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Will County forensic interviewers work on the front lines with police and prosecutors with fighting crimes against children. The interviewers allow child victims to "finally have a voice" and share their story.
A Lockport city attorney agreed to plead guilty to improper lane usage after a special prosecutor dropped a DUI charge against her. If she completes her brief court supervision sentence, she will have no conviction on her record.
Florio's Italian, located at 1540 Carlemont Drive, will have dishes inspired by southern Italy including seafood, pasta, chicken and veal dishes. Owner Dominic Florio expects the restaurant to open on June 1.
Unlike the federal law, which applies primarily to nationally chartered banks, the state law applies to state-chartered banks and savings banks, credit unions and non-bank mortgage lenders.
A Chicago man has been charged in Will County with disclosing a woman’s private images on the website Reddit. He was arrested in Missouri and awaits extradition to Illinois, police said.
A Will County judge ordered the jail release of a man charged with a 2017 murder at the Joliet Outlaws clubhouse but he suspended his court order to give prosecutors time to appeal his decision.
Hundreds of mourners lined the streets Monday to say farewell to a Chicago police officer who was shot to death while off-duty and heading home from work.
State lawmakers unveiled an ambitious plan to fold Metra, Pace and the CTA into one supersized agency that would replace the Regional Transportation Authority Monday.
A Chicago man stole an Alfa Romeo car worth at least $60,000 from a Crystal Lake dealership after breaking in, authorities said and tied him to other alleged thefts.
Six months after receiving approval, Lurie Children’s Hospital has broken ground on a 75,000-square-foot outpatient center expected to open in Schaumburg in August 2025. A Huntley location will close after the new site is finished.
A man charged in Huntley with his sixth alleged DUI was jailed Thursday after failing to show up for his October trial, according to court records.
Joseph Awinongya Jr., 16, of Joliet, also known as “Jojo the Boxer,” won the junior open in his weight class in the Chicago Golden Gloves.
As Southwest Airlines waits for more planes from Boeing, the airline is scaling back O’Hare International Airport flights by about 40% this summer.
The Will County case against a Crestwood man charged with killing a Lockport woman and her baby in 2020 has been set for trial in late September, court records show.
Negotiations between Chicago and airlines about a seismic redo at O’Hare International Airport are back on track, Illinois’ two senators said Monday at a groundbreaking for Terminal 3 renovations.