Jake Griffin
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Interstate 55 reopens near Channahon after tornado damageJul 18, 2024 8:04 am - Interstate 55 is reopen in both directions near Channahon after Monday’s tornadoes downed power lines and destroyed other nearby electrical infrastructure.
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20 tornadoes, including an EF-2, now confirmed during Monday’s stormsJul 17, 2024 10:25 am - National Weather Service survey teams have confirmed at least 20 tornadoes touched down during Monday night’s derecho.
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At least five tornadoes confirmed, thousands still without powerJul 16, 2024 7:15 pm - Thousands of people are still without power after severe storms rolled through the Chicago area late Monday, spawning multiple tornadoes, uprooting trees, downing power lines and killing at least one person in Indiana.
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Glen Ellyn home left uninhabitable after fireJul 16, 2024 3:15 pm - No injuries were reported in a Monday evening fire in Glen Ellyn that left the home on the 100 block of Lambert Avenue uninhabitable.
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13-year-old pinned under car after crashing motorcycle in Hanover ParkJul 16, 2024 11:01 am - A 13-year-old boy suffered minor injuries Monday afternoon when the motorcycle he was illegally riding near the intersection of Olde Salem Road and Taft Circle collided with a car.
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Firefighters extinguish blaze at Warrenville youth detention centerJul 15, 2024 3:16 pm - A multi-alarm fire at a youth detention center in Warrenville has been extinguished by firefighters.
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3 suburban tornadoes Sunday, more Monday nightJul 15, 2024 3:00 pm - Meteorologists at the National Weather Service bureau in Romeoville have confirmed three EF-0 tornadoes, the least damaging types, touched down in the suburbs Sunday evening.
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Driver seriously injured in single-vehicle crash in InvernessJul 15, 2024 9:37 am - A driver sustained serious, but not life-threatening injuries, in a Sunday evening crash in Inverness, authorities said.
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One dead after train collides with car near InglesideJul 15, 2024 8:39 am - One person has died after a Metra commuter train collided with a car near Ingleside today.
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COVID numbers are climbing, but not as rapidly as in other statesJul 12, 2024 9:31 pm - COVID numbers are on the rise again, but public health experts said Illinois isn’t yet seeing the spikes other states are reporting.