Compton

The NWS’s Chicago Office announced Wednesday that tornados were confirmed in Lee, DeKalb, Kane, Cook and Lake counties in Illinois, as well as Lake County, Ind.

The owner of a former strip club is suing Lee County over a zoning change that he says is killing his business and costing him and his investors, who are renovating the Compton business, hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Here is a list of towns and their trick-or-treat times.

A North Dakota felon found possessing less than five grams of meth and a gun at the same time is facing a severe charge of armed violence in Lee County.

Foul play is not suspected in the death of a rural Paw Paw woman whose body was found Tuesday morning.

A 68-year-old Compton man was convicted and sentenced Jan. 26 in Lee County Court for sexually assaulting a girl younger than 13 in March 2020.

A Compton woman is dead following a Nov. 9 crash involving a semi-truck.

Plans are in the works to bring new life to The Candy Factory strip club years after its closure.

If it wasn’t for a muddy hole in the ground, Lee County’s oldest family farm wouldn’t be in business right now.

A 67-year-old Compton man is in Lee County jail on $500,000 bond, accused of sexually assaulting a girl younger than 13 at least three times in March 2020.