Chicago man charged with DUI in deadly crash on Stevenson Expressway
A Chicago man has been charged with drunk driving in a crash that killed a passenger in his SUV on the Stevenson Expressway over the weekend.
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A Chicago man has been charged with drunk driving in a crash that killed a passenger in his SUV on the Stevenson Expressway over the weekend.
A woman was killed early Sunday in a crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive near the Stevenson Expressway.
A Pace bus and three other vehicles were involved in a crash on I-55 in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook early Tuesday.
A suspect in a deadly stabbing was apprehended early Sunday morning following a pursuit from Cicero that ended up on Chicago's Far South Side.
All but one lane of the southbound Stevenson Expressway was blocked during the Tuesday afternoon rush, after a semi-trailer truck caught fire.
Roxanne Kovalchuk was heading to work when the boulder came through and shattered into three pieces in the passenger seat, back seat, and trunk of her SUV.
A chunk of falling concrete broke through the windshield of an SUV on Friday afternoon, injuring a driver on the Stevenson Expressway near the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
Bowen Zhang, 29, was charged in the alleged road rage shooting on northbound I-55 on Wednesday, Illinois State Police said.
The ATV driver was going northbound in the southbound lanes near Black Road when the driver crashed into another car.
State police said troopers tried to safely stop the operator when it became involved in a crash with a car on I-55 southbound north of Black Road.
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Hodgkins police said lanes are open in both directions, but expect slower traffic times.
Video from the scene showed the car fully engulfed in flames with smoke billowing from it in the outbound lanes near Kedzie Avenue around 3 a.m.
Illinois State Police said the semi truck rolled over on County Line Road just after 6 a.m. ISP said the crash caused a low-level Hazmat spill that has been contained.
Ramps from both directors of the Dan Ryan feed and merge onto the outbound Stevenson, making for traffic jams in multiple directions.
Only one lane was open at 5 p.m. on the outbound Stevenson (I-55) at Halsted Street, just past the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-90/94) merge. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Illinois State Police said, around 9:15 a.m., a semi-tractor trailer overturned in the northbound lanes of Interstate 55 near Bolingbrook.
The shooting happened in the inbound lanes of the expressway near Central Avenue around 5:30 p.m.
Investigators were seen walking along the expressway with a flashlight looking for evidence late Wednesday.
Angel Reyes, 24, of Lyons, was arrested by the ISP Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 and charged with one count of first-degree murder.
The crash, which left a motorcyclist with severe injuries, took place around 2 a.m.
In the Mobile Weather Lab, Noel Brennan saw the aftermath of a crash involving a sport-utility vehicle and a semi-trailer truck on the Tri-State Tollway.
Video showed the car involved in the crash wrapped around a pole.
One victim was taken to an area hospital with injuries, though police did not specify what those injuries were.
Around 6:15 Wednesday night. Illinois State Police said people in two cars were shooting at each other.
A murder in Chicago's most affluent suburb happened 60 years ago, long before anyone had ever heard the phrase "cold case." Today, it's one of the coldest cases in the Chicago area.
Officers shot a man while responding to a domestic disturbance on Wednesday afternoon in northwest suburban Des Plaines, police said.
The parents of a man who was killed after being pushed out of a moving CTA Red Line train were speaking out on Wednesday about their devastating loss.
People who use some CTA station Park & Ride lots have raised concerns over what they say are recent overcharges.
Frankfort Mayor Keith Ogle said they started planning the vigil after the tragedies within the past week.
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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit over the use of a controversial data system to review state voter rolls.
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Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
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The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
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A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
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The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest, including a warm and dry weekend ahead, in First Alert Weather.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is welcoming a record-breaking class for the 2026 fall semester.
Flight data recorder information indicates the pilots of an Amazon cargo plane might have attempted to abort the landing moments before a crash at Miami International Airport.
A murder in Chicago's most affluent suburb happened 60 years ago, long before anyone had ever heard the phrase "cold case." Today, it's one of the coldest cases in the Chicago area.
Officers shot a man while responding to a domestic disturbance on Wednesday afternoon in northwest suburban Des Plaines, police said.
The family of a woman who has been missing since a car lost control and went into the Little Calumet River said her body has been found.
Frankfort Mayor Keith Ogle said they started planning the vigil after the tragedies within the past week.
The Chicago Department of Aviation is holding a contest to name a boulder found under O'Hare International Airport during construction work.
A murder in Chicago's most affluent suburb happened 60 years ago, long before anyone had ever heard the phrase "cold case." Today, it's one of the coldest cases in the Chicago area.
Officers shot a man while responding to a domestic disturbance on Wednesday afternoon in northwest suburban Des Plaines, police said.
Several lawsuits are challenging Illinois' medical aid in dying law that is set to take effect on Sept. 12, including one in federal court arguing the law discriminates against people with disabilities.
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The parents of a man who was killed after being pushed out of a moving CTA Red Line train were speaking out on Wednesday about their devastating loss.
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