Fire leaves home charred in Vernon Hills
CBS Chicago's nonstop news crews saw firefighters working to put out hot spots as smoke billowed from the home.
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CBS Chicago's nonstop news crews saw firefighters working to put out hot spots as smoke billowed from the home.
The house suffered heavy damage and is uninhabitable, the Countryside Fire Protection District said.
A Vernon Hills softball coach will remain behind bars on charges of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl as two more alleged victims came forward, prosecutors said Wednesday.
A Vernon Hills softball coach will remain behind bars on charges of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl as two more alleged victims came forward, prosecutors said Wednesday.
A youth softball coach accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl has been arrested after turning himself in to police in north suburban Vernon Hills.
A youth softball coach accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl has been arrested after turning himself in to police in north suburban Vernon Hills.
A Vernon Hills softball hitting coach is charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl he was training, and police believe he may have fled the state.
A Vernon Hills softball hitting coach is charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl he was training, and police believe he may have fled the state.
A man was arrested after a police chase and a crash following a $100,000 heist in Vernon Hills, Illinois, early Thursday morning.
A man was arrested after a police chase and a crash following a cargo theft in Vernon Hills, Illinois, early Thursday morning.
Police in north suburban Vernon Hills have launched a death investigation, after an 81-year-old woman was found dead following an hours-long SWAT team standoff with her son.
A family-owned toy company in north suburban Vernon Hills played a pivotal role in the surprise Supreme Court ruling Friday that struck down most of President Trump's tariffs.
While skies were blue in much of the area by 7:30 a.m., a new band of lake-effect snow was clobbering the Vernon Hills and Mundelein areas. Jackie Kostek followed the snow band.
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Police are investigating after antisemitic graffiti was spray painted on a synagogue in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
Police are investigating after antisemitic graffiti was spray painted on a synagogue in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
The bird perched itself high above some merchandise, and every time officers tried to catch it, it flew off to another aisle.
One man suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed to an area hospital for treatment, police said.
It happened near the Liquor Barn, located in the Hawthorn Hills Square shopping center, at 700 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Vernon Hills.
Vernon Hill police said just before 9:30 a.m., officers responded to a single-family home in the 400 block of Cherry Valley Road for a report of two people dead inside the residence.
Toxicology tests showed Brissa's blood alcohol level was 0.16 – twice the legal limit for driving – and she had THC in her system.
Brissa Romero had been missing since Dec. 4. Her car was pulled out of the same pond on Monday.
The investigation in the case of missing 17-year-old Brissa Romero now zeroing in on a body of water in Vernon Hills, where the teen's 2008 Nissan rogue was pulled out Monday afternoon. CBS 2's Andrew Ramos reports.
It appeared the cat had been domesticated and had escaped from its owners' yard.
The victim was found underneath the ramp used to onload and offload heavy equipment, according to officials.
