Woodridge Food Pantry Expanding Hours, Seeking Donations To Assist Residents Impacted By Tornado
They are also accepting donations of household items and food.
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They are also accepting donations of household items and food.
Volunteers will provide food, water, shelter and support. The shelter is open overnight.
Coming up on 24 hours after an EF-3 tornado touched ground in the western suburbs, the cleanup was nonstop – and the work was more than cut out. In Woodridge, there were piles of tree debris lying six feet high – but also neighbors looking to speed up the recovery.
The tornado toppled trees, destroyed homes, ripped down power lines and even caused some small fires in the area around Woodridge Drive and Jonquil Lane.
CBS 2 had a team of journalists in the field on Monday morning, and they captured these images
"House can be a replaced. Things. People can't be replaced."
At one point during the storm, more than 33,000 people were impacted by outages.
Residents in the southwest suburbs are waking up to extensive damage after a tornado touched down in Naperville and Woodridge overnight.
Overpasses in The Loop remain flooded as well as on expressways.
Police in Woodridge were searching Monday for a man who grabbed a woman and pulled her pants down this past weekend.
Residents were displaced after a massive apartment fire in southwest suburban Woodridge early Friday morning.
Woodridge police are investigating after a 15-year-old boy was fatally struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross 75th Street.
Three students from Woodridge School District 68 are accused of wearing blackface and making racist social media videos on TikTok.
A witness to an armed carjacking followed the suspects, only to eventually have his own car stolen by the same offenders.
Police in Woodridge caught two shoplifting suspects, but were still searching for three more Tuesday afternoon, after the suspects allegedly hit a police car as they fled the scene.
A three-story home in the western suburbs went up in flames late Monday evening, injuring one person inside.
"All of a sudden there's a cop at my shoulder practically yelling at me, throwing me up against the seat, handcuffing me."
In light of the murder of a pregnant woman by her husband in Woodridge, a domestic violence expert said victims need a safe escape plan.
A man fatally shot his pregnant wife and critically wounded another person before turning the gun on himself Monday night in Woodridge.
Neighbors said children in the home might have seen and heard everything.
The robbery happened at 4:07 p.m. at the Fifth Third Bank branch at 2353 63rd St., according to FBI spokesman Garrett Croon. No weapon was shown during the robbery.
Police cars are a rare sight inside the Seven Bridges Golf Club in Woodridge.
Officers were called at 7:47 p.m. for reports of gunshots in the 7600 block of Orchard Lane, according to a statement from Woodridge police.
Firefighters are still on the scene of an extra alarm fire that destroyed a furniture warehouse in the western suburbs last night.
Crews from neighboring suburbs were called about 6 p.m. to assist with the blaze at The RoomPlace, 2501 Internationale Parkway in Woodridge.
