DuPage County

Some community members are upset at the thought that the Clarendon Hills Fire Department wouldn’t have its own ladder truck, fearing response times would be longer.

A Burr Ridge man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday for giving drugs to a woman who died of an overdose two years ago in west suburban Hinsdale.

A Chicago man was sentenced to six years in prison for breaking into a Naperville jewelry store during the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd in June 2020.

A retired suburban fire chief is facing charges after he was accused of exposing himself near a high school. 

Another band of showers and storms Monday evening into Tuesday could bring heavy downpours and gusty winds.

Students at Benet Academy in Lisle said that Amanda Kammes was offered the job and had been filling out paperwork when she listed her wife as an emergency contact. The students described Kammes as well-liked and well-qualified for the job.

Naperville police said this was not a random act.

A strong cold front will bring more showers and storms through the Chicago area on Monday night. After that, much cooler air will bring a fall-like chill with gusty north winds.

American white pelicans are winging their way through the state right now as they take a route on their annual winter migration to the Gulf Coast.

It's going to be unusually warm again in Chicago on Sunday, but expect our low temperatures to dip down into the mid-50's by Wednesday.

Several stray calves briefly stopped traffic Friday morning on Interstate 290 near Elmhurst.

Recreational marijuana sales will not be coming to Glen Ellyn.

Police say the suspect was found sitting in a stolen car with another guy. The other guy took off.

Police have been stationed outside a suburban Chicago elementary school because of anti-mask protesters, with some going as far as to call students walking to school “Hitler youth."