DuPage County

SAD NEWS: A Wheaton Warrenville South High School student was killed in a traffic accident Friday in the suburbs.

A person died after being struck by a driver Friday in Westmont.

A program at DuPage County Jail is giving inmates a chance to escape their gang lives by offering free tattoo removal.

The body of a 26-year-old Round Lake man was found Thursday morning in Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve in west suburban Wayne.

An Aurora man could face a minimum of nearly 50 years in prison for child sex assaults, according to a news release from Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser. 

Gonzalo Guerrero allegedly drove through a residential neighborhood at a high rate of speed while fleeing from police, and crashed into another vehicle. The damage was so bad to the stolen vehicle Guerrero was driving, that a police officer had to break a window to get him out of the car.

Chicagoans looking for greener pastures might not need to venture too far from the city.

Law enforcement are searching for three people suspected of robbing a bank Wednesday morning in northwest suburban Wood Dale.

In Westmont, the community gathered supplies to help Ukrainian refugees who had to leave much of their lives behind.

Police are offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of a tire slasher in Naperville. 

Zielinski allegedly conducted a business email compromise scheme, where she would hack a private business' email account. Prosecutors say she allegedly had access to the victim's email and would then direct the business' bank to send money to another bank account controlled by Zielinski.

Across Chicago and Illinois on Monday, we're all going to be seeing a lot of smiling faces for the first time in two years, as COVID-19 mask mandates end.