JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Police in a Chicago suburb fatally shot a man who was brandishing what they believed to be a handgun and who allegedly threatened officers, officials of the Will-Grundy Major...

CHICAGO (AP) — “Cheer” star Jerry Harris, already facing federal child pornography charges, has been indicted on new charges that allege he solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has been charged with first-degree murder in his wife's March death after a police investigation found that he allegedly kicked her repeatedly during...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A 77-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman have died after they were struck by a pickup truck while crossing a street in suburban Chicago.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man and woman face felony cruelty to animals charges for allegedly starving two of their dogs to death and dumping one of the bodies in a drainage ditch...

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WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide charges for striking a high school student while driving under the influence of a controlled...

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Marijuana arrests dropped significantly in Chicago's largest suburbs, a change many say is caused by decriminalization and a change of attitude toward the drug.

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NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago 14-year-old faces hate crime and other charges for allegedly posting on Craigslist a picture of an African American classmate with the caption, “Slave...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago high school says it has disciplined a group of students for a racially insensitive ad posted on Craigslist.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Buffalo Wild Wings says multiple employees have been fired at one of its suburban Chicago restaurants after a group of mostly African American customers said they were...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A group of mostly African-American people celebrating a birthday party at a Buffalo Wild Wings in suburban Chicago allege they were asked to change tables because of their...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is announcing its fall schedule for collecting household hazardous waste .

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CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago gas station clerk has been fired after a video posted on social media appeared to show him telling Hispanic customers to "go back to their country."

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A judge has given a Chicago man a 15-year prison term for choking his ex-girlfriend in her Naperville home in 2018 when he was on parole for murder.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A survivor of a northern Illinois private plane crash that left one dead says her husband, who piloted the plane, is a hero because of his efforts to prevent the...

CHEBANSE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a Tennessee woman died and two suburban Chicago residents were injured after a small plane made an emergency landing in an Illinois field.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Residents of a historic district in a western Chicago suburb want to stop a college from tearing down an old house they say is unique and significant.

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A former suburban Chicago probation officer has pleaded guilty to having inappropriate sexual contact with a woman whose case he was monitoring.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago suburb of Naperville has voted to demolish a 144-year-old house.

The Naperville Sun reports that the two-story home in the city's historic district has...

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago judge has sentenced a Naperville man to 15 years in prison for opening fire on a group of people early on Thanksgiving Day 2016.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors have ruled that a Naperville police officer acted appropriately when he shot a man who pointed what police thought was a real gun at them but was later...

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with a vehicle crash that killed a 17-year-old high school junior.

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Chicago man had been using crack cocaine for four days and had alcohol in his system when he drove into a 17-year-old girl as she crossed the...

CHICAGO (AP) — The survivors of a man who last year died of pancreatic cancer have filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago contending a shipping company lost some the man's cremated remains.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A 22-year-old man, his girlfriend and mother are being held in the fatal shooting of a Naperville man whose body was stuffed in a trash bin in Chicago.

Ernest Collins, 21-year-old Cassandra Green and 38-year-old Candice Jones appeared Saturday in a DuPage County courtroom on first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, armed robbery and concealment of a homicidal death charges.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A man shot and injured by suburban Chicago police after pointing what authorities initially thought was a real gun at them has been charged with aggravated assault.

DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a release Friday that 27-year-old Zachary Kelley of Naperville was released last Friday from the hospital and taken to jail. He appeared in Bond Court the following day.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Police say an officer shot and wounded a man who pointed a gun at them at a strip mall in suburban Chicago.

The Naperville Police Department says officers responded Wednesday night to a report of a suspicious person and found the 27-year-old man holding a gun to his head in the parking lot.

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a lawsuit brought against a suburban Chicago school by parents of a student who killed himself after staff warned him he may have to register as a sex offender because they suspected he made a video of himself having sex with a classmate without her knowledge.

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NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — First responders rescued an 11-year-old boy who fell through an icy suburban Chicago retention pond.

Naperville fire and police responded Sunday afternoon after receiving a 911 call reporting that a child had fallen through the ice at a pond near an apartment complex. Officials say the boy was able to communicate with rescue workers and told them his feet were stuck in the muddy bottom of the pond.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Documents show the Chicago suburb of Naperville and the city of Henderson, Nevada, have come to a resolution over use of the trademarked term "Water Street District."

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TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) — Officials in a south suburb of Chicago are studying ways to regulate short-term house rentals after a party at one featured drummers, bagpipes and a horse paraded down the street.

The (Tinley Park) Daily Southtown reports that village officials discussed rules for homeowners who rent rooms or entire houses on online marketplaces such as Airbnb.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A student at a suburban Chicago junior high school has been arrested after allegedly posting online in a chatroom a threat to "shoot up the school."

In a news release, the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office and the Naperville Police Department announced that the male student at Washington Junior High School appeared in court on Tuesday morning and released to his parents for home detention.

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Brussels 63, North Greene 61

Buffalo Grove 54, Naperville Central 43

Burlington Central 85, Genoa (Genoa-Kingston) 70

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Chicago (Legal Prep Charter) 60, Walther Christian Academy 39

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Naperville will unveil a statue showing a lighter side of Abraham Lincoln.

The Naperville Sun reports that "Laughing Lincoln" will debut in Central Park on Dec. 2. Illinois celebrates its bicentennial a day later.

The statue depicts the legendary storyteller laughing with hand outstretched as if to slap his knee.

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Aurora (West Aurora) 48, Naperville North 35

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Bloomington Central Catholic 77, Bloomington 54

Burlington Central 46, Prairie Ridge 44

Chicago (Solorio Academy) 62, Rickover Naval 21

Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 55, Chicago ( SSICP) 24

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago woman has been charged with stealing more than $11,000 worth of credit card points from the school district where she worked.

In a news release, the DuPage County State's Attorney's office says Marcia L. Boyan of Naperville is charged with felony theft counts and felony official misconduct.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Officials say Nokia has laid off about 100 more employees from its suburban Chicago office, bringing the total number of job cuts at the facility over the past couple years to about 300.