A 60-year-old Park City man was left in critical condition after a wheel detached from a trailer hauling a front loader and struck him while he rode an e-scooter on Route 41's shoulder in Gurnee.
Maple Leaf Foods, based in Lisle, is recalling roughly 12,036 pounds of smoked bacon after federal inspectors found the Canadian-made product entered the U.S. without required reinspection.
Leo Feler filed a federal lawsuit alleging Customs and Border Protection agents violated his Fourth Amendment rights when they raided his Lakeview home without a warrant during Operation Midway Blitz, an operation that left blood on his walls and led to a construction worker's detention.
A coalition of Northbrook residents and business owners is pushing back against a Pulte Homes proposal that would demolish the 67-year-old Meadow Plaza shopping center and replace it with three six-story condo buildings.
Video posted to social media showed water blasting out of manhole covers in the Loop, West Loop and Pilsen during Monday's storms, reviving questions about whether Chicago's sewer system can keep up with heavier rain.
A new inspector general audit finds Chicago's rodent abatement program relies on poison instead of addressing why rats show up in the first place. The report says the city's approach is unlikely to bring the rat population under control.
Investigators discovered unidentified human remains at Busse Woods North in Elk Grove Village while searching for Anthony Richert, a 43-year-old Schaumburg man missing since late June.
Cook County sheriff's investigators say a 30-year-old Chicago man ordered hundreds of high-end fragrances, swapped the bottles for modeling clay, and returned the resealed boxes for refunds in a scheme worth an estimated $250,000.
After graffiti taggers wrecked his community-funded butterfly mural on Milwaukee Avenue, artist James Jankowiak spray-painted his own tag over the damage rather than let the piece stand defaced.
The Rev. Thomas Conde, who led Christ the King in Beverly and St. Christina in Mount Greenwood for 17 years, faces a pending lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a minor decades ago at a Sauk Village parish.
