Pierogi Fest kicks off in Whiting, Indiana

The popular Pierogi Fest is back for what is sure to be a very hot weekend.

Pierogi Fest returns this weekend to Whiting, Indiana
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Tom Dabertin and his family preview Pierogi Fest, taking place this weekend in downtown Whiting, Indiana.

Man charged in fatal expressway shooting on I-57

A man has been charged in connection with a fatal expressway shooting and crash on I-57 on the South Side. 

Ulta mini-shops opening at 7 Target stores in the Chicago-area

The nation’s largest beauty store chain, Ulta Beauty, will be opening its first batch of shops in more than 100 Target stores next month including seven in the Chicago area.

Gary bank robbery suspect owns 'Illini Panthers' semi-professional football team
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New evidence was unveiled Tuesday regarding one suspect's motive in connection to the shooting death of a security guard, Richard Castellana, during a bank robbery in Gary, Indiana.

Suspect in deadly Gary bank robbery needed money to pay MidStates Football League bills, FBI says

Illini Panthers owner Hailey Gist-Holden was moving players around from hotel to hotel, trying to dodge charges, and pawning his own stuff right before he robbed a bank in Gary and killed a security guard, prosecutors said.

Two tornadoes hit suburban Chicago on Saturday, National Weather Service confirms

The tornado that passed through Crete on Saturday was an EF0 with winds of 70 miles per hour. A second twister with peak winds of 75 miles per hour roared through Dyer and Schererville.

Tornado watches through Saturday evening as severe weather batters Chicago area again

Tornado warnings were issued for a dozen cities and towns in the Chicago suburbs on Saturday, including Bradley, Manteno, Peotone, Lansing and Bourbonnais. Tornado sirens briefly blared in parts of Chicago Saturday afternoon, but a tornado warning was allowed to expire after rotation clouds passed over the North and Lower West sides of the city.

Driver who went 112 mph on Indiana Toll Road arrested in Hammond with guns and drugs, police say

Indiana State Police said that Hammond Police spotted Shivam Vikrant Patel 10 minutes later speeding along Calumet Avenue. Patel crashed into a pole and got out with what was clearly a handgun in his waistband, police said.