Jim Gudas

An extra-alarm fire engulfed a company that makes cabinets and countertops in far-southwest suburban New Lenox Thursday. The fire was at the Tri-Star Cabinet and Top Company, which is located on South Cedar Road near East Illinois Highway.

The vaccine that’s helped protect millions of people worldwide from the COVID-19 virus and its variants would not have been possible without research done in the Chicago area at Northwestern University.

Recently, WBBM shared the story of a store on Chicago’s Northwest Side that specializes in a wide variety of horror merchandise as part of our “Made in Chicago” series. Now, the owners say they’re being forced to move.

The mother of an Elgin High School student who was fatally shot Sunday night on his way to a concert at the United Center is speaking out, as police continue looking for those responsible for the killing.

Deputy Chief Joe Schwab of the East Dundee Fire Protection District said it happened at Al Piemonte Chevrolet on Dundee Avenue, south of Main Street. The worker might have suffered an electric shock, he said.

When Marvel and Disney were looking for a very special skeleton, they turned to a couple from southwest suburban Plainfield known for their impressive Halloween displays.

With election day next Tuesday, campaign yard signs seem to be everywhere. Even though nearly all of them can be recycled, many will end up in landfills.

Police in Naperville say they have questioned one teen as a person of interest in connection with the shooting of another teen Monday night. Police Commander Rick Krakow said it began when two males had a dispute in the 100 block of Testa Drive.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s newly picked Chicago Board of Education president has been in that post for less than a week, but he’s already facing criticism from some city council members about what they called anti-semitic posts on social media.

Father Sam Joutras is the associate pastor of St. Rita of Cascia Church at 63rd Street and Fairfield Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, where the relics will be on display through Monday morning, Nov. 4.