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Roof fire at Wheaton’s Cardinal Fitness was accidental, officials say

May 14, 2019 at 10:25 a.m.

The roof of a Wheaton shopping center caught fire early Wednesday morning, fire officials said. About 1 a.m., the Wheaton Fire Department was dispatched to a roof fire above Cardinal...

Main Chicago-area police training unit to shut down in November

May 21, 2019 at 6:04 p.m.

The possible closure of the key police training facility in the Chicago region would leave departments across Cook and Will counties struggling to find new ways of providing necessary training...

Glen Ellyn Park District officials began a nine-month construction project to restore Lake Ellyn's historic boathouse, despite a hold on an approved state grant for the improvements.

Construction begins on Lake Ellyn’s boathouse without state grant

May 22, 2019 at 12:33 a.m.

Lake Ellyn Park and its picturesque boathouse are the bedrock of Glen Ellyn. They're home to the Fourth of July fireworks, hosts to the annual cardboard regatta and together create...

Customer and former cigarette smoker Joel Santi, 32, of Elgin, inhales the vapor of an electronic cigarette at a store in Elmhurst.

Council restricts e-cigarettes, vaping in certain parts of Wheaton

May 23, 2019 at 6:55 a.m.

The Wheaton City Council last week approved an ordinance banning e-cigarettes and vaping in certain parts of the city. Similar to other tobacco products, e-cigarettes are banned from all enclosed...

Parker Carbine, 17, a senior at McHenry High School East Campus, holds a sign in support of the teachers strike outside of the school on Oct. 8, 2015. Carbine is up for homecoming king, but will have to wait for his chance to be crowned after homecoming activities were postponed due to the strike.

Tentative agreement reached in McHenry school strike

May 22, 2019 at 8:48 p.m.

Teachers in McHenry High School District 156 will vote Monday on whether to ratify a new contract and end a strike that's kept them out of the classroom since Oct....

Wheaton man charged with possessing child pornography

May 23, 2019 at 12:44 p.m.

A staff member at an Evanston school is being held in lieu of $300,000 bail after being charged with possession of child pornography. Timothy King, 44, of the 1000 block...

Family sues McDonald’s for allowing suspect in woman’s death to loiter

May 22, 2019 at 12:33 a.m.

The family of a McDonald's worker who was killed after being stabbed 34 times alleges the restaurant's employees allowed her ex-boyfriend, who's been charged in her death, to loiter at...

Family members, at right, react as they attempt to look at the body on a neighbor's porch on Sept. 19, 2015, in Chicago. A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed near 44th Street and Greenwood Avenue.

5 dead, 18 wounded in Chicago since Saturday, including 14-year-old boy

May 22, 2019 at 8:42 p.m.

A violent Saturday and Sunday morning in Chicago left five people dead and at least 18 others wounded, including a 14-year-old boy who was killed and a 15-year-old who was...

North East Multi-Regional Training will be forced to close mid-November if the state doesn¿t pay its share of the costs, said Philip Brankin, the unit's executive director.

Police training in Lake County affected by state budget impasse

May 23, 2019 at 11:07 p.m.

The budget impasse in Springfield is causing a key police training organization to shut down some of its classes in the Chicago region and causing Lake County police agencies to...

Two candidates announce run for District 4 DuPage County board seat

May 23, 2019 at 6:55 a.m.

An attorney representing the College of DuPage and a Wheaton-based municipal prosecutor have announced their candidacies for a District 4 seat on the DuPage County board. Tim Elliott, a Glen...

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