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Matthew Lowenthal, 19, died Thursday night on I-94; a second rider was struck by an unknown vehicle while standing on the shoulder.
Alisa Gillen died after a two-vehicle crash near Illinois Route 34 in rural Galva. The other driver walked away.
Chicago Police say a man groped a 48-year-old woman on a CTA bus in University Village and released his photo to the public.
The boy fell from a South Vernon Avenue home Friday morning; police say he is in fair condition.
A DuPage County jury convicted Robert Chatman-Jones after deliberating just one hour in the 2021 killing of Coreon Davis.
Investigators hauled out bankers boxes of evidence Thursday, and Mayor Freddie Wilson says he doesn't know what they were after.
Austin Stanek's parents filed suit against Christine Eilers, who struck and killed him in a hit-and-run.
Julian Casares, 19, and Hector Hills-Montejano, 20, allegedly rammed a state trooper's car with two guns inside the vehicle.
A PAN disruptor was used during the investigation of a briefcase outside the Cassopolis Street CVS. No explosives were found.
Health officials now count a hotel among the exposure sites, as Illinois cases already top all of last year's total.
A Friday morning fire on West 66th Street sent one person to the hospital in critical condition.
Oswego residents within a quarter-mile of the 500 block of Colchester Drive were told to stay inside as officers responded in force.
A witness who heard gunshots from a basement called police; the two victims were taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
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