A 12-year old boy is charged with unlawful use of a weapon on school grounds after accidentally firing a gun inside a school in west suburban Berkeley.
A northern Illinois man was sentenced to 66 years in prison for beating a woman in the face with a hammer, raping a child and stabbing a dog in a rampage at a west suburban Chicago home.
The band from Downers Grove North High School played in honor of Anne Wagner. She has Down Syndrome and missed much of her sophomore and junior year after being diagnosed with leukemia.
Aurora police have identified the victims of a traffic accident that took place late Sunday night on the city's east side, leaving three dead and five injured.
Three people were injured in a three-vehicle crash involving a UPS semi truck on the Reagan Memorial Tollway on Tuesday morning near west suburban Oak Brook.
The city council of Dixon, Ill. was expected to sign off Tuesday on a $40 million settlement in connection with theft by former Comptroller Rita Crundwell.
Keith Cozart, better known as Chief Keef, raps that he hates being sober. But a positive test for marijuana is sending the rapper to the Cook County Jail for 20 days.