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Gary and Ruth Bogenberger, parents of David Bogenberger, seen May 8, 2015, at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore. David died after a Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity party at Northern Illinois University in in 2012.

Parents of NIU student who died in 2012 fraternity hazing can proceed with lawsuit, court rules

December 15, 2018 at 1:07 a.m.

The parents of a Northern Illinois University student who died after a night of heavy drinking at a fraternity where he was a pledge cannot hold the fraternity’s national organization...

Drew Peterson is escorted out of the Will County courthouse in Joliet on May 8, 2009.

Illinois Supreme Court again upholds conviction of Drew Peterson for murder of his third wife

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

Drew Peterson’s options for getting a new trial for the 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, have grown thinner after the Illinois Supreme Court on Friday declined to...

Man on drugs drives onto Metra platform, escapes path of freight train that destroys his car: police

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

A Lisle man whose car was destroyed after he drove it onto a Metra Station platform and into the path of a freight train was allegedly driving under the influence...

No bail for Chicago man accused of killing ex-girlfriend, injuring daughter at suburban mall

May 23, 2019 at 12:24 a.m.

A Chicago man has been charged with a weekend shooting at a mall in North Riverside that killed a woman with whom he had been in a relationship and injured...

Elmhurst police investigating two attempted residential burglaries

May 31, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

Police are investigating two attempted residential burglaries that occurred Tuesday night in west suburban Elmhurst. The attempts occurred within about 40 minutes, according to a news release posted on the...

Witness to Lake Forest murder-suicide struck gunman with SUV, police say

May 23, 2019 at 10:06 a.m.

A co-worker of Navy officer Claire VanLandingham tried to run over her ex-boyfriend after he fatally shot her this month in Lake Forest, but the gunman killed himself before he...

Des Plaines police employees being probed on allegations of misconduct at golf event

May 31, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

Hoffman Estates police are investigating allegations of misconduct by Des Plaines police employees at a golf outing last summer. Officials from the Hoffman Estates Police Department opened the probe in...

Woman attacked inside her home in West Chicago area, DuPage sheriff says

December 15, 2018 at 12:35 a.m.

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect who attacked a woman in her home near West Chicago. The victim was assaulted about 5 a.m. Monday in...

The Illinois Lottery's second-in-command, Jayme Odom, got her job through a Republican operative-turned-lobbyist, Nancy Kimme, seen here at left with Gov. Bruce Rauner and first lady Diana Rauner in 2014. Kimme later called Odom on behalf of the British firm seeking to manage the lottery.

Investigation details secretive contacts with lobbyist on $2 billion Illinois lottery contract

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

A top staffer for the Illinois Lottery failed to disclose her relationships and contact with lobbyists for a firm that was bidding for a massive contract to manage the lottery,...

Traffic moves west through the intersection at U.S. 30 and Orchard Drive in Olympia Fields on Dec. 20, 2017. The crash rate for the wesbound approach tripled in the three years after red light cameras were installed, the biggest increase of any stretch of road the Tribune studied.

10 years after red light cameras came to suburbs, state hasn’t assessed whether they’ve improved safety

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

Since red light cameras were introduced in Chicago’s suburbs a decade ago, state and local officials have routinely ignored requirements to analyze the safety impact at the intersections where cameras...

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