Naperville IL

Chicago police are searching for a suspect who allegedly beat and robbed a passenger on a northbound Red Line train in Wrigleyville earlier this month. The violent attack occurred around 11:41 a.m. on February 1 aboard a train near Addison, according to an alert issued by CPD on Monday afternoon.

A nine-time convicted felon died after being found hanging in the Cook County jail just two days after a judge found him guilty of escaping electronic monitoring and killing a man. Marvin Flanagan, 33, was pronounced dead on December 20, a week after correctional staff discovered him hanging in a jailhouse shower in...

ILLINOIS — An early computer model run is sparking buzz about a possible snowy setup around February 22, with Illinois sitting inside a broad zone of potential precipitation on the map. But the key message in the update is just as important as the colors: this is not a forecast, and the pattern could look very...

OHIO — A dramatic new crack has opened across Lake Erie’s ice sheet, with satellite imagery showing what observers described as the lake’s ice “cracking in half” as a burst of stronger winds pushed in behind a cold front. The scene is unfolding along the Lake Erie shoreline near Cleveland and Ashtabula, while...

A woman who was shot to death inside a home in the West Ridge neighborhood on Friday morning worked for Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications, a spokeswoman said. Da’J Flowers served as a senior administrative assistant for the agency, according to OEMC spokeswoman Mary May. Flowers previously...

Joliet police said Joseph D. Johnson​, 29, was released from medical care at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood on Sunday morning.

A Downers Grove man has been charged with concealing a loaded gun under an occupied car seat. Antoine Street, 40, a resident of the 5800 block of Lee Avenue, is being held in DuPage County Jail. He is charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon concealed in a vehicle with no Firearm Owner Identification...

Police in Joliet, Illinois, were searching Sunday for a man who held up a cellphone store this weekend.

NORTH AURORA — The North Aurora Village Board on recently gave the green light for a new Woodman’s car wash facility to be built at 180 Hansen Boulevard. The unanimous vote approves a site plan for a 4,800-square-foot building situated on the lot between McDonald’s and the existing Woodman’s Gas Station. The project,...

ILLINOIS — A pedestrian was killed late Sunday night in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 57 in suburban Chicago, according to state police. The Illinois State Police said the crash occurred just before midnight in the northbound lanes of Interstate 57 at the ramp to 147th Street in Harvey. Authorities reported that...