A Merrillville woman was charged Thursday with killing her brother. A witness said it was an “accident” on her birthday. Myriah “Yaya” Stokes, 20, is charged with reckless homicide and criminal recklessness. She hasn’t been apprehended and is ordered held on a $3,500 cash bond.
Westmoor 5th-grader Anthony Pace demonstrated that he not only knows his way around the stock market but also how to write about it.
A Chicago woman is facing charges after she admitted speeding just before slamming into a tree near Cedar Lake. Her kids weren’t wearing seat belts. Maria Melchor, 42, was charged Thursday with five counts of neglect and three counts of misdemeanor reckless driving. She hasn’t been apprehended and is ordered held on a $6,000 cash bond. She, a man and two kids were taken to the hospital. Melchor and her daughter, 10, had the most serious injuries. Police responded around 12 p.m. Sept 23, 2023 to the 14000 block of State Line Road, just inside the Indiana state line. Melchor […]
Restaurateurs Kadir and Serah Cicek of Mount Prospect opened EATACO in downtown Northbrook in July of 2019.
Gary Schaefer, who died Aug. 23, opened Gario’s Pizza Villa in Montgomery back in 1963, and later helped many others open pizzerias in the Fox Valley.
The Naperville Riverwalk that delights residents and visitors today wasn’t always such a scenic route. Before it was built, the DuPage River was home to salt piles, an old gasoline station, storage tanks and parking lots.
A Lake County judge accepted former Lake County Councilman Jamal Washington’s plea deal Friday — which allowed him to avoid prison for attacking former Gary City Councilwoman LaVetta Sparks-Wade. It was his third domestic violence-related case between 2015 and 2019.
Indiana Dunes National Park Superintendent Jason Taylor has been here only since June but is already forming ideas on improving the visitor experience. Taylor’s priorities include “ensuring we have a world class national park visitor center experience,” he said.
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Des Plaines and a city police officer over the fatal 2023 shooting of an ax-wielding man.
Chicago attorney Jim Nagle is a visionary for preserving history. Originally from Elmhurst, Illinois, Nagle is also a real estate developer who has been watching the latest transformation of downtown Hammond.