Michelle Gallardo

New stormwater storage tanks are almost complete on Le Moyne Street in Austin, Chicago in an effort to reduce West Side flooding.

New stormwater storage tanks are almost complete on Le Moyne Street in Austin, Chicago in an effort to reduce West Side flooding.

An 8-year-old girl was killed after being struck by lightning last week, the LaSalle County Coroner's Office said.

Residents say a foul smell'like rotten eggs' is pervading the area amid a nearly full Chicago-area Thornton, Illinois reservoir.

The Thornton reservoir has been in operation for 11 years, but residents say a persistent smell of raw sewage continues to spread through the village when heavy rain combines with heat, sometimes lingering for days.

Officers were responding to reports of up to 25 vehicles doing donuts in the street.

The case has sparked concern among residents and community activists.

A woman is searching for children who rushed to help after her mother's heart attack on 80th Avenue in Frankfort, saying 'they're little heroes.'

A woman is searching for children who rushed to help after her mother's heart attack on 80th Avenue in Frankfort, saying 'they're little heroes.'

Lucas Bradshaw's family sued Amazon and others after driver Shawn Akison crashed into a school bus in LaPorte County, Indiana, causing a brain injury.