Lombard

Bond was denied for a man accused of opening fire at a shopping mall in west suburban Lombard last week.

Lombard police determined there was no active threat to the community after investigating a report of shots fired near the Yorktown Center shopping mall Friday.

A west suburban Chicago man who has been held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years by the Taliban has been released as part of a prisoner swap.

An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years has been released in exchange for a convicted Taliban drug lord jailed in the United States the White House said Monday, announcing a rare success in U.S.-Taliban talks since the militant group took power a little more than a year ago

A suburban toddler who spent more than 500 days at Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital is finally going home.

While the victim was in the driver's seat of her car, Bryan Church allegedly approached the vehicle, opened the front passenger door of the car and sat down inside the car. Church then allegedly told the victim he needed a ride. When the victim refused and told Church to get out of the car, prosecutors said Church told the victim to get out of the car or he was going to slit her throat.

Since the Roe v. Wade ruling, urologists are reporting an uptick in men seeking vasectomies or information about the procedure.

An 18-year-old Addison Trail High School student was arrested on charges of posting a threatening message on social media directed at school staff.

The investigation revealed Norris Watt of Chicago had a combination of alcohol, ecstasy, amphetamine and cannabis in his system at the time of the crash, officials said.

Frazee was walking in the direction of the squad cars and employee vehicles holding a lighter in his left hand and a Molotov cocktail in his right hand. Prosecutors said Frazee also had a butane torch lighter and seven additional lighters in his possession.