Man Charged With Reckless Homicide In Fatal DUI Crash
A Southwest Side man was drunk and high when he caused a crash that left a passenger in his vehicle dead on Thursday on the Southwest Side.
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A Southwest Side man was drunk and high when he caused a crash that left a passenger in his vehicle dead on Thursday on the Southwest Side.
A woman whose car plunged into the Fox River in a park Monday night in west suburban St. Charles had been drinking, according to police.
A woman who rammed her husband's car, causing a crash that killed a newspaper deliveryman nearly two years ago on the South Side, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Indiana State Police held Friday a sobriety checkpoint from 10 p.m. until midnight at Route 20 and Waverly Road in Porter and made no arrests.
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Alicia Fields has been charged with driving under the influence for causing a crash that killed a man Thursday in East Garfield Park.
A man is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after a crash Wednesday afternoon in southwest suburban Plano.
Omar Montoya Medina, of the 100 block of East Pomeroy Street, was found guilty of two felony counts of aggravated driving under the influence causing death and two felony counts of reckless homicide, according to the DuPage County state's attorney's office.
A Bridgeport man is charged with driving under the influence after he struck a Chicago Police officer with his vehicle Thursday morning in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood on the South Side, police said.
Yonatan D. Monrroy-Madrid, 19, faces one felony count of aggravated DUI causing an accident resulting in a death, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Cook County Judge William J. Hooks also sentenced Ryne San Hamel to four years probation.
John A. Yanni III was charged with two counts of aggravated DUI and one count of reckless homicide, the DeKalb County sheriff's office said.
Dwane Rowlett, 43, was charged with one felony count of aggravated fleeing, one misdemeanor count of DUI and three misdemeanor counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer, according to Chicago Police. He was also issued two traffic citations.
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A Chicago woman was drunk when she caused an Eisenhower Expressway crash that left a 10-month-old boy in her car on life support early Sunday, Illinois State Police allege.
Frank Oppong, of the 1800 block of North Monticello in Chicago, was charged with felony aggravated drunk driving, felony aggravated driving while license is revoked, transportation with open alcohol, driving the wrong way on a one-way street and several other traffic citations.
A Hammond police officer was charged with DUI after an Indiana state trooper allegedly saw him driving erratically and pulled him over early Saturday in Lowell.
A north suburban woman was sentenced to five years in prison after she pleaded guilty to DUI charges for an Evanston rollover crash that left a U.S. Army veteran dead last year.
A Lake County sheriff's deputy has been placed on administrative leave after he was arrested for drunk driving early Tuesday in northwest Indiana.
Riverside police are ramping up patrols aimed at preventing impaired drivers during the Thanksgiving holiday week, and two men have already been charged with DUI in the western suburb.
A Chicago man was charged with DUI after a hit-and-run crash early Sunday in west suburban Lyons.
Rachel Dover, 24, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was charged with operating while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury, a Level 6 felony, police said.
Police said the suspect allegedly punched the victim in the face, causing him to fall and lose consciousness.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment from biotherapeutics company CSL for a new plasma therapy manufacturing plant in Kanakee.
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Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
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Capital One is laying off more than 1,100 workers at the former Discover headquarters in north suburban Riverwoods.
A new development at the southeast corner of Chicago's East Lakeview community would clear away a medical office building and replace it with a residential high-rise.
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Jennifer Runyon, a Chicago native who became famous as an actress appearing in "Ghostbusters" and "Charles in Charge," died last week.
A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say.
Actor and filmmaker Bruce Campbell told fans that he is in treatment for cancer and will cancel some upcoming public appearances.
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, known for his hits like "Laughter in the Rain," "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" and "Calendar Girl," has died.
A 19th-century George Méliès film, thought to be long lost, has been found among a box of brittle movie reels that a Michigan donor brought to the Library of Congress, officials said.
Chicago police said that the suspect punched another man in the face and knocked him to the ground on March 9 in the 4700 block of South Ashland Avenue.
There are severe weather watches for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flooding until the late night hours Tuesday into Wednesday.
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The body of a Chicago father who went missing in November 2025 has been found in Blue Island, his daughter said.
A Lake County judge ordered a Fox Lake woman to remain behind bars on Tuesday, following her arrest on charges accusing her of abusing her 11-year-old son for years.
Police said the suspect allegedly punched the victim in the face, causing him to fall and lose consciousness.
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A Lake County judge ordered a Fox Lake woman to remain behind bars on Tuesday, following her arrest on charges accusing her of abusing her 11-year-old son for years.
A 75-year-old man was due for a detention hearing Tuesday in a shooting that killed two women, ages 68 and 71, on Chicago's Far South Side this past weekend.
Chicago police said they apprehended two women early Tuesday morning after the women broke into a grocery store in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood and stole some merchandise.
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