afternoon showed an agent rolling a teargas canister out of a vehicle window as it backed away from onlookers. Also Read: It really is hard to see how we...

The Naperville Park District will hold its annual Halloween Happening event on Sunday, October 26. The event will take place from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Riverwalk Grand Pavilion, 912 Sindt Court, west of Centennial Beach. Admission is free. Children ages 10 and under may attend. There is a Tot Town area for...

On a weekday night, 8-year-old Soleha Yuldash is in pajamas on her couch playing a game on her laptop. It has colorful characters and bright sound effects. But, if you look closer, it’s not a typical video game -- it’s math!. “This is where you get your homework,"...