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Downers Grove Bank Robbed By Man In Construction Costume
A man in a construction costume robbed a bank Wednesday in west suburban Downers Grove.
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A man in a construction costume robbed a bank Wednesday in west suburban Downers Grove.
A west suburban bus driver was arrested after passing an inappropriate note to a young girl on his bus route.
A man died Tuesday morning when he was struck by a Metra train as he was crossing the tracks in Downers Grove.
A Downers Grove teenager with autism and a fear of fires was able to overcome those difficulties to warn his mother about a fire in their home over the weekend.
A man from Downers Grove was sentenced Friday to life in prison for conspiring with a Naperville man to murder a federal prosecutor and a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent.
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Firefighters spent almost three hours putting out a fire that erupted at a two-story brick office building early Monday in west suburban Downers Grove.
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A woman is dead after being hit by a freight train while trying to walk around a stalled Metra train Wednesday evening in west suburban Downers Grove.
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More than two dozen police officers spent several hours on Thursday searching for a burglary suspect, but the manhunt came up empty.
A natural gas main broke Wednesay in west suburban Downers Grove, resulting in a road closure and the voluntary evacuation of four homes.
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The FDA said its study better simulated how commercial milk processing kills the bird flu virus, H5N1.
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The Fresh Market already has stores in Crystal Lake, Geneva, Lake Forest, and Wilmette.
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The first shooting took place on the inbound Stevenson Expressway near Halsted Street.
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The former University of Illinois football player had been hired at Aunt Martha's despite having a criminal conviction on his record.
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The gas hike approved in November was the largest gas utility rate hike in Illinois history.
A day after the fire, residents still could not get back into the building at 1852 W. Palm Dr., near Golf Road in the Orion ParkView Apartments complex.
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Chennedy Carter scored six of her season-high 26 points in the final 92 seconds, rookie Angel Reese recorded her 11th consecutive double-double just before being named to the All-Star roster, and the Chicago Sky beat the Atlanta Dream 85-77.
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Police said two men got into a fight at the Halsted stop on the Orange Line around 12:20 p.m., and during the fight a 44-year-old man was shot in the foot.
Body camera footage showed police getting out of their car and witnessing a fight between two men. Officers fired at the person they said had a knife.
The woman was stopped after allegedly driving at over 100 miles per hour and tried to escape from handcuffs after being arrested.
Police had only vague descriptions of the thieves, who were both wearing hoodies and masks.
The victims were in an alley behind the 8900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when someone shot them both, police said.