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PLANO, Ill. — A Plano man is accused of striking a Plano Police Department officer Saturday night. Twenty-six-year-old Taki Spencer Jr. is charged with aggravated battery to a police officer. Police said officers were called to Mugshots Bar shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday for a report of a disturbance....

A fiery accident at County Line Road and Illinois Route 1 (Dixie Highway) in rural Beecher involving a semi-truck and two cars claimed the life of a Joliet man late Friday afternoon, ramping up calls for safety improvements following the deadly crash. Manuel S. Del Torro, 47, of Joliet, was...

A boy was shot and wounded early Sunday morning in Aurora, Illinois.

There’s something about Greek food that just hits, right? Maybe it’s the char on the lamb, or that first bite of crispy spanakopita that makes you wonder how something so flaky can be so perfect. Whatever it is, Illinois does Mediterranean food like it’s second nature and these...

Anthony Bourdain famously referred to Chicago-style deep dish pizza as an "abomination." However, he made an exception for one pie from a Windy City favorite.

A routine traffic stop on the 2200 block of West Cullerton Street on Chicago's Near West Side ended with two guns off the street and one person in handcuffs, according to police. Officers publicly singled out beat BT 1234 for moving quickly, though the department has not yet released the identity of the person...

PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. - A Tinley Park man has been charged with aggravated identity theft after using a stolen credit card to make a $9,100 purchase. Palos Heights investigators said the United States Postal Service and PNC Bank alerted them to several missing credit and debit cards that had been fraudulently used.

AUSTIN — When he chooses to pray, Lavonte Harvey usually does so by singing. But while getting ready for his job as a postal carrier one recent day, Harvey chose the spoken form of prayer, asking God to “let me know who I’m supposed to be and where I’m supposed to go.”

A 7-time convicted felon violently attacked a television news reporter as she sat in her SUV in the Loop and continued the assault until passers-by teamed up to pull him off the victim, prosecutors said. At about 12:46 p.m. on January 2, the veteran reporter was sitting in her luxury...

As DuPage County allows another business to have gaming machines and grandfathers in 20 businesses with existing gaming facilities, at least one County Board member is questioning if DuPage has reached its limit. On Feb. 10, the County Board reversed an earlier decision and approved a gaming license for a...