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A male whose age wasn’t known was struck by a vehicle and found on the pavement about 11:40 p.m. Friday in the 18400 block of South LaGrange Road, Orland Park police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 27-year-old man was found about 6 p.m. Thursday. The pool will be closed Friday, Naperville Park District officials said.
The village bought the house this week for $375,000, a spokesperson said. Dolton now plans to obtain national historic landmark status for the home.
Every Chicago ZIP code appears on an Illinois Department of Public Health list requiring that children be tested for lead exposure.
A new primate habitat was unveiled at Brookfield Zoo Thursday, which will include four outdoor habitats for western lowland gorillas, Bornean orangutans and several species of monkeys.
An unidentified man, 40, was pronounced dead at Rochelle Community Hospital after Wednesday’s crash involving “uncontrolled descent.”
Police said Tuesday that one teen was arrested after a large crowd gathered Saturday at Sunset Pool became disruptive. Jahad Henderson, 19, of Chicago is charged with possession, sale or use of fireworks, and obstructing an officer.
No “known victims” were found after the 8:20 p.m. Monday incident and there was no threat to the public, according to Gurnee police.
Brenda Correa and her sons Leo and Armando died Wednesday while vacationing in Michoacan, Mexico, in the west-central part of the country. Authorities suspect they died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The Rev. Curtis Lambert — who has “strenuously denied” the allegations, per a letter from Cardinal Blase Cupich — was pulled out of ministry and will refrain from all parish and school activities pending the conclusion of the archdiocese’s investigation. Cupich said the allegations were also reported to civil authorities.
Officials responded about 6:30 p.m. Friday to a private residential pool in the north suburb, the Buffalo Grove Fire Department said.
An annual tradition is reclaimed once again: “It’s just part of the American spirit of getting up, dusting yourself off and remaining strong and vigilant.”
Pope Leo XIV's hometown approves the purchase of his childhood home in hopes of reviving the village
Dolton residents were skeptical at Tuesday’s board meeting, questioning whether the financially strained village could afford to purchase the home and maintain the streets surrounding it.
Krishnamoorthi’s haul brings his campaign war chest to more than $21 million cash on hand — with more than eight months to go until the March 17 primary.
Michael Schill will sit for a “transcribed interview” with the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on August 5, a university spokesperson said. On Monday, the committee accused Harvard University of violating federal civil rights law in “failing to protect Jewish students.”
Those Roman candles from Indiana? You could pay twice as much this year due to Trump administration tariffs on goods from China.
The western suburb held its Pride event Saturday, with some lauding its intimacy and warmth compared to the bigger Chicago event Sunday. Many had praise for the community for taking steps to be more inclusive of its predominantly Latino population.
Odai Al Fayoumi, Wadee’s father, thanked the crowd at Van Horn Woods East in Plainfield on Saturday morning for coming to the ceremony and had said the community’s presence since Wadee’s murder had made him feel less alone. Wadee was stabbed to death in October 2023 in an anti-Muslim hate crime.
About 2 a.m. Wednesday, a passenger vehicle going south in the northbound lanes hit a box truck near Golf Road, Illinois State Police said.