Lombard

A thrift store find turned into a months-long quest as a 22-year-old man sought to find the mystery family in the photos he discovered. But with a little motivation and the help of social media, a Lombard family has been reunited with precious memories they thought were lost forever.

While thrift shopping, a Chicago-area man discovered old wedding photos lost from an nearby family. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

Postal customers who dropped off mail at the Lombard Post Office in mid-September are paying close attention to their bank accounts after the village announced via Facebook that police are investigating reports of mail stolen from the outside collection boxes.

Police are investigating mail stolen containing thousands of dollars in checks at Lombard’s post office. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

The city’s iconic Rainbow Cone ice cream shop will take to the streets this summer with trucks traveling across the Chicago area.

Chicago’s iconic Rainbow Cone ice cream shop threw a festive celebration Wednesday to mark the grand opening of its new Lombard location, with lines stretching down the street.

Chicago-based renowned Rainbow Cone ice cream shop opened in the suburbs Wednesday, with lines stretching down the street. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.

Chicago’s iconic Rainbow Cone ice cream shop plans to throw a festive celebration Wednesday to mark the grand opening of its new Lombard location.

Chicago’s iconic Rainbow Cone ice cream shop is making its way to the suburbs this spring.

Flavortown has officially arrived in Chicago! Food Network icon Guy Fieri launched several locations of his new delivery-only restaurant chain, Flavortown Kitchen, in the Chicago suburbs. Fieri, host of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, announced Lombard, Orland Park and Wheeling are serving his favorite original dishes from bourbon brown sugar barbeque wings to bacon mac n cheese burgers and choco whiskey…

A suburban DuPage County judge set bond at $150,000 Saturday for a Bellwood police commander who was charged with three counts of possession of child pornography. According to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office, John Trevarthen, 45, of Lombard, used a personal IP address as well as an IP address owned by the village of Bellwood to view child pornography…

A 25-year-old Lombard man charged with attempted terrorism earlier this year is now facing felony child pornography charges, according to the Du Page County State’s Attorney’s office. Christian Frazee has been charged with ten counts of child pornography in addition to the count of being in possession of an incendiary device and attempted terrorism, official said. About 12:27 a.m....

A pair of home invasions early Sunday in Wheaton and Lombard have startled residents in the two suburbs and prompted a police investigation. According to police, residents in the 1700 block of Evergreen in Wheaton were outside at about 5 a.m. Sunday investigating suspicious activity when an individual confronted them with a gun. Officials said that another person entered the…

A woman is facing charges after allegedly helping a man who attempted to fire-bomb municipal vehicles last month in west suburban Lombard. Amanda Wolf, 23, is charged with attempted terrorism and possession of an incendiary device, the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office said. Wolf allegedly supplied Christian Frazee, 25, with materials to make the Molotov cocktail he was seen holding…

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.

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.