Portillo's workers in Addison vote to unionize

Workers at a Portillo’s food production center in Addison voted Thursday to unionize.

3 Cook County men charged in Naperville ruse burglary

Three Cook County men have been accused of burglarizing an elderly couple’s home through a contaminated water ruse in Naperville. 

Global tech company launching in Aurora ? what to know
video

Aurora is getting ready to welcome a new business, leading to the creation of 500 jobs over the next five years.

Boy, 14, led police on high-speed chase in Carol Stream, crashed car into tree: prosecutors

"The allegations that a fourteen-year-old boy, two years away from even taking his driver’s test, led police on a high-speed chase is extremely disturbing," said DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin.

Aurora mayor visits 911 dispatchers, delivers personalized gifts

Earlier this year, Mayor Richard Irvin and Congressman Bill Foster delivered a check to expand the main dispatch center, and Monday, Irvin returned with gifts for each of them — personally delivering them during each shift.

DuPage County man charged in high speed chase

Police tried to pull him over, officers said, but he ignored their lights and ran “multiple" stop signs, reaching 58 mph in a 25 mph zone. Soon, he crashed into a fire hydrant, police said.

Aurora woman dies after car crashes into suburban pond

A 23-year-old Aurora woman was pronounced dead a day after the car she was riding in crashed into a suburban pond

DuPage County man charged with grooming, engaging in sexual acts with minor girl

It all began when Jesus Gonzalez-Rivera contacted the victim in response to a babysitting advertisement she posted online, Cook County Sheriff's police said.

Aurora man sentenced for threatening girlfriend with knife after demanding money for alcohol

Robert Boatright demanded that his girlfriend give him money to buy alcohol. He then slapped her in the face, causing a laceration to her nose, and threw her cell phone at her.