The DuPage County Health Department confirmed the county’s first measles case of 2025, a breakthrough case in a vaccinated patient, with potential public exposure at O’Hare International Airport.
A Huntley School District 158 bus driver was arrested on 10 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material after a tip led investigators to videos found at the driver’s home.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled a $17.6 billion budget proposal that revives a corporate head tax targeting companies with 125 or more employees, drawing criticism from business leaders and aldermen alike.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $17.6 billion Fiscal Year 2027 budget proposal closes an $882.4 million deficit largely through new business taxes, but critics warn the approach risks driving employers out of a city already struggling to compete for growth.
The CTA’s new Safe Ride Specialist pilot deploys civilian clinicians and crisis workers across the rail system, but crime data suggest it is the agency’s 75 percent policing-hours increase — not civilian outreach — that is driving a significant drop in transit crime.
Eight Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago received the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Award for academic excellence, the second year of the statewide recognition program. The honored schools span urban Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs including Evanston and Westchester.
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors after completing 30 of 36 passes for 305 yards in a 31-23 victory over the Atlanta Falcons, posting the highest completion percentage in Bears history by a quarterback with at least 30 attempts. Williams also became just the third quarterback in NFL history to throw 50 career touchdowns before his 15th interception.
Bob Grogan, Chair of the Illinois Republican Party and three-term DuPage County Auditor, appeared on The Real Story to offer analysis of a viral early-voting video — bringing his decades of public accounting and government transparency expertise to bear on Illinois election law.
Jill B. Shestokas, the Chicago Tribune-endorsed Republican candidate for MWRD Commissioner, brings firsthand agency experience and a decades-long career in public affairs to her campaign for oversight of Cook County’s $1.8 billion water infrastructure authority.
Sean Noonan, Republican candidate for DuPage County Sheriff, brings more than 24 years of active law enforcement experience and eight years as an elected county board member to a 2026 race he says is about keeping DuPage County safe and accountable.