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Twenty-four days into the government shutdown, a local pawn shop owner says he sees 10 to 20 federal employees come in each day in order to continue feeding their families and paying their bills.
A driver was saved from a vehicle on the tracks before it was struck by a Metra train near Grace Street in Lombard Monday night, Lombard officials confirm.
A semi truck and a bus have crashed on I-294 near St. Charles Road, Illinois State Police say.
Crews are working to upright derailed train cars, that halted the Metra Heritage Corridor Line Monday morning.
Two men and a woman have been charged with robbing a 19-year-old DePaul University student, who allegedly lied to police about being kidnapped.
More than two dozen dogs were killed in a fire Monday morning at D and D Kennels in West Chicago.
"I won't balance the budget on the backs of the starving, the sick, and the suffering. I won't make government the enemy and government employees the scapegoats."
The newly opened 41st Street bridge was supposed to be a safe passage for pedestrians and bicyclists across Lake Shore Drive, but a set of stairs is raising concerns for cyclists.
Judge Nicholas Ford, citing Ward's lengthy juvenile record, and chances he had been given to stay out of trouble, sent Ward to prison for 84 years.
Lambasting 24-year-old Micheail Ward for a "complete absence of empathy," a Cook County judge on Monday sentenced him to 84 years in prison for the 2013 shooting death of honors student Hadiya Pendleton, just days after she performed in former President Barack Obama's second inaugural parade.
Jake Patterson, the western Wisconsin man suspected of kidnapping Jayme Closs and killing her parents nearly three months ago, has been charged with four felony counts and is slated to make his first court appearance on Monday afternoon.
After taking the oath of office in Springfield, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker vowed to work with Republicans to pass a balanced budget, and took a veiled shot at his predecessor, Republican Bruce Rauner, stating "our abdication of responsibility must end."
Chicago was ranked No. 3 on Orkin's "Top 50 Bed Bug Cities List" for 2018, just behind Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
