DeKalb County Sheriff's deputy killed when truck rear-ends squad car
The deputy was sitting inside their Ford Explorer on the shoulder of Illinois Route 23, when a large commercial truck left the road and rear-ended the squad car.
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The deputy was sitting inside their Ford Explorer on the shoulder of Illinois Route 23, when a large commercial truck left the road and rear-ended the squad car.
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The driver's car was totaled, but the driver was okay.
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A wrong-way driver slammed into a garbage truck in the outbound lanes around 5:45 a.m.
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The driver of the Jeep was ticketed for DUI and violating Scott's Law.
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Evergreen Park police said responding officers found two vehicles that had been involved in an accident while heading eastbound on West 87th Street.
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River Road was closed for investigation.
Chicago police say a 35-year-old man was driving an Acura in the southbound lanes when his car stalled near the shoulder. When he got out, he was hit by a driver in the SUV, police said.
The victim was taken to Northwestern Hospital by the Chicago Fire Department in serious condition. A female passenger in the Acura was also taken to Northwestern by CFD in good condition.
One person was found dead at the scene. Two others were rushed to Lutheran General Hospital in unknown conditions.
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A woman was killed, and two others were hurt following a hit-and-run crash on the city's South Side Tuesday morning.
The victim was taken by the Chicago Fire Department to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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It is unclear if the person was the driver of the car or an employee.
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The white SUV came to a stop after striking the front of an AT&T store.
It's less than six inches shy of the record set back in 2017, but that doesn't mean people's backyards, garages, and crawl spaces aren't soaked.
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A federal grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on wire and bank fraud-related charges on Tuesday, the Justice Department says, accusing it of paying members of extremist groups as part of its efforts to investigate them.
Voters in Indiana are now banned from using university IDs to cast their ballots.
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Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
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Philz Coffee will once again sport the Pride flag at its cafés after a directive to have them and other flags removed created a backlash.
A new restaurant has joined the busy stretch of Halsted Street toward the south end of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood that is also home to Alinea and Boka.
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Emily Saliers, one-half of the Atlanta folk duo The Indigo Girls, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with two incurable movement disorders that will forever change the way that she sings.
Blues icon and world music pioneer Taj Mahal will be headlining the Chicago Blues Festival this June.
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Over the past couple of days, there's finally been some relief on the Fox River. It has crested near Antioch, and staff members at the Bridgeport Inn have taken notice.
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President Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran. He said he is giving Iranian officials more time to "come up with a unified proposal."
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Rookie Munetaka Murakami homered for the fourth straight game, Sean Burke won for the first time in 17 appearances, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-5 on Tuesday night.
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Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan is leaving, the team announced Tuesday.
Dansby Swanson hit a three-run homer for Chicago, and Michael Conforto added a sacrifice fly.
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