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License plate readers helped Bloomington police track down the driver within hours after he allegedly fled the scene.
A Norfolk Southern worker found her on a gondola car in Elkhart’s sprawling rail yard. Investigators still don’t know who she was.
ABC Plumbing allegedly hid unlicensed work and blocked customers from reading contracts they signed on tablets, the state claims.
Both patients developed the neuroinvasive form of the disease, as Kane County logs its first human cases of the 2026 season.
Real Estate & Development in ...
The Austin firm is buying a defunct Atrium office campus days after closing a $90M deal for Stickney's bankrupt Hawthorne Race Course.
State police first called it a hit-and-run, then said the driver never left the scene of the fatal Dan Ryan crash near 87th Street.
A 31-year-old woman died and a man was hospitalized after gunfire hit them in a Dellwood Avenue driveway, deputies say.
Weather & Environment in ...
Ahmedabad, India, lands at the bottom of the 72-city list, while Phoenix ranks as the riskiest U.S. metro amid record heat.
Health & Lifestyle in ...
The Jackson Chance Foundation's fourth Chicago hospital partnership means South Side NICU parents no longer pay to be at their baby's bedside.
Arts & Culture in ...
Banda Carnaval headlines the 13th annual festival, with proceeds again funding Latino college scholarships.
Politics & Govt in ...
A new state audit finds DCFS failed to provide 329 of 399 required home safety checklists, even as officials tout gains since 2022.
Transportation & Infrastructure in ...
The heat-stuck bascule bridge was rated intolerable and functionally obsolete two years before it jammed near Grand Avenue.
Four linked measles cases south of Champaign share a common exposure source, health officials say.
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