Trial Set To Start Monday For Family Massacre Suspect Christopher Vaughn
As the Drew Peterson murder trial continues, another high-profile case begins this Monday in another courtroom at the Will County courthouse.
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As the Drew Peterson murder trial continues, another high-profile case begins this Monday in another courtroom at the Will County courthouse.
West suburban Oswego police on Saturday continued their investigation into an early-morning, two-vehicle traffic crash that killed a 22-year-old pedestrian.
Three people were injured in a three-vehicle crash Saturday morning in west suburban Oswego.
A retired Oswego teacher has been charged with child sex crimes after being caught in Wisconsin attempting to meet with a 14-year-old girl whose father he met online, according to police. The meeting, however, turned out to be a police sting operation.
Neighbors paid a tribute Wednesday night to the three teenagers who died when a truck struck their car Monday near Oswego.
Illinois State Police said it appears a teenage driver wasn't paying attention when he pulled in front of a semi-trailer truck on Monday in Kendall County, causing a wreck that killed him and his two teenage passengers.
Three young Plainfield residents died Monday after a semi-trailer truck crashed into the car they were in and flipped over in unincorporated Kendall County near Oswego.
Two Oswego teenagers are facing multiple felony charges for pulling the fire alarm at west suburban Oswego High School, police said.
An apparent freak accident on the baseball field left a 12-year-old athlete dead and has stunned his community of Oswego.
A 21-year-old Aurora man was killed early Saturday morning after he was involved in a single vehicle accident near Route 30 and Fifth Street in west suburban Oswego, police said.
New questions are being raised in the case of a father from Oswego who stands charged with killing his wife and three children in 2007.
Two men have been charged with robbing TCF banks inside Oswego and Aurora Jewel grocery stores.
An Oswego tattoo artist has developed a specialty – covering up the ink of others.
It could be a contentious school board meeting Monday in Oswego Community School District 308.
Metra doesn't have enough money to fix what's breaking, But that's not stopping the commuter rail agency from studying a possible extension in the far southwest suburbs.
Two serial pizzeria robbers were caught red-handed Monday night after ordering employees into a freezer while robbing a west suburban restaurant at gunpoint.
An Oswego man will spend the next two years in prison, after admitting to attacking and brutally beating another man because he was gay.
Leaving a pickup tailgate unlocked might very well be an open invitation for theft. But Oswego police say it's happened six times in as many months.
The nation's second-largest home improvement store is closing two more stores in suburban Chicago.
The village of Oswego commemorated the 9/11 anniversary on Sunday with a special contribution from two parents who feel the loss of the attacks every day.
Police are investigating the death of an Oswego woman found in a swimming pool of a Sybaris hotel where she was a guest Friday morning in southwest suburban Frankfort.
An Oswego man charged with killing his wife and three children in 2007 might have been researching ways to fake his own death.
With smoke on board, Lawrence "Bud" Sittig says he thought he could make it back to the Aurora Airport. But a nearby plane gave him a stunning order: "You're burning badly. Put it in a field."
Federal investigators are starting to remove the charred remains of the vintage plane that crashed in Oswego.
An engine caught fire in a vintage World War II plane Monday, prompting its pilot to make an emergency landing in a field in Oswego this morning.
Graduates of the Cook County Circuit Court Drug Treatment Program had their convictions vacated and their cases expunged, giving them a second chance.
While trying to remain positive amid an 0-2 start, Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson isn't tiptoeing around the fact that his team has to improve fast with the Dallas Cowboys galloping to town on Sunday.
Dylan Beavers homered, Tyler Wells pitched six effective innings and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Wednesday.
A father and son from the western suburbs are among dozens of people detained by ICE agents over the past few days in the Chicago area, and now they're being held hundreds of miles away from their family.
A task force formed by the mayor has released a report detailing a laundry list of ideas for cutting spending and raising new revenue in the face of a $1.15 billion budget shortfall.
The U.S. government is adding more questions to the civics test that applicants need to pass to become American citizens.
A Democratic state lawmaker who is promising to be a "wild card" is joining Wisconsin's open race for governor. Francesca Hong is one of four Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly who are also members of the Socialist Caucus.
Former President Barack Obama addressed recent acts of political violence during remarks at a Pennsylvania nonprofit on Tuesday.
Edgar died on Sunday from complications of pancreatic cancer. He was 79 years old.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the Chicago area amid increased ICE operations the Trump administration dubbed "Operation Midway Blitz."
Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden became a social media sensation, has died.
