Burr Ridge

A family said they are lucky to be alive after car thieves fired multiple shots into their Orland Park home as loved ones were sleeping.

In one of the incidents, the offenders fired several shots at an Orland Park resident.

Four children were taken to a hospital with minor injuries after two school buses crashed Friday morning on the Stevenson Expressway in southwest suburban Burr Ridge.

Dennis W. Haggerty Jr., who swindled more than $2.5 million from hospitals in Chicago and Iowa, was sentenced to 57 months in prison Monday.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office took aim at local officials who have spoken out about the relocation of migrants, suggesting the complaints were xenophobic.

While Mayor Gary Grasso said he will continue to welcome migrants in Burr Ridge with open arms, he said he would have appreciated a heads up that they'd be coming.

Governor JB Pritzker has designated the official state rock of Illinois, and it's all thanks to a group of middle school students in Burr Ridge.

Students at a Burr Ridge middle school are getting noticed as serious "rock" stars.

A gunman who fatally shot a man and wounded a woman at an office building in southwest suburban Chicago before killing himself was about to lose his job.