Aurora police continue to investigate a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred Monday evening on Aurora’s Near West Side.

Police in DuPage County said the man who killed a 16-year-old girl in 1976 may be responsible for several other murders in Chicago’s suburbs. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A man who police believe is responsible for the 1976 killing of a 16-year-old girl in a Chicago suburb may also be linked to 12 other murders and nine rapes around the area. The Chicago Tribune reports investigators have received more than 70 tips since they announced Monday that they believe Bruce Lindahl killed Pamela Mauer in DuPage County in…

Police just outside Chicago believe they have solved the murder of a 16-year-old girl who was strangled in 1976 – and her killer may be responsible for several other murders in Chicago’s suburbs. NBC 5’s Dick Johnson reports.

Police just outside Chicago believe they have solved the murder of a 16-year-old girl who was strangled in 1976 – and her killer may be responsible for several other murders in Chicago’s suburbs. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has the latest.

Suburban authorities details how they solved a 1976 cold case murder, but now the man behind it is suspected in several other cases.

Police just outside Chicago believe they have solved the murder of a 16-year-old girl who was strangled in 1976 – and her killer may be responsible for several other murders in Chicago’s suburbs. Police say the very break that solved the decades-old cold case is now being used to investigate multiple unsolved murders around Chicago. Officers from numerous suburban departments…

Many in Aurora are mourning the loss of 21-year-old Miguel Villalon, whom they say was living out his dream to serve his country. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has the details.

One of two U.S. service members who was killed by a roadside bomb Saturday in Afghanistan graduated from East Aurora High School, according to Aurora city officials. Miguel Villalon, 21, died when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device, according to Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, although Villalon’s death had yet to be confirmed by the Pentagon Saturday night. The...

A 52-year-old Aurora man speaks out after a holiday trip to visit family in Mexico results in a violent and likely targeted ambush the day before Christmas.

A 52-year-old Aurora man speaks out after a holiday trip to visit family in Mexico results in a violent and likely targeted ambush the day before Christmas.

An Aurora man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for a 2017 shootout with police officers in the west suburb. Jorge L. Guzman, 24, agreed to the sentence Dec. 27 in exchange for a guilty plea to two felony counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm at a peace officer, according to a statement from the Kane County…

For more than 20 years, Greg Zanis has traveled across the U.S. to place crosses at some of the most heartbreaking scenes the nation has faced, but now he’s retiring. NBC 5’s Chris Hush has the story.

For decades, Greg Zanis has
been traveling across the U.S. to place crosses at some of the most
heartbreaking scenes the nation has faced. But 27,000 crosses later, the Aurora, Illinois native has given up the job that gave him a grim but powerful purpose for so many years.

A father and daughter from west suburban Aurora and an 81-year-old relative who were recently ambushed in Mexico while traveling to visit family for Christmas were likely targeted, the family’s attorney said. Jose Luis Gutierrez, 52, a gardener, was shot twice by unknown attackers and left on the side of the road in Zacatecas, which is northwest of Mexico City….

A father and daughter from west suburban Aurora, outside of Chicago, and an 85-year-old relative were recently ambushed at a rest stop in Mexico while traveling to visit family for Christmas, family members said. Sandra Torres reports.

Video shows a Colorado police officer in uniform and on duty, passed out in his car with a blood alcohol level of .45, authorities say. He was never charged with a crime. KUSA’s Noel Brennan reports.

A group of men is being forced from their home in a decision their attorney calls cruel and unconstitutional, but the city says it’s a criminal matter. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has the story.

A 20-year-old man killed Sunday in a shooting in Aurora survived a gunshot wound when he was 3 years old, according to media report. Juanya Booker, of Montgomery, was among five adults shot early Sunday at a home in the 700 block of South 5th Street, Aurora police said. Booker was pronounced dead after the shooting, according to police spokesman…

One of the largest food pantries in the Chicago area is bracing to serve more people if the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) becomes a reality. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.