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A 57-year-old Portage man had a blood alcohol level of 0.355% when he drove against a Fourth of July parade in Lake Station, Indiana.
Edgewater's Nepali community is raising relief funds as families wait for word on missing loved ones after a glacier collapse triggered deadly flooding.
The 15-year-old was flown to a Level I trauma center after the Route 31 crash; deputies found the suspect's car 20 minutes later.
Javier Murillo pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2023 drive-by shooting of Ulysses Campos, who was celebrating his grandmother's birthday.
Police have not released the man's name or said how he ended up in the water near Lakeview.
Anthony Pointer, 37, faces two Class X felonies after an eight-month probe into a December shooting on the Stony Island ramp to I-94.
The shooting struck near the same West Garfield Park corridor hit by a deadly ambush just a week earlier. No suspect has been caught.
Five Black women accused the Chicago brokerage of ghosting voucher holders. Now it must waive fees and name a Voucher Liaison.
Two van passengers were left in critical condition after the pre-dawn crash shut down Harlem Avenue near SeatGeek Stadium.
Kinzie Elementary students started the school year outdoors and inside neighboring Kennedy High School as officials withhold mold test results.
Adriana Cisneros-Velazquez allegedly waited for her husband's motorcycle to stop before running him down. She now faces up to 40 years in prison.
Human remains turned up near South Halsted Street in Harvey. Police say there's no danger to the public while identification work continues.
Religious exemptions among Illinois kindergartners have jumped from 14,644 to 22,994 in two years, even as measles cases nationwide hit their highest levels since 2000.
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