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A tow truck carries away the car that authorities say was involved in a crash that killed one highway worker and left two others injured on the southbound I-294 near Devon Avenue in Des Plaines on May 30, 2026. The accident happened when a driver struck the three tollway workers while they were fixing potholes in the early-morning hours on Saturday. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Prosecutors: Berwyn man sped toward tollway workers seconds before deadly crash

June 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A Berwyn man has been charged with a felony in connection to the weekend crash that left an Illinois Tollway maintenance worker dead and injured two others.

A tow truck carries away the car involved in a fatal crash that left two highway tollway workers injured and one dead on the southbound I-294 freeway near Devon Avenue in Des Plaines on Saturday, May, 30, 2026. The accident happened when a driver struck the three tollway workers while they were fixing potholes in the early morning hours on Saturday. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Berwyn man charged with aggravated DUI in weekend crash that killed tollway worker

June 4, 2026 at 4:16 p.m.

A Berwyn man has been charged with a felony in connection to the weekend crash that left an Illinois Tollway maintenance worker dead and injured two others.

Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman in an undated photo. (Family photo)

Loyola slaying suspect facing new charge for having jail shank

May 29, 2026 at 3:22 p.m.

The man accused of fatally shooting Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman is facing new charges after Cook County jail staff found him with a shank, the sheriff’s office announced.

Firefighters battle a fire in the 5000 block of South Campbell Avenue which engulfed multiple properties, May 28, 2026 in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood. (Peter Tsai/baiduhai)

Cops: Man dies in extra-alarm fire he set in Gage Park home

May 29, 2026 at 7:20 a.m.

A man has died after starting an extra-alarm fire in the city’s Gage Park neighborhood, authorities said.

Rogers Park man pulled from Lake Michigan in Lincoln Park

May 28, 2026 at 8:20 p.m.

Police are investigating after a man was pulled from the water near Belmont Harbor in Lincoln Park Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

Boy, 13, dies week after he was shot in South Chicago

May 28, 2026 at 8:28 p.m.

A 13-year-old boy critically injured in a shooting in the city’s South Chicago neighborhood last week has succumbed to his injuries.

FBI agents process evidence on Lexington Street near Independence Boulevard in Chicago after an agent-involved shooting on May 28, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

One person dead following Garfield Park shooting involving FBI agent

May 28, 2026 at 7:40 p.m.

The FBI is investigating after an agent-involved shooting on the city’s West Side Thursday afternoon left one person dead, authorities said.

A memorial has grown for 17-year-old Pedro Ramírez, who was fatally shot Tuesday. The memorial, seen here on May 28, 2026, was near the spot in the 1300 block of West 51st Street in Chicago where the teen was hit with a bullet. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Police release man without charges in New City shooting that left Tilden honor roll student dead

May 28, 2026 at 9:26 p.m.

Pedro Ramirez, 17, was shot early Tuesday morning in a triple shooting that also left two other men wounded in the New City neighborhood.

CTA driver in critical condition and several passengers injured after two buses collide in Garfield Park

May 28, 2026 at 7:34 a.m.

A traffic crash involving two Chicago Transit Authority buses in Garfield Park Wednesday night left a CTA driver critically wounded and several other commuters injured, authorities said.

Person of interest in custody after teen fatally wounded in triple shooting on Southwest Side: police

May 26, 2026 at 8:03 p.m.

A teenager was fatally shot in a triple shooting on the city’s Southwest Side Tuesday morning that left two others critically injured, police said.

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