A woman who was fatally struck by a car in Island Lake Friday has been identified.

Adam Mulvey of Spring Grove served in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was fired in February via email from his job at Lovell VA and military health care center in North Chicago.

James Piezonka is accused of fatally shooting his son Ryan in Lakemoor Sunday; authorities said the wounded man approached a passerby for help before he was found dead in the street.

Milena McConchie, wife of former state Sen. Dan McConchie, died of complications of cancer tied to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the former Soviet Union, her husband said. He resigned from the Illinois Senate this month.

More than 2 1/2 years after a gunman fired into a crowd during Highland Park’s annual Independence Day parade, jury selection begins Monday in the trial of the man charged with killing seven people and injuring nearly 50 others that day.

A Glenview police officer on his way to work was killed early Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash in Barrington, department officials confirmed.

Attorneys for a woman, accused of DUI of marijuana in a crash that killed an Elmhurst resident, are trying to throw out the toxicology tests, arguing labs incorrectly measured the drug in her body.

Cara and Eric Ullrich were both charged in the death of Trent Ullrich, 14, who overdosed on fentanyl and a dangerous animal tranquilizer – drugs authorities said his mother had bought for herself.

Steven Foulk of Island Lake man has pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence in connection to a 2021 motorcycle-vehicle crash in McHenry that killed Kenneth Jackson.