Cook County homeowners await property tax refund delays due to assessment errors: ‘Very frustrating’
Cook County homeowners told the ABC7 I-Team they have continuing frustrations over money they are owed but never received. Some were assessed for their townhomes several months before they were occupied and completed.
Illinois House Fire Today in Naperville Causes $100K in Damages, Leaves Home Uninhabitable
Naperville, IL – A two-story residential home in Naperville sustained an estimated $100,000 in damages after a structure fire Tuesday night in the 1000 block of Frances Court. According to Naperville Fire Department officials, the Emergency Communications Center received a call at 8:24 p.m. Tuesday reporting smoke...
$185 million land-based property to replace Hollywood Joliet Casino
The closure comes as an all-new, $185 million land-based property is slated to open on August 11.
Landlord who murdered 6-year-old dies in custody
JOLIET, Ill. (WKRC/WLS/CNN Newsource) - The landlord who murdered a child and seriously injured the boy's mother in the home they were renting from him has died in custody. Joseph Czuba, the Illinois man convicted of killing a young Muslim boy in a 2023 hate crime stabbing, has died, according to the Will County...
Oak Park police arrest 5 on assault or battery charges
Oak Park police have arrested several individuals over the last week on charges of assault or battery in connection with violent incidents in the village. At 7:10 p.m. July 23, police arrested a 67-year-old Oak Park man on battery charges in connection with an incident in the 900 block of Lake Street. The man was...
Father arrested after leaving injured toddler at Joliet bar, sheriff says
JOLIET, Ill. - A Chicago-area father was arrested Monday night after deputies said he left his injured toddler inside a Joliet bar and did not return for more than an hour. Will County sheriff’s deputies were called around 7:35 p.m. to a bar in the 1800 block of East Washington Street for a report of an abandoned...
Graves of two Veterans were restored and rededicated in Naperville Cemetery
The Naperville Honor Guard, led by Commander Jim Oftedal, performed two rifle salutes with taps played at each gravesite in Naperville Cemetery. (Photo by James Hoch Photography) The graves of two Veterans in the Naperville Cemetery were rededicated on July 26 by Fort Payne Chapter NSDAR, the Judd Kendall VFW...
Chicago man charged with fatally stabbing 71-year-old during argument on South Side
A 25-year-old Chicago man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 71-year-old man during an argument Saturday night on the city’s South Side, police said. What we know: — Darius Barney, of the South Shore neighborhood, was arrested early Sunday morning around...
Summit marks Emmett Till Day with memorial tributes, new walkway
Rain didn’t stop the celebration of Emmett Till Day on Saturday as family members, officials and community leaders gathered to honor the lives of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Till, a 14-year-old Black boy from Summit, was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955. His brutal murder...
3rd suspect charged in armed robbery of couple outside Glenview home
The armed robbery in Glenview in April was captured on video.