Flossmoor names next police chief, temporary director of police services

Flossmoor has appointed a successor to former police Chief Jerel Jones, who alleged he was fired this spring due to racial discrimination. Carl Estelle, the special events administrator for Country Club Hills, will begin the new position of director of police services in Flossmoor July 29, to eventually transition into police chief once he becomes […]

Residents evacuated after ‘severe’ fire at Illinois Youth Center-Warrenville, located in unincorporated Naperville

A three-alarm fire forced the evacuation Monday of the Illinois Youth Center-Warrenville in unincorporated Naperville, according to authorities. Warrenville Fire Protection District Fire Chief Andrew Dina called the fire at the 30 W. 200 Ferry Road residential facility “severe” and confirmed that one center employee required hospital treatment.