Naperville IL

Over the past few weeks, students at schools around the country have led walkouts to protest ICE action. Students in Aurora have led multiple walkouts recently including one on Monday where police arrested several students. Many West and East Aurora students walked out again on Friday. WNIJ education reporter Peter...

A Milwaukee woman has been charged with first-degree murder after a man was found shot to death in an Illinois parking lot, police say the case began with a Tinder date. Akrystal Woods, 19, is the only defendant in the killing of 28-year-old Obeidulla Shareef of Oak Brook Terrace. FOX6 Now reported that investigators...

UNITED STATES — One of the most reliable signs that winter is loosening its grip across the Midwest isn’t found on a thermometer — it’s perched on a fence post. Eastern Bluebirds are beginning their seasonal migration north, and parts of Indiana will start seeing noticeable returns in late February and early March.

A sell-out, standing room only crowd was on hand to watch Billy F Gibbons and his BFG band blow the roof off the historic 100-year-old Arcada Theater in St. Charles, Illinois. Although I was relegated to the back row in the balcony, this 76-year-old blues rock icon put on a powerful performance that proved why he is...

It’s paczki-palooza for Naperville bakeries taking orders ahead of Fat Tuesday. A paczki is a Polish pastry that looks similar to a doughnut. However, it uses leftover sugar, butter, and flour and is traditionally made this time of year to indulge the taste buds one last time before the beginning of Lent, when many...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Aurora, Illinois – A 23-year-old man was arrested after a narcotics investigation led to multiple felony drug charges. According to a Friday news release from Illinois State Police, the Kendall County...

A school parent says she was among those left scrambling after learning the Matrix Club in Naperville had abruptly closed. The venue hosted weddings, concerts and other events.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Joliet, Illinois – A Joliet man faces six felony charges for allegedly recording a woman inside her home. According to the Will County Sheriff’s Office, 62-year-old Frank Faybik was arrested Tuesday,...

BERWYN - A crash involving a Chicago police vehicle and another car occurred in the western suburbs Friday morning, authorities said. The crash happened shortly before 7 a.m. at the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Cermak Road in Berwyn. A Chicago Police Department vehicle with its emergency lights activated...

The Beecher Fire Protection District in suburban Will County said it will continue to call for safety improvements at an intersection where one person died in a fiery crash between a semi and two cars on Friday. The crash occurred around 3:06 p.m. at the intersection of Illinois Route 1...