Naperville IL

Since Andrew Boutros took over in April 2025, Chicago's U.S. Attorney's Office has been hit with an unusual wave of senior departures, with at least eight top prosecutors either leaving or being reassigned. The leadership shakeup has trimmed the office's ranks from roughly 144 prosecutors a year ago to about 125 now...

A man accused of being under the influence before a fatal wreck near Utica has pleaded not guilty to his charges. Thirty-one-year-old Salvador Quintana-Evans of Joliet was back in court recently. He pleaded not guilty to four counts of aggravated DUI causing a fatal crash and driving with a suspended or revoked...

The Joliet Police Department arrested 39-year-old Thomas Love for for a home invasion that involved violent acts upon a 22-year-old pregnant woman and a 60-year-old man who tried to help her. According to Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English, at 11:14 p.m. on Tuesday, officers responded to an apartment in the...

Step into Merichka’s, and the first thing that hits you isn’t the aroma of dinner—it’s the crunch. Crest Hill’s cozy gem has earned a quiet but fierce reputation for onion rings that are impossible to forget. Thick, golden, perfectly seasoned—they snap and melt in the same bite.

Almost a decade after her father's death, legal scholar Dorothy Roberts had to confront the 25 boxes of his research collecting dust in her office. Roberts' parents, a white anthropologist and a Black woman from Jamaica, spent years doing research on interracial marriage and intimacy in Chicago. Her new memoir, ‘The...

Three people were wounded in two separate stabbings over the weekend in Aurora, a bloody one-two punch on back-to-back nights that sent all three victims to local hospitals. Police say officers moved quickly in each case and arrested two men as the investigations continue. The first attack unfolded around 5:30...

The Dutch Door Pantry & Grill Brings Farm-Fresh Flavor to Aurora. For years, Aurora residents craving authentic Amish cuisine had to make the three-hour trek downstate to Arthur or Arcola. But as of this week, the drive is no longer necessary. The Dutch Door Pantry & Grill has officially opened its doors on the...

The man accused of killing his daughter-in-law at a wedding in Schaumburg has died.

A man was arrested Tuesday morning after he allegedly approached and grabbed a minor in Palatine on Monday morning.

A massive flock of police cars could be seen outside a Chicago high school Wednesday evening as officers responded to an incident that ended with two people taken into custody. Around 7:50 p.m., Chicago police officers responded to the area of 30th and South King Drive for a "large disturbance,"...