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A suburban Chicago man is facing 10 felony charges after authorities say he possessed and shared child sexual abuse material involving victims as young as to...
The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project is urging swimming safety after a 17-year-old drowns in Lake Michigan in Waukegan.
Waukegan divers were able to locate the boy within a few minutes near the bottom along a break wall.
A teenage boy died after being pulled from Lake Michigan Monday evening in north suburban Waukegan.
Teen boy dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan in Waukegan
A teen boy was hospitalized after being pulled from Lake Michigan on Monday, the Waukegan Fire Department said.
A teenager was taken to a local hospital in unknown condition after being rescued from Lake Michigan in Waukegan, authorities aid Monday.
The beginning of yet another nesting season on the Illinois lakeshore marks another victory for the species as its population bounces back in the region.
A former Waukegan police officer was found guilty of misdemeanor reckless conduct during an arrest in December of 2023.
Pepper has been spotted on a Waukegan beach, where he and mate Blaze nested in 2024 and '25.
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Illinois State Police were investigating after one person was killed in a crash involving a semi on Interstate 94 in Gurnee, authorities said.
One person was killed in a crash on I-94 involving a semi truck in suburban Gurnee, Illinois, early Saturday morning.
A Gurnee crash on I-94 left one person dead and another injured south of Illinois Route 120. The semi crash left some lanes of I-94 shut down.
From Lake Michigan to the Chicago River to streams and creeks across the state, there are tiny bits of plastic in Illinois waterways, according to a new repo...
Derek Drake allegedly hit and killed David Paul in Round Lake Beach, IL. The case was dropped due to faulty Delta 9 THC test results from a UIC lab.
A Wonder Lake, Illinois house explosion and fire left 1 dead and 2 injured on Birch Drive; the McHenry County sheriff is investigating.
A vehicle was found submerged in a Champaign lake Wednesday morning.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WICS) - The Champaign Fire Department responded to a vehicle submerged in Kaufman Lake, 2702 W Springfield Ave., Wednesday, May 6, at 8:12 a...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WICS) - On May 6 around 8:12am, authorities were notified of a vehicle, a red Jeep Patriot, in the lake at Kaufman Park in Champaign.
Beloved Belle Valley School Principal Dr. Amanda Bagley fatally injured in April 21 crash at Horseshoe Lake Road and I-255, Madison County, Illinois.
Minnesota gas has surpassed $4. Things are worse in Wisconsin.
A Park City officer is accused of using traffic stops to solicit sexual contact from the same woman on two occasions, prosecutors said.
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An already deep starting rotation got even deeper last week when an Illinois native was promoted from low Class-A ball and joined the Quad Cities River Bandits
Where to take your bike on vacation in the homeland of the rails-to-trails movement
Raging Waves in suburban Yorkville, Illinois' largest water park, kicked off the season on Sunday.
A Chicago man has been charged after sexually abusing and restraining a 35-year-old woman on a bus near the University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital, accor...
The saga over the Chicago Bears stadium could finally come to a head in the final week of the spring legislative session in Springfield.
Where are the Bears moving to? Potential Chicago Bears new stadium sites include locations in Arlington Heights, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias spoke out on Brandon "Mr. Finance" Ellington, accused of swindling people out of thousands of dollars.
The Bears said again they plan to leave Chicago as they continue to look at building a stadium in Arlington Heights, Illinois or Hammond, Indiana.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has continued pushing for the Bears to build a new stadium in the city, but the team may have strengthened his resolve.
University of Chicago Medicine performed its first-known quadruple transplant surgery in Illinois on a woman with cystic fibrosis.
Illinois State Police say a Chicago man is facing felony DUI charges after a deadly chain-reaction crash Sunday on I-290 that killed a suburban man.
District 215 is named in a federal investigation of “sexual orientation and gender ideology” teachings affecting 36 Illinois districts.
A group of well-known Chicago-based journalists, voice actors and podcasters have filed lawsuits under Illinois' strict biometric data privacy law, accu...
Firefighters quickly extinguish 3 fires over 24 hours in Cicero, Illinois
Tiffany Henyard, the former mayor of Dolton, Illinois, is now seeking public office in metro Atlanta.
A Chicago mother is demanding accountability from Chicago Public Schools after she says her 12-year-old son was violently assaulted by his science teacher in...
As we look toward 2050, Chicago’s cultural depth is our great differentiator.
Economic development only succeeds when the people who call this city home succeed alongside it.
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Raging Waves in suburban Yorkville, Illinois' largest water park, kicked off the season on Sunday.
Keaton Wagler called his rise from Illinois to a potential top-five NBA draft pick crazy and unexpected. But he believes he has showed he "can play against a...
The move is one of many actions under the Federal Lead Action Plan, launched in President Donald Trump's first term.
For larger high schools, a new IHSA rule is meant to stop the formation of super teams. But it’s likely to lead to fewer opportunities.
A Chicago man has been charged after sexually abusing and restraining a 35-year-old woman on a bus near the University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital, accor...
Illinois State Police were investigating after one person was killed in a crash involving a semi on Interstate 94 in Gurnee, authorities said.
One person was killed in a crash on I-94 involving a semi truck in suburban Gurnee, Illinois, early Saturday morning.
A Gurnee crash on I-94 left one person dead and another injured south of Illinois Route 120. The semi crash left some lanes of I-94 shut down.
With unusually cold temperatures in the forecast to begin Memorial Day weekend, Illinois' largest water park is pushing back the start of its season.
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