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A chance to see the largest operating steam locomotive in the world drew more than 61,000 people to the Union Pacific Railroad’s Larry Provo Training Center in West Chicago on June 3, according to the rail line. The stopover for the “Big Boy” 4104 Steam Locomotive on its journey...

Officials in South Elgin urged residents to avoid a part of the northwest suburb amid a large police presence and investigation in the area on Tuesday. Around 3:40 p.m., the Village of South Elgin said in a post on social media that police were asking residents to avoid the area surrounding 500 Oakwood Lane and the Jim

Elmhurst Police say convicted felon found passed out in a car with a loaded gun

Nurses at St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet have filed a class-action lawsuit this week, arguing that years of staffing cuts have left the hospital chronically understaffed and put patients in harm’s way. The complaint, brought by current and former nurses, accuses Ascension Healthcare and Prime Healthcare of violati

Brookfield police arrested an 18-year-old Melrose Park man on May 27 after police were dispatched on a report of a domestic disturbance that was later reclassified as trespassing. Around 11:16 p.m., an officer arrived at the 4000 block of Grove Avenue after dispatchers advised the complainant said a man was...

Oak Park police arrested a Chicago man on multiple felony charges in connection with an alleged attack on an Oak Park officer. Police arrested the 49-year-old shortly after 9:45 a.m. June 1 on charges of theft and aggravated assault on a peace officer, according to police records. The man’s victims were an Oak Park off

That weight you feel before you even step out of the car. This nearly two hundred year old Catholic church and its surrounding graveyard in Illinois have drawn visitors, historians, and ghost hunters for decades. The legends here are not vague rumors whispered in the dark. A sheriff deputy once...

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Ill. (WIFR) - More than two years after the death of a 3-year-old, an Aurora man is accused of causing the toddler’s death. Joshua Bernardini, 27, is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery to a child causing great bodily harm or permanent disability. Loves Park police...

Yorkville is getting an Olive Garden. On Tuesday, the Upper Illinois River Development Authority approved an expansion to its enterprise zone to accommodate the development. Yorkville City Hall confirmed the project in an announcement. UIRVDA officials say it is a $5.4 million investment that will create about 50 full-

The city of Palos Heights honored police Detective Jake Wiegand with a life saving award after he prevented the death of a student at Trinity Christian College in April. In the early morning of April 25, Wiegand told The Regional he responded with three other officers to a call at Trinity at about 5 a.m. of a student w