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3 Illinois School Districts Suddenly the Best in America for 2025
This is quite an honor and could be a glimpse into the future as 3 Illinois school districts have suddenly been named the best in America for next year? Hold on. Has someone been playing in the time machine?. This is seriously a very prestigious list. For Niche to name...
Sorry Iowa, America’s Largest Truck Stop Opened in Illinois
I hate to break it to the state of Iowa, but your days of sitting on top of the mountain by having the world's largest truck stop located in your state are going to be over in a little over one week from today. Walcott, Iowa has been the home...
7-Eleven clerk robbed at knifepoint in Park Ridge
PARK RIDGE, Ill. — Police are investigating an armed robbery at a 7-Eleven in Park Ridge overnight. The robbery happened around 1:10 a.m. Friday at a 7-Eleven/Mobile gas station located at 814 Higgins Road. According to police, a man walked into the store and confronted the clerk while displaying a knife. He demanded that the […]
Will County man on pre-trial release for drug offense arrested for fleeing police, crashing car: prosecutors
WOODRIDGE, Ill. - A Will County man was arrested this week after allegedly fleeing from police during a traffic stop in Woodridge. Alexis Alcauter, 22, of Bolingbrook, faces one count of aggravated fleeing and eluding as well as multiple misdemeanor and petty driving offenses, including reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident involving damage to an attended vehicle and unlawful possession of cannabis by a driver, according to prosecutors.
Illinois’ Famous Late Night Haunted Halloween Flea Market
This unique and popular event in Illinois combines the works of Halloween and flea markets into one big fun and scary night. Flea markets are very popular in Illinois. The are many held all the time in our state. Some of those sales are massive and held at fairgrounds. A few of those flea markets have actual themes. Others are famous and a reason for people to visit Illinois.
2 residents removed from Glendale Heights village board meeting after altercation
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, Ill. — Officials from the Village of Glendale Heights said two residents were removed from Thursday’s village board meeting after one of them allegedly assaulted the other. A spokesperson for the village shared an update on Facebook on Friday afternoon detailing the incident. According to officials, the altercation broke out between two residents […]
Ruled to have had hallucination, Lisle babysitter found not guilty of stabbing young girls
Fifty two-year-old Jennifer Kouchoukos of Naperville said she believed the 1 and 4-year-old girls she was watching were spying on her and obeyed an auditory hallucination, according to a psychiatric evaluation accepted by the judge.
Wood Dale man pleads guilty in Bensenville DUI crash that killed stepdaughter last year
A Wood Dale man pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving under the influence, in a crash that killed his stepdaughter last year.Police say Juan Moxthe crashed into a guardrail about 2:30 a.m. Dec. 17, in the 12100-block of West Irving Park Road near O'Hare airport in Bensenville.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchHis vehicle, with three other family members inside, flipped over several times.Jaylene Escamilla, 28, of Addison was thrown from the vehicle, and died.The two other people in the car, a 50-year-old woman, Moxthe's wife, and a 30-year-old man, Escamilla's husband, were treated by paramedics at the scene, police said.Moxthe, seriously injured in the crash, was initially taken to a hospital.Moxthe was allegedly driving with a 0.12 BAC level, which is over the legal limit of 0.08, authorities said.They had been drinking at a Rosemont bar to celebrate Escamilla's birthday. Escamilla would have turned 29 the next day, ABC7 Chicago news partner the Daily Herald reported.Moxthe pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI causing death.He could be sentenced to probation or up to 14 years in prison. He remains free on pretrial release while awaiting sentencing.He's next due in court Nov. 13.
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