Some municipalities have decided to keep the tax in place at the municipal level, on the grounds that they need the revenue.
Some local gas stations as of Tuesday afternoon were posting prices of $4 per gallon for regular unleaded, and more than $5 for premium.
Many drivers are as frustrated with the unexplained spike in their auto insurance as they are with congestion on the roads.
The Arlington Heights Village Board on Monday night approved a new 5% streaming tax.
The person who died was a suburban Cook County resident in their 60s.
The department said the patient was a 4-year-old child who was not vaccinated.
Colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men under 50 and the second leading cause in women of the same age, according to the American Cancer Society.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order last week to protect state residents' access to COVID and other vaccines in the fall respiratory virus season.
Osher Center executive director Dr. Melinda Ring said there are many ways that food impacts all of our lives and health. She explained what using food as medicine looks like.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, the Goodman will host an ice cream social with ice cream from Rainbow Cone, accompanied by stories from the owners of three of Chicago's most beloved businesses
The funding was made possible through the second round of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program.
Chicago-based sandwich maker Potbelly is being acquired by the gas station and convenience store chain RaceTrac for $566 million.
The other two American Science & Surplus stores, in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva and in Milwaukee, may stay open as employee-owned and operated businesses.
The private equity firm Sycamore Partners has completed its acquisition of Walgreens, ending the drugstore chain's run as a publicly traded company.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, the Goodman will host an ice cream social with ice cream from Rainbow Cone, accompanied by stories from the owners of three of Chicago's most beloved businesses
Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden became a social media sensation, has died.
One of Hollywood's leading actors, Robert Redford starred in such movies as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "The Way We Were."
Netflix's "Adolescence" won big at the 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, earning six awards, including best limited series.
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Those completing the program not only have their convictions vacated, but their cases expunged.
Those completing the program not only have their convictions vacated, but their cases expunged.
Reports say the officers were serving a court order in York County when the shooting occurred. The suspect took his own life, and there is no threat to the public.
Two homes in southwest suburban Shorewood were hit by bullets; one of them the home of an Illinois state senator. Police said they arrested the suspect, and have confirmed the attack was not politically motivated.
Meteorologist David Yeoman is tracking the latest, including more on Tropical Storm Gabrielle, in the Atlantic.
One of the three people killed in a shooting outside a Berwyn middle school has been identified as the school's assistant principal.
Three police officers were fatally shot and two others were wounded in a shooting Wednesday.
Police said the shooter's intended target was an estranged relative who lives in the area, and the suspect was not at the home she intended to target.
Graduates of the Cook County Circuit Court Drug Treatment Program had their convictions vacated and their cases expunged, giving them a second chance.
Edgar Ruiz said he was tased in the face during an ICE operation outside a 7-Eleven store in Des Plaines on Tuesday morning.
Village of Lisle moves to find alternatives to high water bills for homeowners who get water from a private company
Ald. Vasquez said it's the first time he's seen such an act, but is open to speaking to whoever left the dead rat and note about immigrants, calling them both vermin.
What do barbecued monkey, ostrich eggs, and whale meat sausage have in common? They've all recently been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection specialists at O'Hare Airport.
West Garfield Park residents are excited to learn that a new EV charging station is coming to their area at the end of the month.
Fear has been spreading fast in Chicago's immigrant community since the Trump administration officially launched its deportation effort, dubbed Operation Midway Blitz.
While trying to remain positive amid an 0-2 start, Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson isn't tiptoeing around the fact that his team has to improve fast with the Dallas Cowboys galloping to town on Sunday.
Dylan Beavers homered, Tyler Wells pitched six effective innings and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Wednesday.
Ian Happ homered and drove in three runs, and the Chicago Cubs clinched their first postseason berth since 2020 with an 8-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.
Dylan Beavers tripled, homered and drove in three runs, Gunnar Henderson and Coby Mayo had three hits apiece and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 8-7 on Tuesday night.
The Chicago Cubs moved closer to a playoff berth with a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Luigi Mangione appeared in court Tuesday in Manhattan, where two state terrorism charges were thrown out, but the murder charge will stand.
Camera footage showed all three suspects entering the pawn shop while wearing distinctive clothing, police said.
Two of the five armed suspects are in custody, police said. A shelter-in-place was issued for several hours, but has since been lfited.
A witness reported hearing a loud noise and seeing the victim on the ground.
The 17-year-old boy was outside in the 5000 block of North Winthrop Avenue when eight men he didn't know walked up to him and opened fire in his direction, police said.
