Suburban Chicago
Find out what’s going on outside the city of Chicago in its many suburbs.
Jim Moriarty was shot to death by sheriff’s deputies on May 24, 2023, after a carjacking and chase and repeated comments about “suicide by cop” amid what people close to him called a mental health breakdown. Records indicate the Kane County sheriff’s office “compromised” a stakeout in Aurora a day earlier aimed at bringing him in safely.
John Shadbar, 70, is accused of shooting his neighbor with an assault rifle May 7. Prosecutors allege Shadbar acted because the victim, Melissa Robertson, who is white, had Black children. Robertson survived and is recovering.
El juicio— el primero de miles de casos similares en todo el país en llegar a un jurado— ha durado tres semanas. El jurado, compuesto por nueve mujeres y tres hombres, deliberará ahora sobre si el medicamento contra la acidez estomacal le causó cáncer de colon a una mujer de 89 años de Brookfield.
Hundreds of shoppers gathered outside the store on Lake Avenue west of the Edens Expressway before its opening, with some arriving as early as 5:30 a.m. to buy furniture and home goods.
About 5:20 a.m., Metra reported “extensive delays due to a pedestrian incident.” The person struck died due to their injuries, according to Bartlett police.
District officials responded to a public outcry, saying a picture in the yearbook did not reflect ‘the values and beliefs of Bartlett High School and School District U-46.’ Members of the Muslim Student Association posted a picture of the image online.
Winds up to 62 mph were recorded in the suburbs Tuesday night. Two people were injured when winds knocked a tree down in St. Charles Township.
The trial — a first for thousands of similar cases across the country to make it to a jury — has lasted three weeks. The jury of nine women and three men will now deliberate over whether the heartburn drug caused an 89-year-old Brookfield woman’s colon cancer.
For tourists, Illinois is the place to be for the historic cicada emergence. The 17-year brood in the state’s northern half and the 13-year brood in the southern part are set to converge near Springfield.
ComEd says the outages are mainly in Cook, Winnebago and Stephenson counties. The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for nine counties in northern and northeast Illinois until midnight.
Mr. Fent was an engineer who loved baseball. Friends and family remember him as a kind, introverted man who looked out for his family, his dogs and his teammates.
A science reporter shares a rare moment of awe surrounded by strangers gathered to experience the natural phenomenon that occurs every 221 years.
Se han visto cigarras periódicas de Lisle a Morgan Park. La última vez que las cigarras periódicas se dejaron ver en el norte de Illinois, el iPhone acababa de salir a la venta.
Expanded weekend services, including road tests and written tests, will be offered June 1 through Aug. 31, historically the busiest season for teenagers looking to get behind the wheel.
The U.S. State Department issued a “worldwide caution” alert, saying it had learned of an “increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence against LGBTQI+ persons and events.”
Some scattered storms are expected to pass through the area Tuesday morning, but conditions may worsen in the evening with the possibility of severe thunderstorms and gusty winds, the National Weather Service said.
Taeyoung Kim, 21, of Northbrook, was going more than 120 miles an hour when his Mustang slammed into another vehicle in Glenview, killing 17-year-old Marko Niketic, authorities said.
Advocate Medical Group physicians say the organization has fallen short in responding to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, especially compared to donated aid and calls for peace after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The survey is part of the commuter rail service’s ongoing effort to provide more off-peak service.
Periodical cicadas have been spotted from Lisle to Morgan Park. The last time the periodical cicadas were visible in northern Illinois, the iPhone was just being brought to market.