Winds gusts could reach 60 mph with possibility of half-dollar size hail, the National Weather Service said.

James “Jimmy” Gracey, a college student from Elmhurst who was found dead after going missing while in Barcelona on a break, was likely the victim of an accident, Spanish regional police said Friday.

The body of James “Jimmy” Gracey, a 20-year-old college student from Elmhurst, was found Thursday in the water off a Barcelona beach, police in Spain said.

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, edging out two sitting members of the U.S. House. in a race that will see her facing Republican Don Tracy in November.

The polls have closed. Here are live March 2026 primary election results for DuPage County. Tallies will be updated as county clerks update their websites.

Benet lost to Marist in the IHSA Class 4A boys basketball state championship game Saturday night in the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign.

Residents around the Joliet area should look out for large size hail and hail damage and wind speeds gusting up to 60 mph.

Prices have increased approximately 30 cents a gallon across northern Illinois since the war in Iran began. As of Friday morning, the price for a barrel of oil had moved north of $90, and according to the Associated Press, it could be going higher

The U.S. war in the Middle East "will affect oil prices significantly because of the uncertainty,” said Oguzhan Batmaz, assistant professor of economics at Lewis University in Romeoville