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Aurora police responded to the scene of a strip mall Monday morning where a security guard had fallen into a hole dug for utility work.
The fight occurred on school grounds Monday morning, officials said, and resulted in a 15-year-old taken to the hospital with a stab wound.
Officials said the man was shot by an officer Tuesday after he attempted to escape. Illinois State Police are investigating the incident.
Fire officials said the building began to collapse Tuesday afternoon in the area of Wabash Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Two of those injured were listed in critical condition, police said. One of the shootings was captured in a video posted to social media.
The LaSalle County Coroner ruled the previously missing 25-year-old's death a drowning, but family and friends are asking for federal help.
Police arrested Alvory C. Chavez Ramos, 23, after an autopsy and DNA test found the remains of a baby boy who had been suffocated last fall.
A southern Illinois woman is suing Kellogg's after she said the company misrepresents how many real strawberries are in its Pop-Tarts.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul opposed a group of students suing Connecticut schools over transgender students in separated sports.
K9 Riggs left the Buffalo Grove Vet Clinic Sunday afternoon after the Thursday night shooting, where deputies also shot and wounded a man.
Heavy wind and rain in Cook County left about 20,000 people without power as of Monday morning with a peak of 33,000 customers affected.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the hotline, Safe2Help Illinois, would prioritize mental health, campus violence and bullying via app or text.
Authorities said the police officer was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the crash Saturday evening.
Police said the child was hit by a Kia Soul on Dixie Highway shortly before 11 a.m. and airlifted to Stroger Hospital.
During a struggle with a person wanted in connection with a homicide, the officer's gun accidentally discharged, hitting two other officers.
Halloween 2021 is just days away. Will we see an abundance of witches or Harley Quinns this year? Here's what Google Trends has to say.
Michael Mette, first vice president of the Chicago FOP, likened the cops placed on no-pay status to 'tributes' from the young adult series.
The ramp from southbound I-294 to the Eisenhower Expressway will close for over a month beginning Thursday at 8 p.m.
Police asked for help finding Sims on Wednesday, but a Facebook group for missing Black people said the woman was last seen in May.
The man was taken to a hospital. While Niles police said no one was in custody as of Wednesday, they believe the incident is isolated.
