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Even before the first responders' pleas for help Sunday night, the forecasters at the National Weather Service Office already knew the storm storm was going to be trouble.
Sunday night's EF-3 tornado that tore through DuPage County had wind speeds between 136 and 165 mph. Historical records show this is the first significant EF-2 or greater tornado in the county in 45 years.
Teens will have be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Dupage County starting Monday.
"As a culture and as a community, we want what works and we want the best, and we're seeing that with the vaccine."
The scheme was uncovered when hospital workers conducted a review of cafeteria sales.
Jay Banks died of a heroin overdose -- heroin laced with a deadly substance. Now his family and a state lawmaker say not enough is being done to punish those adding a deadly mixture to the illegal drug.
The health department said the new site "provides a convenient, central location in the county for residents to access and a safe indoor space to protect the staff, volunteers, and residents receiving the vaccine from the winter elements."
As the State of Illinois scrambles to keep up with demand for the COVID-19 vaccine, we're looking at how efficiently the counties are putting shots in arms.
Region 4, the Metro East area near St. Louis, is now the only region of the state that has yet to move back to Tier 1 mitigations to resume limited indoor dining.
The first major snowfall of this winter season left enough for people to have to dig out Tuesday night, particularly in the north and northwest suburbs.
"It seems like there's a light, a little bit of a light at the end of the tunnel now with the vaccine."
Debra Mejeur said she searched for Lola for a month when her dog wandered off three years ago, before giving up hope of ever seeing her beloved pet again.
The site, which opened Monday morning, can accommodate about 600 tests per day, and those tests ran out around 4 p.m. on its first day.
As the coronavirus surge raged in Illinois this weekend, we saw more proof that COVID-19 tests are hard to come by.
People started lining up at 5 a.m. at the drive-thru testing site in DuPage County. It opened at 7 a.m., but for the third day in a row they ran out of tests before 9 a.m.
"I would think this far into the pandemic it should be a lot easier."
A DuPage County election just has been arrested and is accused of stealing campaign signs.
CBS 2 started asking questions, and it sparked an internal investigation within the DuPage County Sheriff's Department.
Friday was the first day of no indoor dining in the Chicago suburbs as COVID-19 restrictions are rolled back out, and some businesses are defying the governor's orders.
DuPage County is planning to provide $2.5 million in grants to help keep businesses afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prosecutors claim that in the Chicago suburbs they stopped a scheme to allow voting from beyond the grave.
In DuPage County, the health department recommends remote learning. However, officials are impressed with schools that have been able to stay open, even as COVID cases are rising.
Amid a steep rise on COVID-19 cases, the Highland Park School District in Lake County emailed parents Tuesday saying it is switching to all remote learning.
Timing is crucial when it comes to positive COVID-19 cases and effective contract tracing – and we're learning that means tens of thousands of phone calls at the county level.
The plaintiffs are asking the court to find the changes invalid and in turn, void them, which would force the return of football and other sports.
