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Monday, July 27, 2026

Severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings in effect across Chicago region, weather service says

Weather officials issued tornado warnings in Cook and DuPage counties, as well as severe thunderstorm, hazardous heat and flash flood warnings across the Chicago area on Monday.

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Suspect arrested in Highland Park shooting

The man, whose identity has not been released, will remain in jail in Indiana on local charges until he can be extradited to Illinois, Highland Park officials said.

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17-year-old killed, 2 hurt in Barrington Hills crash: ‘A huge loss’

An early morning rollover car crash in Barrington Hills killed one and injured two, police said.

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After arrest in 2005 infant’s death, woman who buried him wonders if Safe Haven law would have saved him

Rest in His Arms, a nonprofit founded in 2005, has organized the burials of more than 50 abandoned infants in the last 21 years.

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Antioch again delays proposed Veterans Memorial site decision: ‘They keep moving the goalposts’

The contentious June 22 meeting featured a trustee walking out, verbal broadsides on former members of the veterans committee, and eventually making stipulations for funding and engineering.

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Vernon Hills toy manufacturer sues Trump administration again over new round of tariffs

Learning Resources, the Vernon Hills toymaker that successfully brought down the Trump administration’s 2025 tariffs in a seminal Supreme Court decision, is once again suing the federal government over its latest round of sweeping global tariffs.

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3 charged with setting fire that gutted Beach Park bar: ‘An incredibly dangerous crime that put firefighters … at significant risk’

Police and firefighters responded to the bar at 37895 Sheridan Road at around 5:55 a.m. on July 17 for a fire that caused “catastrophic” damage to the structure, authorities said.

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Lake County students to receive backpacks, school supplies: ‘Ensuring children have the tools they need to succeed’

The Rev. Lee Zachary Maxey, the pastor, said the church has held its back-to-school party every year since 2011.

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$5M interior upgrades at Hawthorn mall part of broader reinvestment: ‘Investing in an experience’

New restaurants, luxury apartments and street-level retailers have replaced anchor stores and parking lots in recent years as a sweeping transformation of the Hawthorn mall property in Vernon Hills continues.

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