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HARVEY, Ill. — The food service director for an impoverished south suburban school district is accused of stealing $1.5M worth of food – mainly chicken wings – according to court documents reviewed by WGN Investigates. Vera Liddell, 66, worked for Harvey School District 152 for more than a decade, according to a LinkedIn account associated [...]

OAK FOREST, Ill. — A 17-year-old boy is dead after he was shot Saturday afternoon in Oak Forest, according to police. The shooting was reported around 1:20 p.m. in the 15500 block of Cicero Avenue. Read more...

Six students were arrested after what school officials called a “disturbing” fight that broke out Thursday afternoon at Warren Township High School O’Plaine Campus in Gurnee. A Gurnee police school resource officer reported a fight in progress shortly after dismissal around 3:15 p.m. Thursday at Warren Township High School O’Plaine Campus, 500 North O’Plaine Road [...]

BARTLETT, Ill. — Two people were shot while driving Saturday evening in Bartlett, according to police. The shooting happened around 7:40 p.m. on Lake Street near Roma Jean Parkway, according to a news release from the Bartlett Police Department. Read more...

LISLE, Ill. — Two men from Michigan were arrested on weapons charges early Saturday morning in Lisle after police said they were standing outside a gas station with guns. Lisle Police Department officers were called around 2:15 a.m. to the Speedway on Ogden Avenue near the Veterans Memorial Tollway ramp on the report of a [...]

An investigation is underway after company officials said a fire was intentionally set inside the Walmart in Waukegan Sunday evening, forcing the store to temporarily close. The Waukegan Fire Department and Waukegan Police Department responded around 10:30 p.m. Sunday to the Walmart, 3900 Fountain Square Place in Waukegan, for a report of a structure fire. [...]

A legal challenge to the Illinois assault weapons ban will head to court Monday. The McHenry County state's attorney filed a lawsuit arguing that the ban is unconstitutional. Read more...

The McHenry County state’s attorney on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Illinois’ ban on “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines. McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said he filed the suit in McHenry County Circuit Court against House Bill 5471. House Bill 5471, also known as the Protect Illinois Communities Act, bans the [...]

State police are investigating after they say a man pulled a gun during a struggle with police in Waukegan and the gun “discharged,” fatally wounding the man Wednesday afternoon. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 2:11 p.m. Wednesday to the CFSC Currency Exchange, 3200 Grand Avenue in Waukegan. Read more...

About 8:32 p.m., an armed suspect wearing a ski mask walked into Lake Villa Liquors, 102 S. Milwaukee Avenue in Lake Villa, to rob the store, Lake Villa Lieutenant James DeCaro said in a statement. The suspect demanded money before striking the clerk with a handgun, DeCaro said. The clerk complied, and the suspect took [...]