Suburban teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing students in classroom

An Elgin teacher is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two of his students who were under the age of 13. 

Chicago area store sells $3M scratch-off, second multi-million winning ticket in 3 years

A liquor store in northwest suburban Chicago has good reason to deem their store “lucky" after selling its second multi-million dollar winning Illinois Lottery ticket in three years.

Dundee-Crown High School lockdown lifted after 'swatting' incident

A lockdown at Dundee-Crown High School has been lifted after police investigated a threatening phone call the school received Wednesday morning.

Dundee-Crown High School lockdown lifted after 'swatting' incident
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A lockdown at Dundee-Crown High School has been lifted after police investigated a threatening phone call the school received Wednesday morning.

Estranged husband sentenced for home invasion where man was stabbed

A man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after breaking into the home of his estranged wife in 2020 and stabbing a man in northwest suburban Carpentersville.

Several homes damaged in Carpentersville fire

Several homes were damaged in a fire in a northwest suburb Wednesday afternoon.

Kane County man facing 20 child pornography charges

A Kane County man is facing 20 felony charges for possessing and disseminating child pornography.

'Blatantly unconstitutional': Illinois gun store owners fired up over assault weapons ban

“Realistically, this didn't start to materialize until the incident happened in Highland Park. Highland Park is a rich White neighborhood. You look at the inner city and things happen and yet the government didn't react. You know, so do the math," said Krahl.

Elgin teacher charged with sexually abusing two students

A teacher is facing several charges after allegedly sexually abusing two of his young students in Elgin

Five children and two adults killed when wrong-way driver smashes into van in suburban Chicago

The dead included Lauren Dobosz, 31, of Rolling Meadows, and five children: two 13-year-old girls, a 7-year-old boy, a 6-year-old boy, and a 5-year-old girl. Their names have not been released.