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‘You should not be wearing that,’ man screams at woman in Puerto Rican flag shirt; cop’s response under investigation

August 22, 2019 at 4:31 a.m.

Fallout piled up swiftly Tuesday after a video went viral showing a man berating a woman for wearing a Puerto Rico shirt — and a nearby Cook County Forest Preserve...

Man charged in Detroit-area fatal shooting is captured at Motel 6 in south suburban Harvey, officials say

May 21, 2019 at 10:44 p.m.

A man charged in connection with a shooting at a Fourth of July party in a Detroit suburb that left one person dead and another wounded was arrested in south...

Chicago man, 21, killed in rollover accident on I-290 near Addison

May 23, 2019 at 1:02 a.m.

A Chicago man died after he lost control of his vehicle on Interstate 290 near Addison on Sunday night. Shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday, Anthony Jarvis, 21, was traveling west...

Illinois Lottery Acting Director Gregory Smith, shown here during a public hearing on Aug. 14, 2017, has resigned to take over as president and CEO of the Connecticut Lottery.

Head of Illinois Lottery leaves to run Connecticut Lottery

May 23, 2019 at 1:01 a.m.

The acting director of the Illinois Lottery has resigned and will take over as head of the Connecticut Lottery. On Thursday, officials in Connecticut announced that Gregory Smith had been...

The Park Forest Aqua Center was closed July 3, 2018, during the investigation of an apparent drowning of a 10-year-old boy.

Police investigating death of 10-year-old boy found in Park Forest village pool

May 21, 2019 at 10:42 p.m.

Police were investigating the apparent drowning of a 10-year-old boy who was pulled from a Park Forest village pool early Tuesday morning. The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the...

Ali, a 1-month-old western lowland gorilla, is held by her mom, Koola, at the Brookfield Zoo, on July 2, 2018, in Brookfield.

Brookfield Zoo’s baby female gorilla is given the name Ali

May 23, 2019 at 1:01 a.m.

A 1-month-old female gorilla born at Brookfield Zoo has been named Ali. Ali, born June 1, is the latest addition to the zoo’s family of western lowland gorillas, which are...

Motorcyclist killed in Lombard crash; man on another motorcycle riding with him charged with DUI

December 13, 2018 at 7:22 a.m.

One motorcyclist was killed in a crash Thursday night in Lombard, and a man on another motorcycle riding with him was charged with felony drunken driving, according to the DuPage...

Backyard fireworks explode in the Logan Square neighborhood on July 4, 2016.

A (very) short history of Fourth of July fireworks and how they conflict with laws in Chicago, suburbs

May 23, 2019 at 12:59 a.m.

No one can say for sure how the Founding Fathers would feel about the way we celebrate the Fourth of July, but John Adams definitely did not write a letter...

Un hombre es sometido a una prueba de sobriedad en un punto de control de sobriedad.

Las ciudades de Illinois con más arrestos de DUI

December 13, 2018 at 7:16 a.m.

La Policía en Rockford registró la mayor cantidad de arrestos por conducir bajo la influencia (DUI) el año pasado, según una encuesta de la Alianza Contra Motoristas Intoxicados. La organización...

Rockford police arrested 490 drivers in 2017 for driving under the influence, the most DUI arrests that year for an Illinois municipality included in a survey by the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists.

Elgin, Aurora, Naperville among state top 10 in DUI arrests; one state trooper made 208 arrests, survey shows

May 23, 2019 at 1:00 a.m.

Police in Rockford logged the most arrests last year for driving under the influence, according to a survey by the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists. The Schaumburg-based nonprofit organization asked for...

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