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Why your holiday gift returns might go to a landfill and what you can do about it
38+ min ago (541+ words) Returns come with an environmental cost, but there's a lot consumers and companies are doing to minimize it. The holiday season will soon come to a close, but the busiest time of the year for product returns is just beginning....
"Extensive delays" expected on Metra MD-N line during Friday morning commute
45+ min ago (130+ words) December 26, 2025 / 8:00 AM CST / CBS Chicago Metra Milwaukee District North Line trains are running with "extensive delays" to and from Chicago's northern suburbs on Friday morning." Metra said both inbound and outbound MD-N inbound trains were halted near Ingleside due to…...
Naperville Police Arrests for Dec. 19-22
48+ min ago (363+ words) Roundup of recent arrests made by the Naperville Police Department. The following items were taken from Naperville police reports and press releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt: A 40-year-old man from Naperville was arrested on charges…...
Trump says U.S. launches strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria
55+ min ago (38+ words) Strikes against ISIS targets in Nigeria come after President Trump spent weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians. Trump says U.S. launches strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria...
Hit-and-run crash causes SUV to crash into building on Chicago's South Side
2+ hour ago (134+ words) December 26, 2025 / 6:45 AM CST / CBS Chicago Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that caused an SUV to crash into a building in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Thursday night." Police say right before 11:30 p.m., a white SUV was driving in the 900 block…...
Hit-and-run crash causes SUV to crash into building in Auburn Gresham
2+ hour ago (38+ words) Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that caused an SUV to crash into a building in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Thursday night. Hit-and-run crash causes SUV to crash into building in Auburn Gresham...
Geneva commission again denies demolition request for landmarked structure at old Mill Race Inn site
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (1585+ words) Some say it's an eyesore. Others appeal to its history. Some want to see it repurposed, others call for its demolition. But before it became a site for public debates, the limestone structure at 4 E. State St. had many lives, according…...
Recycling company opens distribution center at former Henry Pratt facility in Aurora
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (705+ words) Terracycle, a recycling company, has opened its largest distribution center in the United States in the former Henry Pratt facility in Aurora, the site of a tragic mass shooting in 2019. On Feb. 15, 2019, at the Henry Pratt Co. manufacturing plant in…...
Column: Phil Jackson and Sam Smith give an NBA history lesson — including Chicago Bulls dynasty — in new book
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (1074+ words) The Chicago Bulls dynasty ended 27 years ago, but like any good dynasty the stories live on for generations. And several tales from those glory days are retold in the recent book "Masters of the Game: A Conversational History of the…...
3 Powerball tickets sold in Illinois score $50k each, with hundreds others winning $100
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (367+ words) Check your Powerball tickets, Illinois: You may not have won the $1.87 billion jackpot in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing, but three lucky tickets sold somewhere in the state won $50,000 each, and nearly 400 tickets won cash prizes of at at least $100. It…...