The death of a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a freight train in Lombard Wednesday night is not being investigated as an accident, police said Thursday morning.

Between now and Monday, the Hinsdale Police Department will enact late-night plans for Memorial Day by focusing on the most deadly time of day for vehicle fatalities.

Employees at Ledo’s Pizza in Countryside thwarted an armed robber early Sunday, holding the 53-year-old man down on the ground until police arrived.

Although the primary protest against NATO occurred early Sunday afternoon and evening, traffic restrictions will still be in effect Monday.

Five Hinsdale Fire Department paramedics have been selected as the second runner-ups for the prestigious 2012 Dr. Joseph Hartmann Award of Excellence. Don Newberry, Andy Smith, Tom McCarthy, Doug Niemeyer and Michael Karban were honored for their response to an incident last year in which a man collapsed while marching in the village’s Fourth of July parade.

John L. Wilson Jr., the man charged with murdering 14-year-old Lyons Township High School freshman Kelli O’Laughlin, was found fit to stand trial today based on a report conducted by Cook County Forensic Clinical Services that claimed Wilson can be “lying and manipulative” and showed no psychotic symptoms.

Multiple offenders have been charged in Berwyn's Friday night shooting.

A 14-year-old boy from Hinsdale was charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly grabbed a bow and pointed it in the direction of a family member during an argument, police said.

Thomas M. Sarwark, a 2009 graduate of Hinsdale South High School, was killed late last week when his car collided head-on with a semitrailer truck on Interstate 55, according to media reports.

A Westchester man was arrested and charged with armed robbery on April 25 for an incident that occurred at the Black Pearl African Hair Braiding store, 1149 Portsmouth Ave., police announced today.

No one was injured when a kitchen caught fire in a 17-story high rise in Hinsdale on Saturday.

A Chicago Sun-Times report calls out the Chicago area's 20 most dangerous intersections, and the west suburbs lay claim to four of them.

Lydia Price, the Berwyn mother facing 11 felony charges of neglect after her son Matthew Degner died outside a house allegedly brimming with 212 animals, seven people and no working toilets, appeared in court today.

After power at DuPage County's emergency communication system failed on Thursday afternoon, back-up procedures went into place and no 911 calls were lost, the agency's executive director said Monday — though he was not willing to discuss the source of the outage.

The Clarendon Hills Police Department recently has received several reports of potential ruse burglaries and warns residents to be aware of this scam.

A lawsuit filed on behalf of former Westmont fire chief Frank Trout seeks an unspecified amount of money from the Village of Westmont for what Trout claims are unpaid wages dating back to 2004.

Our complete series of stories and editorials on the Oct. 27, 2011 murder of Kelli O'Laughlin, a 14-year-old Lyons Township High School freshman of Indian Head Park, and the impending trial of her accused killer, John L. Wilson Jr. of Chicago.

A Justice man has pleaded not guilty in relation to a drunken driving case that killed a Darien man last month.

A representative at Elmhurst College has confirmed Renee Altosino, 21, of Villa Park, who was killed by a Metra train Friday night, was a student.

A 34-year-old Darien man was charged with two counts of battery and one count of aggravated assault after allegedly getting into a fight with his neighbors over access to a furnace room.