Woodridge

When Hollywood Blvd. Cinema in Woodridge closed from March to July, owners were counting on new releases to welcome customers back once they were allowed to reopen. The problem? Those movies never came. Neither did the audience. “The most difficult part is finding any type of financial assistance,” Marketing Director of Hollywood Blvd. Cinema Dana Pobanz said. The theater is…

Police are searching for a man accused of grabbing a woman on a bike path Sunday morning in suburban Woodridge. About 11:40 a.m. a woman was walking on a bike path in the 7100 block of Woodridge Drive when a man approached her from the opposite direction, Woodridge police said in a statement. After the 30-year-old woman passed the man,…

Authorities on the Indonesian resort island of Bali have arrested an American fugitive accused of investment fraud in the United States involving hundreds of thousands of dollars, police said Friday. Bali police chief Petrus Reinhard Golose said the suspect, Marcus Beam, had been making and selling sex videos in Bali to support his living expenses there. He said Beam apparently…

After a teenage boy riding his bicycle was fatally struck Friday night, Woodridge Police said they are investigating the accident. While trying to cross a street in Woodridge, 15-year-old Evan Melau was struck by multiple vehicles on his bicycle, according to officials. Police responded to a call around 8:25 p.m. Friday of a bicyclist struck at 1535 W. 75th St….

A video posted to social media showing students wearing blackface has prompted a police investigation in suburban Woodridge, police said in a news release Thursday night. The footage, which police said showed several minors in blackface, was posted to the social network TikTok, but has since been removed. The Woodridge Police Department said it became aware of the video on…

A heartwarming reunion recently took place in suburban Woodstock as a police officer connected with a puppy she found on the side of a road.

Two men allegedly stole a car at gunpoint Wednesday in west suburban Woodridge and were chased onto a golf course after the car broke down in traffic, prosecutors say. Darryl Simmons, 18, and Jehdan Matthews, 19, are each charged with a count of aggravated armed vehicular hijacking, the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office said in a statement. They allegedly put…

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 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.

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.

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…

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.

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

A Good Samaritan trying to help a carjacking victim ended up having his car stolen as well, and it’s just the latest theft in what appears to be a carjacking spree in several suburban towns. Downers Grove police say they were called to the scene of a carjacking on Friday afternoon, when two armed men in a silver Honda...

Police are seeking suspects in a string of carjackings in the south suburbs. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the story.

Bond was denied for two of three suspects accused of breaking into two homes last week in west suburban Downers Grove and Woodridge.