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A federal judge on Friday overturned Illinois' ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that strictly interpret the Second Amendment right to keep and bear firearms. Read More

A wrong-way driver spurred a fatal crash overnight that killed herself and injured several others on Lake Shore Drive in the Hyde Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 3:10 a.m. Saturday, ... Read More

A wrong-way crash on Lake Shore Drive near Hyde Park early Saturday morning left one person dead and several others seriously injured. Read More

Privately held, Panduit in 2010 relocated its global headquarters from the Ridgeland location to a site south of Interstate 80 and east of 80th Avenue in Tinley Park. The company still maintains a ... Read More

Illinois' ban on semiautomatic weapons has been overturned ... to the 2022 Independence Day shooting at a parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. McGlynn's order doesn't take effect for 30 days ... Read More

Ben, Kirk Herbstreit's certified emotional support animal, had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. Audiences grew to love the 10-year-old golden retriever who appeared on TV with his owner. Read More

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - A federal judge on Friday overturned ... to the 2022 Independence Day shooting at a parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. McGlynn's order doesn't take effect for 30 ... Read More

SPARTA, Wis. (WKBT) -- An Illinois man faces homicide charges after a September crash that killed one person. Shane Slater, 47, of Freeport, Illinois faces four felonies including 1st degree reckless ... Read More

Two people were arrested on I-55 after fleeing Illinois State Police in a vehicle linked to a Chicago homicide. Read More

A large police presence was reported on Interstate 55 after police say a vehicle wanted in connection with a homicide in Chicago fled from officers trying to stop it on the highway. Read More

CHANNAHON, Ill. (WLS) -- There is a large police presence on Interstate 55 in the south suburbs on Friday afternoon. The Posen police chief told ABC7 that a tow truck driver was driving through Posen ... Read More

The 32-year-old rapper, whose birth name is Durk Devontay Banks, has been charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of use of interstate facilities to commit ... his sister and his cousin, ... Read More

A driver was arrested after leading police on a chase in a stolen vehicle, which ended when the vehicle crashed in Venice. Read More

A pedestrian has been struck and killed by a Metra train on the city's North Side. The accident involving Metra UP-N train No. 305 happened just after 6 a.m. Friday near Clybourn. Metra has confirmed ... Read More

The electric vehicle made in Normal, Illinois, is opening its second store in the Chicago area Friday at Old Orchard Mall. I used that as an opportunity to test drive an EV for the first time. Why it ... Read More

Few details are available, but the westbound lanes of Route 161 are closed between Sunbury Road and Interstate 270. Drivers coming in from New Albany / Newark will not be able to ac ... Read More

As anticipated rains have caused the Gasconade River to swell at Jerome, Mo. The water rose over I-44 near 163 mile marker and 2:30 p.m. Read More

According to our digital content partner KARK, Highway 67 changed its designation to Interstate 57 on Thursday, Nov. 7. The road from North Little Rock to Walnut Ridge will soon connect to a 400-mile ... Read More

An Illinois State trooper was hit Monday on Interstate 57 while investigating an accident. The trooper's marked squad car was parked on the right shoulder of northbound I-57 near 108th Street with its ... Read More