Stephen S. Barker, 73, was killed Tuesday after his car collided with a semi on U.S. Route 24 near Eureka, the county coroner says.

Kind Brew Cafe and Creamery would convert the former Bank of America at 5466 N. Milwaukee Ave into a drive‑thru custard shop and cafe, pending zoning approval.

A 2,000-gallon aquarium at Something Fishy Pets in Fox Lake ruptured, flooding the shop; friends opened a fundraiser to help the family-run store rebuild.

A 21-year-old man was shot and killed early Friday on the 5100-block of North Winthrop in Uptown; detectives are canvassing the scene and asking witnesses to come forward.

The Pritzker administration will shrink operations at Choate in Anna, phasing down beds and prompting union warnings of roughly 250 layoffs and disruption to local care.

A Wheaton man charged with three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault was ordered held after prosecutors won a motion denying pretrial release.

Kane County will replace certain rabies shots at no cost after the manufacturer recalled doses given at county clinics last year.

Cook County now has three diversion tracks for some nonviolent gun possession cases — GAP, FTWOP and RJCCs — but early data show limited referrals and narrow eligibility.

Gov. Pritzker signed a law naming July 25 Emmett Till Day in Illinois, honoring the Chicago teen whose 1955 murder helped galvanize the civil‑rights movement. The designation will be observed statewide on Till’s birthday.

Patrick Kane is leaving Detroit to rejoin the Chicago Blackhawks on a two-year, $16M deal. The move reunites him with the club that drafted him and closes a three-year chapter in Detroit.

A federal jury convicted three men after a five‑week trial that tied a violent robbery crew to 14 Chicago bars and stores, including the Irish Nobleman Pub.

A 14-year-old was found dead in a Crown Point home's hot tub Wednesday; authorities say the cause is unclear and the investigation is ongoing.

A DuPage judge ordered an Oswego man held after prosecutors say he punched a woman near the Illinois Prairie Path; authorities say he had been on electronic monitoring.