The National Weather Service has issued a severe storm warning for northern Grundy County and the southern half of Kendall County, set to expire at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday.

The severe weather forecast for the region has led school districts in the Joliet area to cancel after-school programs.

Parts of northern Illinois now face a heightened risk of dangerous severe weather Tuesday afternoon and evening, with forecasters warning that strong to intense tornadoes may be possible.

Preliminary evidence indicated the handgun was concealed on a parishioner of the New Lenox church and was mistakenly left in the pew during a recent service, a deputy police chief said.

A judge was deemed biased by a Will County Board member whom he found guilty of unlawfully accessing the email account of a political opponent on the board.  

The Will County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash on 159th Street Friday night in Homer Glen that resulted in the death of a Lockport woman.

Officers responded at around 9:27 p.m. on Friday to the 400 block of West North Frontage Road in Bolingbrook for a report of an accident, Bolingbrook police said.

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

A Romeoville woman has died after being struck by a vehicle in Romeoville on Thursday evening.