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Migrants and their belongings are seen outside Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Oak Park on Nov. 1, 2023, where they were being given shelter.

Migrants arriving by busload in Rosemont and Cicero are sent away, but welcomed in Oak Park, as suburbs respond differently to crisis

March 11, 2024 at 12:14 p.m.

Busloads of migrants were brought in the past week to Rosemont and Cicero, officials said, but were turned away. Several buses from El Paso, Texas, arrived in the past week...

Snow falls while migrants wait to go inside St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy Church in Oak Park after spending the night at the 15th District police station in Chicago's Austin neighborhood on Oct. 31, 2023.

Oak Park, which has been providing shelter for migrants, will require them to move out of hotel, YMCA by Jan. 31

March 11, 2024 at 12:14 p.m.

All migrants housed in two locations in Oak Park will be required to move out by Jan. 31, village officials disclosed Wednesday. The approximately 160 people at The Carleton of...

Former NAACP DuPage County Branch President Patrick Watson sits in his apartment lobby in Lisle on Dec. 12, 2023. Watson resigned in protest and is calling for the resignation of Teresa Haley, state NAACP president, for her comments calling migrants "like savages."

Illinois NAACP leader is asked to step down after video shows her likening migrants to ‘savages’ and accusing them of rape

March 11, 2024 at 12:15 p.m.

In a videotaped criticism of migrant policy, the president of the Illinois NAACP compared migrants to "savages" and accused them of rape — comments that have prompted a call for...

Migrants and their belongings are seen outside Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Oak Park on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, where they are being given shelter. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Los inmigrantes que llegan en autobús a Rosemont y Cicero son expulsados, pero bienvenidos en Oak Park, ya que los suburbios responden de forma diferente a la crisis

April 15, 2024 at 3:38 p.m.

La semana pasada llegaron autobuses cargados de inmigrantes a Rosemont y Cicero, según las autoridades, pero fueron rechazados. Varios autobuses procedentes de El Paso, Texas, llegaron la semana pasada a...

Migrants arriving by busload in Rosemont and Cicero are sent away, but welcomed in Oak Park, as suburbs respond differently to crisis

March 11, 2024 at 12:15 p.m.

Busloads of migrants were brought in the past week to Rosemont and Cicero, officials said, but were turned away. Several buses from El Paso, Texas, arrived in the past week...

Police tape surrounds a home in the 600 block of Red Coach Lane in Algonquin on Nov. 9, 2020, after police discovered two bodies there on the previous night. Arin Fox has pleaded pleaded guilty but mentally ill to a first-degree murder charge in the deaths of Noreen Gilard, 69, and Leonard Gilard, 73.

Caretaker gets 55-year sentence in stabbing deaths of elderly couple in Algonquin

December 7, 2023 at 6:41 p.m.

A woman who pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the stabbing deaths of an elderly couple she had been caring for in Algonquin was sentenced to 55 years in prison,...

The sun rises over Soldier Field's south parking lot, Dec. 5, 2023.

Chicago Bears reportedly mulling Soldier Field parking area as new stadium site as talks resume with schools over Arlington Heights location

April 26, 2024 at 10:17 a.m.

The Chicago Bears continue to check out a variety of sites in and around Chicago — including the site of Soldier Field — as potential homes for a new stadium,...

Fans celebrate during Byron's Class 3A state championship win over downstate Mt. Carmel at Illinois State University's Hancock Stadium in Normal on Nov. 24, 2023.

Byron’s small-town high school football team faced waves of off-field adversity on the way to becoming historic state champions

December 2, 2023 at 8:30 a.m.

Five-year-old Ryker Hoppe was watching the rural Byron High School football team at a game this fall when he had trouble with his eyes, which began to misalign. His family...

Waubonsie Valley's Tyreek Coleman, middle, drives past Hinsdale South's Brendan Savage (21) during a Jack Tosh Holiday Classic game at York High School in Elmhurst on Monday, December 26, 2022.

Player reinstated to Hinsdale South basketball team after mother files suit

November 29, 2023 at 7:10 a.m.

A former all-conference player has been reinstated to the Hinsdale South High School basketball team, his mother said, after she filed a federal lawsuit to get him back on the...

State Sen. Heather Steans, from left, Rep. Kelly Cassidy, Sen. Toi Hutchinson and Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth celebrate on May 31, 2019, at the Capitol in Springfield after the Illinois House approved a bill to legalize recreational marijuana.

‘Marijuana Moms’ take on prosecutor ‘Dad’ in controversy over mental health effects of cannabis

November 25, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

A clash between the Marijuana Moms and a Dad for Mental Health is highlighting an escalating controversy over the effects of cannabis. The moms are a group of lawmakers who...

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