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Authorities release names of 2 victims in fatal Bellwood ambulance crash

December 14, 2018 at 9:52 a.m.

Authorities on Tuesday released the names of the other two victims in an ambulance crash on Saturday that left three dead in Bellwood. Larry Marshall, 48, of Bellwood, died after...

Two men shot to death in Bellwood, officials say

December 14, 2018 at 9:52 a.m.

Two men were killed in a shooting late Monday at a home in Bellwood, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Roger Griffin, 25, and Termaine Hughes, 33, both...

Injured woman extricated from car after Des Plaines crash — but driver nowhere to be found

December 14, 2018 at 9:47 a.m.

Des Plaines police responded to the scene of a car crash and found an injured female passenger trapped inside — but no driver. Now authorities are trying to figure out...

People march in the March for Our Lives protest March 24, 2018, in Chicago.

Young activists rally for gun reform at March for Our Lives Chicago march in Union Park

December 14, 2018 at 5:24 p.m.

Pumping their fists and chanting “student power,” thousands of young activists swarmed Union Park on Saturday, joining a nationwide cry for gun reform while using the spotlight to also demand...

Colette VanHoutan, 2, hangs out under a bench at McCollum Park while her mother, Jen, comforts her older sister, Laine, after Laine had a seizure June 11, 2017, in Downers Grove.

Downers Grove girl dies of rare disease one year after FDA approves treatment her parents fought for

December 14, 2018 at 5:17 p.m.

Less than a year after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug to treat her rare disease, a Downers Grove girl died at home Wednesday with her...

Student organizers for the March for Our Lives Chicago, including, center, speaking, Isabella Paredes of Plainfield High School, announce plans during a press conference at City Hall, March 16, 2018, for the sister march in Chicago's Union Park.

In between study hall and bedtime, local teens plan March for Our Lives Chicago rally

December 14, 2018 at 5:09 p.m.

If things had been different, they’d be sitting in study halls, editing the high school newspaper, playing basketball, learning to drive, working part-time jobs and everything else that average teens...

Illinois House Republican leader Durkin holds lead over rare primary challenger

May 15, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

Illinois House Republican leader Jim Durkin declared victory over primary challenger Burr Ridge Village President Mickey Straub late Tuesday, a key win for the state’s GOP establishment amid an insurgency...

Up to 30,000 participants expected at March for Our Lives Chicago

May 23, 2019 at 12:38 a.m.

The March for Our Lives Chicago rally, which will coincide with gatherings March 24 in Washington, D.C., and other cities, has been tentatively booked for Union Park and could bring...

Several hundred Barrington High School students, including a dozen gun rights counterprotesters, peacefully gather in Memorial Park during a walkout on March 14, 2018, in Barrington.

En el área de Chicago dijeron ‘¡Suficiente! ¡Basta!’, y piden control de armas

December 14, 2018 at 3:56 p.m.

Miles de estudiantes del área de Chicago se salieron de las escuelas el miércoles con carteles y coreando "¡Basta!", así sumaron sus voces a las de miles de jóvenes de...

Estudiantes de Illinois listos para el paro #NeverAgain por el control de armas

December 14, 2018 at 3:38 p.m.

Estudiantes de secundaria de todo Illinois se unirán a un paro nacional a las 10 am del miércoles por el control de armas, cuando se conmemora un mes del tiroteo...

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