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A man who went missing in Joliet was found dead in a river and detectives are working to unravel the circumstances behind his death, police officials said.
Lyons Township High School has named its April North Campus students of the month
A 12-year-old girl in Joliet died after ingesting suspected heroin and fentanyl and her mother faces drug charges, according to Joliet police.
One challenge stemming from the influx of migrants that some advocates say the state has not done enough to address is educating the children of those coming across the border.
Oberweis Dairy plans to lay off 127 employees starting in June, the company informed the state in a WARN filing.
Weeks after two high-profile resignations at the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday appointed the first-ever executive director to help lead the beleaguered agency.
In a statement, Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie said they are happy to welcome Patrick Sheehan has the "third law enforcement officer serving in our caucus."
The Lemont High School District 210 Board of Education recently selected Pezanoski Consulting as the firm to lead the search for the district’s next superintendent.
The court ruling issued Thursday has statewide impact on trucking cases decided at city hall, attorney says.
Will County's top prosecutor said a University Park man "snuffed out the life of a young man in his prime through this senseless and tragic act of gun violence."
Drew Peterson will receive no further psychological testing. His attorneys and prosecutors must now contend with Peterson's 2021 post-conviction petition to overturn his 2012 murder conviction.
The Sears headquarters in Hoffman Estates - where the once-mighty retailer moved from the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago in the 1990s - will soon be torn down.
Nearly 60% of those falling sick are children age 4 and younger, Chicago Department of Public Health records show. Three cases were reported in suburban Cook, Lake and Will counties; the rest involve Chicago residents.
Attorneys for former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson, who was convicted in 2012 of killing his third wife, are requesting another psychological professional examine his mental fitness as he continues his bid to overturn his conviction.
A federal judge in Puerto Rico last week told a politically connected former state contractor that if he wants to sue for defamation against the people who’ve accused him of defrauding the state of Illinois, he’ll have to do so in an Illinois courtroom.