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Chester Weger, who was convicted of the 1960 slaying of three Riverside women who were killed at Starved Rock State Park, has died of cancer. According to Weger’s attorney, the 86-year-old died June 22 in Missouri after having been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Earlier that...

A driver sped off at more than 100 mph after police tried to stop a vehicle with plates tied to another car early June 15, authorities said. Countryside police said officers were alerted around 1:12 a.m. to a vehicle displaying license plates linked to a different car wanted by Tinley Park police.

Dozens of residents in south suburban Blue Island could soon be without homes.

PALATINE, Ill. - A 63-year-old man reported missing Monday afternoon in Palatine has been found safe. Palatine police said Charles Frazier was located around 1 p.m. Tuesday during a joint search operation involving Palatine police and fire departments, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, and the Cook County Forest...

JUSTICE, Ill. (WGN) — A pothole that shut down two lanes of I-294 in the Southwest Suburbs has been patched. As of 3:30 p.m. CT, all lanes have been reopened on the Tri-State, according to local officials. Authorities responded to I-294, near 83rd Street, just after 8:55 a.m. on the report of a large pothole. […]

The Village of Lisle has recently been designated as a recipient of the Government Finance Officers Association’s (GFOA) prestigious Triple Crown Award for the fourth year. This award recognizes governments that have received all three of GFOA’s awards including the Certificate of Achievement (COA) for Excellence in...

A new just-completed operation by the United States Marshals was focused on Iowa, but by the time is was over, many of the 50 suspects they took down were located across Illinois. According to a press release just shared today by the US Marshals, they just finished what they called...

By this time next year, all children in Illinois will have lead exposure testing as the state expands the zip codes considered high risk.

For 75 years, the name “Gennaro” meant more than just the sign above the liquor store on 87th Street. It meant family. This summer, that era quietly comes to a close. Siblings Dennis Gennaro and JoVenna Muraskas are retiring, stepping away from the family business their father opened in 1955. The storefront at 5549...

Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday it is “not acceptable” that the Chicago Police Department exceeded its nearly $2 billion 2024 budget, approved by the Chicago City Council, by $207 million. “No, it’s not acceptable,” Johnson told WTTW News at a City Hall news conference. “No one is going...