Lombard

A Lombard man is accused of yelling racial slurs after a graduation party Wednesday in the west suburb. Joseph Ropinski, 55, was charged with a hate crime, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office said.  Lombard police were called about 1 a.m. June 3 to his home on South Fairfield Street, the state’s attorney’s office said. There, they learned he allegedly...

A man is wanted by authorities in DuPage County for burglarizing a church in April near Lombard. The man, about 30 years old, stole cash donations and a computer from Divine Mercy Polish Mission Church, 21W410 Sunset Ave., the DuPage County sheriff’s office said in a statement. He failed his first attempt April 8, but was successful April 13, the...

An American citizen has been kidnapped in Afghanistan by a Taliban-affiliated group, a U.S. official said Thursday, and authorities are working to rescue him.

Video shows a Metra train hitting a vehicle moments after several people helped an elderly driver from the car. (Courtesy Chris Diaz)

A man’s body was pulled from Lake Michigan Thursday morning east of Lincoln Park on the North Side, according to police.

Police are asking for the public’s help finding a man charged with running a phony charity for veterans after he failed to show up for a court date this week. Judge George J. Bakalis revoked Todd Olshefski’s $10,000 bail and issued a no-bond arrest warrant after he failed to appear in court for a 9 a.m. hearing Monday on a...

Police in suburban Lombard are looking for the hit-and-run driver responsible for the death of a 59-year-old man Friday morning.

A charity focusing on helping veterans by building tiny houses is all a scam, according to a lawsuit filed by the Illinois attorney general.

A DuPage County couple is in police custody after they were accused of taking donations for a veterans charity and using it on themselves. NBC 5’s Michelle Relerford has the latest on the accusations. 

Bail was set at $2 million Saturday for four men accused of invading the home of family in Lombard, trying them up, robbing them and then leading cops on a high-speed chase in the western suburb.

Good Samaritans helped pull an elderly driver out of her vehicle seconds before the car was hit by a Metra train in suburban Lombard this week, authorities said.

A man was charged with placing a hidden camera in a women’s restroom at a medical office where he worked in west suburban Batavia.

A suburban Chicago nurse has been sentenced to five years in prison for purchasing and shipping more than 30 weapons to the Philippines.

Kavin Gipson and Roosevelt Huddleston were charged with theft for stealing a Salvation Army bucket outside of a Lombard grocery store and then leading police on a high-speed chase.