Two former Wheaton College football teammates drowned in Lake Michigan over the weekend, including one who also played at Yorkville High and was a coach and mentor in the area and newly married.

A DuPage County judge allowed the pretrial release of a Plainfield man charged with using a racist slur against a Black child and it was not the first time he called someone that slur, prosecutors said.

The Chicago Bears announced Friday that its board of directors voted to advance its stadium project in Hammond, Indiana. However, two Illinois lawmakers confirmed to Capitol News Illinois that any talk of the Bears leaving the state is premature

A teenage boy was injured in a shooting Tuesday morning at a Carol Stream home, police said

A Warrenville man has died from his injuries after crashing his motorcycle Saturday evening along Route 14 in Crystal Lake, officials report.

A Creston woman who was sentenced in March to five years in prison for causing a 2022 fatal crash that claimed the life of an Addison man has filed motions to withdraw her guilty plea and have her sentence reconsidered.

Illinois lawmakers took a major step toward keeping the Chicago Bears from moving to Indiana on Wednesday night. The Illinois House passed a Bears-backed megaprojects bill by a 78-32 vote that would help the team build a new stadium in Arlington Heights

The Illinois State Board of Elections released final vote totals Friday in the March 17 primary. Here are the results for DuPage and suburban Cook county races.

Beginning Wednesday, traffic in both directions on I-355 between 127th Street and International Parkway is scheduled to begin shifting lanes.

A man has died after being struck by a Metra train in Geneva early Thursday.

A person was killed Tuesday afternoon in a crane accident at a business in Carol Stream

Winds gusts could reach 60 mph with possibility of half-dollar size hail, the National Weather Service said.

James “Jimmy” Gracey, a college student from Elmhurst who was found dead after going missing while in Barcelona on a break, was likely the victim of an accident, Spanish regional police said Friday.

The body of James “Jimmy” Gracey, a 20-year-old college student from Elmhurst, was found Thursday in the water off a Barcelona beach, police in Spain said.

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, edging out two sitting members of the U.S. House. in a race that will see her facing Republican Don Tracy in November.

The polls have closed. Here are live March 2026 primary election results for DuPage County. Tallies will be updated as county clerks update their websites.

Benet lost to Marist in the IHSA Class 4A boys basketball state championship game Saturday night in the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign.

Residents around the Joliet area should look out for large size hail and hail damage and wind speeds gusting up to 60 mph.