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06/03/2025

The 17-year-old and 16-year-old were found dead in a car over the weekend.

The GoFundMe campaigns were set up to cover funeral expenses and other costs for the two Conant High School students who died last weekend.

06/03/2025

Police say the children, ages 2 and 4, were left in the car for nearly an hour while their mother was inside the liquor store.

The kids were left in the car outside Rte 30 Liquors on Feb. 25, police said.

05/03/2025

FYI.

The crash happened at I-80 West near I-355 late Wednesday afternoon, State Police said. The road is closed while the cars are removed.

05/03/2025

Red Robin said it is “evaluating alternatives for approximately 70 underperforming restaurant locations, including closure, upon expiration for the current lease term.” Between 10 and 15 Red Robin locations could close in 2025.

Red Robin has 17 restaurants in Illinois​.

05/03/2025

The initial list had included some of the country's most recognizable buildings, along with courthouses.

05/03/2025

“This case has never been forgotten,” the police chief said. “We believe that someone out there knows something—perhaps a detail that seemed insignificant at the time but could now be the missing piece to this puzzle. We urge anyone with information to come forward.”

Nancy O'Sullivan went missing on March 9, 1974. Now 51 years later, her case remains unsolved.

05/03/2025

One of your neighbors published an article in the Obituaries section. Read their story on Patch. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

One of your neighbors posted in Obituaries. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

05/03/2025

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05/03/2025

The price of a wide array of products will likely soon be going up as a result — affecting everything from food to electronics.

05/03/2025

Retired archdiocesan priest Rev. Richard Lo Bianco at St. Gerald and St. Germaine in Oak Lawn, St. Alexander in Palos Heights, Our Lady Of Peace on the South Side as well as churches on the North Shore. Visitation will take place Thursday, March 6, at St. Gerald, with a funeral Mass Friday, March 7, at Holy Cross Church in Deerfield.

Visitation for Rev. Richard Lo Bianco will take place March 6, at St. Gerald in Oak Lawn, with mass March 7 at Holy Cross in Deerfield.

05/03/2025

The weather service has issued wind advisories for the Chicago area starting at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

05/03/2025

The 61-year-old was found dead in a home Sunday night.

05/03/2025

Will you go?

The Grammy Award-winning band will perform after the NASCAR Xfinity Series race July 5 in downtown Chicago.

05/03/2025

Though his charges were downgraded after police say he fatally attacked another nursing home resident, the case has now been closed.

William Paschall ended the life of another Salem Village resident in November 2023, attacking the man in the laundry room, police said.

05/03/2025

His lawyer is petitioning to have him released after police say he plotted to put a pipe bomb in a bowl of candy on Halloween.

Jailed since Halloween, Channahon's Bill Fossett recently hired downtown Joliet criminal defense attorney Cosmo Tedone to represent him.

05/03/2025

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