Glendale Heights

A Michigan couple returned to DuPage County Saturday to reunite with their beloved dog more than years after she disappeared while on a family trip. In Oct. 2017, Debra Mejeur and her husband were visiting friends in Elk Grove Village when Lola, who is Mejeur’s service dog, escaped from their friends’ fenced in backyard. “I was completely devastated,” Mejeur recounted….

Seventy local businesses met Thursday night, agreeing to keep serving customers indoors despite a new state order, a Bradley restaurant owner said. Thomas Spellman, owner of Hoppy Pig, said his restaurant will continue serving patrons inside, defying Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new order on some regions to cease indoor dining to lessen the spread of the coronavirus. “We have families....

A restaurant owner in Bradley, Illinois, said 70 area business owners met Thursday night and agreed to keep serving customers inside their establishments, despite the state’s order that some counties stop indoor service to slow the coronavirus. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

A suburban restaurant announced it will continue to serve customers indoors, effectively in opposition to the state’s order that restaurants and bars in DuPage, Kane, Will and Kankakee Counties cease indoor dining beginning Friday in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Spiro Roumpas, owner of Ki’s Steak and Seafood in Glendale Heights, said his business is...

With restaurants in four Illinois counties set to see tougher restrictions Friday, one restaurant owner says he plans to defy Governor Pritzker’s orders. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has the story.

A child and a man found dead after a suburban Chicago condominium was engulfed by flames died from gunshot wounds to the head, the DuPage County coroner reported Thursday. Coroner Richard Jorgensen said he has not yet ruled if each death is considered a homicide or suicide. Police and fire officials haven’t revealed the circumstances leading to the Aug. 24…

An extra-alarm fire at an apartment complex in Glendale Heights left at least two people dead, multiple others, including a juvenile and several first responders, were injured and several others displaced, authorities said. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

An extra-alarm fire at an apartment complex in Glendale Heights left at least two people dead, multiple others, including a juvenile and several first responders, were injured and several others displaced, authorities said. Firefighters were seen battling a blaze at a building at the Waters Edge Condominiums in the 100 block of Dunteman, one of several apartment buildings located in…

A Glen Ellyn man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman during a robbery in west suburban Glendale Heights.

These are some lucky ducks.

Firefighters plucked 12 ducklings from a west suburban storm drain Thursday and video of the whole ordeal was shared on social media. Twitter user Loriann Jean told NBC 5 she noticed a distressed mother duck in the 500 block of North Avenue in Glendale Heights, near Chicago.

A Glendale Heights couple has welcomed four new members to their family.

A person who stole a car and then threatened police with a knife was fatally shot by officers Friday night in the western suburbs, police said.

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A pregnant woman died after she was struck while pushing a car on the street in Chicago’s northwest suburbs Monday night, according to police.

A pregnant woman died after she was struck while pushing a car on the street in Chicago’s northwest suburbs Monday night, according to police.

A Bartlett man was charged with first-degree murder after allegedly shooting a man to death in a spa parking lot in Roselle Friday, authorities said.

A tow truck driver has been charged with child endangerment after he allegedly towed a car with a child inside, and then abandoned the child.

A convicted child molester on the “Texas 10 most wanted sex offenders” list was arrested Thursday night in west suburban Glendale Heights, less than two days after authorities warned he might be in the Chicago area.