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FRANKFORT, IL – Next Sunday, Frankfort will host a day of festivities to celebrate a unique occurrence that happens just once in a century. The date corresponds with Frankfort’s ZIP Code, 60423, or 6-04-23. The Village, in partnership with local organizations, has planned a free, community-wide event at Breidert Green in downtown Frankfort.

After hearing about the Park Forest car accident that killed an elderly Steger couple, Yulita Arias said she wasn’t surprised. Arias, who lives off 26th and Allegheny streets where the May 18 crash occurred, said she’s nervous to pull out onto 26th Street when leaving her neighborhood. “They do drive kind of fast,” Arias said. Oscar Hamer, 71, and his wife, Victoria, 69, were killed after a ...

Father James Hyland of Most Holy Redeemer Church joins Lisa Dent to explain why the parish’s 46th annual carnival was cancelled and why security was just one of the factors that went into the decision. Follow The Lisa Dent Show on Twitter:Follow @LisaDentSpeaksFollow @SteveBertrand Follow @kpowell720 Follow @maryvandeveldeFollow @LaurenLapka

*Warning: This story could be disturbing for some readers.* HAMMOND, Ind. — After 18 years of effort, the FBI has still not found many answers regarding the 2005 murder of a Hoosier teenager.  So, they are doubling the reward for information that could solve this crime. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now offering $20,000 […] The post FBI Still Looking for Killer, Raises Reward appeared first on WIBC 93.1 FM — Indy's Mobile News.

An Oak Lawn jewelry store owner robbed at gun point has released video showing the moment the thieves walked into his store Monday.

TINLEY PARK (CBS) – Law enforcement is hoping to avoid a repeat of when hundreds of teens caused chaos at a festival last weekend in Tinley Park.CBS 2's Jermont Terry spoke to leaders there about the lessons learned.Last weekend, the teen takeover made its way from downtown Chicago to the southwest suburbs. Tinley Park police were caught off guard when nearly 400 youngsters took over a carnival in flash mob fashion."I personally don't consider it flash mobs," said Tinley Park Mayor Michael Glotz. "I just consider it causing chaos."It was chaos that left many attending the carnival in fear. Officers...

On Thursday at approximately 6:00PM. LaSalle County deputies located an abandoned vehicle in the Otter Creek Township area. The vehicle is related to a missing person’s investigation from the Joliet Police Department. 63 year old Amos D. Morgan, of Joliet, was reported missing two weeks ago. Amos was last seen in the Streator area on May 10th.

TINLEY PARK, Ill. (CBS) --  Pop icon Janet Jackson will perform live tonight in Tinley Park.She'll take the stage with Ludacris at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater in celebration of 50 years since the beginning of her career. The show starts tonight at 7:45 p.m.Tickets are still on sale and start at $114.

Just a block from downtown Plainfield there's tubing on the DuPage River. The outdoor activity starts back up today with Plainfield River Tubing.

The following items were taken from area police department reports and releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt. Hinsdale Theft An unknown suspect stole the catalytic converter from a victim’s car in the Hinsdale Hospital parking garage sometime between 6:45 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. May 13. The theft was reported on May 16. DUI Jose Soto, 31, of the 3100 block of Armitage Avenue, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- It's not only travel season, but also graduation season.Thousands of talented students will be walking the stage as the Class of 2023, but CBS 2 wanted to highlight one amazing grad.Hailey Love, viola player and valedictorian of Southland College Prep Charter School in Richton Park. She did it all despite overcoming moments of homelessness and medical issues during high school."It means a lot. I've been through a lot in the last four years, both academically and in my home life. So being a valedictorian is something that I'm very proud of," Love said.She added "I've been through some...

CHICAGO - A 17-year-old boy was shot while opening his front door in the southwest suburbs Friday night. Police say the victim was at his residence in the 9700 block of South Merrill Lane just west of South Kedzie Avenue around 10:30 p.m. when the shooting occurred. The victim opened...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Senior Charlise Carr is going out as a winner. The U-High co-captain scored six minutes into overtime to lead the Pioneers to a 1-0 win over Rock Island Alleman in the class 1A girls soccer state title game in Naperville Saturday night. The win gives the Pioneers their first ever girls […]

After the recent teen chaos that occurred during a Tinley Town carnival, Chicago Ridge Mayor announced the Chicago Ridgefest scheduled for July 28th - July 30th will be canceled.

SOUTH BEND — A Sauk Village, Ill., man found guilty in March of the October 2022 gang-related murders at the Waterford Glen Apartments in South Bend was sentenced to 75 years in prison after a bench trial before St. Joseph Superior Court Judge John Marnocha. On Wednesday, Marnocha sentenced...

Omuiri Jones Brown was shot outside his home in Matteson around 6 p.m. Thursday evening, Police Chief Mike Jones. A 20-year-old victim was injured in the same shooting that happened during a fight in the neighborhood. Jones called on legislators to evaluate gun violence in Chicago-area communities.

Firefighters from several fire departments battled the blaze in for hours, fire officials said.

CHICAGO — A woman who works for a contractor at the Cook County jail tried to smuggle drug-soaked papers into the facility so they could be cut up and sold to inmates, officials said Friday. She is the third person to face felony charges recently for allegedly trying to bring saturated papers into the facility.

Illinois - In a striking transformation of legislative intent, House Bill 3743, originally proposed to address the cosmetic disease Alopecia, evolved into a real estate directive for the transfer of state-owned land. This revised bill recently passed both the Senate and the House, signifying a dramatic change in its original purpose.

A Mexican wolf puppy will emerge from his den in the coming weeks at Brookfield Zoo. The other six are now living in the wild.