7 charged, including two postal carriers, in money laundering scheme involving U.S. Postal Service

According to the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office, Taylor and Jakes, who delivered mail throughout Naperville, allegedly stole credit and debit cards from the mail and gave them to Haynes as part of a scheme to launder illicit gift cards by redeeming them for U.S. currency.

FBI seeks suspect in Lisle bank robbery

The FBI is looking for a male suspected of robbing the Old Second Bank on Tuesday in west suburban Lisle.

Top Pentagon officials asked about missing Illinois man
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Mark Frerichs, 59, whose family lives in Lombard, is a Navy veteran who moved to Afghanistan 10 years ago, finding employment on US funded Public Works projects. He was kidnapped in Kabul on January 31, 2020.

Illinois Senator Duckworth pushes for rescue of Lombard Navy veteran kidnapped in Kabul

Mark Frerichs, 59, whose family lives in Lombard, is a Navy veteran who moved to Afghanistan 10 years ago, finding employment on US funded Public Works projects. He was kidnapped in Kabul on January 31, 2020.

Coach who is in same-sex marriage might still lose her job at a suburban Catholic school, chancellor says

The chancellor wrote: “The matter raises the question of what a Catholic high school should require from those who work with and form its students. In particular, is it necessary that the witness of their public lives not be in opposition to Catholic moral teaching? I believe this requirement is necessary and, therefore am deeply troubled."

Group of Naperville firefighters sue over vaccine mandate
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Six Naperville firefighters say there's no legal right to force them to get vaccinated or make them be tested for refusing the vaccine.

17-year-old killed in car crash in Oak Brook

Police found a Honda with severe front-end damage and a 17-year-old driver dead.

Pups say 'I do' in Villa Park to raise money for local shelters
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Leslie Allison-Seei from the Villa Park Community F.U.N. Commission talks about their amazing fundraising efforts through dog wedding ceremonies.

Chicago and suburban home prices are expected to go up almost 9 percent over the next year

LOOKING FOR A HOUSE? Zillow says the typical value of homes in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area has gone up 14% over the past year to $282,568, and will rise 8.9% in the next year.

Suburban community attempts Guinness World Record for Largest Dog Wedding Ceremony

160 dogs participated in a dog wedding ceremony on Saturday morning in Villa Park, Illinois. The effort was meant to overtake the Guinness Book of World Records record for 178 dogs “married” on the same day that was set in 2007 in Littleton, Colorado.

Aurora eyes new fines for illegal fireworks

The city of Aurora is planning to crack down on the use of illegal fireworks. 

Suspects asked for the time before dragging woman out of car at gunpoint in her driveway: prosecutors

Police said the victim was sitting in the driver's seat of her car in her driveway in Villa Park when two men wearing hoodies and face masks approached the vehicle. One of the subjects asked the victim what time is was and then opened her car door and began to pull her out of it. The other pointed a gun at her face.

3 teens charged with breaking into vehicles in Elmhurst

One of the teens, a 13-year-old, was also charged with having a loaded 9mm pistol in his possession.