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The winning village gets to choose a local family with a disabled member for a trip to Disney World. The contest runs through the end of June.

A suburban Chicago man faces a felony hate crime charge after he allegedly shouted "white power" and raised his arm in a Nazi salute to a family that included two Black children.

The carjacking epidemic is spilling over into the suburbs as people are reporting a surge in violence in several towns. 

Interstate 80 reopened Thursday about two hours after a semitrailer rolled over just west of I-355 in New Lenox.

Chicago’s second major winter storm in a week dumped nearly a foot of snow in some parts of the city by Monday morning.

A 20-year-old woman is facing felony charges for allegedly fleeing from police after driving drunk in the wrong lanes of Interstate 80 Friday in the southwest suburbs.

“It’s almost like ‘no shoes, no shirt, no service.’ There's ‘no mask, no service,’” the mayor of New Lenox said. And you could be fined if you refuse to comply.

In some suburbs, trick-or-treating will be allowed but it is recommended that residents wear a mask and stay away from large crowds.

A city council in New Lenox convened Monday night with the hopes of saving Halloween this year.

Many parents are frustrated by schools reopening with e-learning only, saying they’re ready to try something different.

6,923 high school students in the district will begin classes August 31st online.

The first day of school had a whole new look at Queen of the Rosary in Elk Grove Village.

A New York truck driver died and four others were hurt in a multiple-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 80 near southwest suburban New Lenox.

Police are asking the community for help identifying a suspect in connection with the beating death of a business owner in suburban New Lenox.

The owner of Clean Beauty Boutique says since her salon closed in mid-March, she has lost more than $50,000 in revenue. But as of May 15, her service is now deemed essential.

The mayor in New Lenox says in the past several months, there have been close to 200 vehicle break-ins in the southwest suburbs.

Officers responded to the crash about 8:30 a.m., in a construction zone in the westbound lanes of I-80 near mile marker 138.

Authorities arrested the three men Wednesday morning on charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery and armed robbery, the Will County sheriff’s office said in a statement.

Thieves are kidnapping and robbing people in the southwest suburbs.