• An Amber Alert was issued today for two Zion girls taken from their mother by their father at gunpoint. The girls were found and reunited with their mother but as of late this afternoon the father was still at large.
• Police have charged a suspect in Sunday's hit-and-run in Rogers Park that killed a woman and critically injured her 6-year-old sun.
• The bad weather has settled in as has the havoc being wreaked with local travel.

Former 3rd Ward Alderman Dorothy Tillman was found guilty today of criminal trespassing in Montgomery, Alabama stemming from a March incident at a hospital. Tillman, who is from Montgomery, was visiting an elderly aunt at Jackson Hospital and became "very disorderly" when the hospital would not turn over her aunt's records on demand, telling Tillman they first needed a written request. She was sentenced to $541 in fines and 10-day jail sentence which was suspended. more ›

It's been a bad day for Montgomery residents. First, a chemical spill at the Yellow Transportation trucking company sent 21 residents to the hospital and another 45 were treated at the scene after between 30 and 40 gallons of high-concentration hydrogen peroxide leaked out from a 275-gallon plastic container and mixed with other nearby chemicals, creating noxious fumes. Just as the residents of the Kane County town were getting over that, one of the county's busiest intersections (U.S. Highway 30 and Illinois Highway 31) was closed this morning when a truck spilled chemicals in the road. Not much information is known right now about this morning's spill, including what exactly was spilled and how the spill occurred. As of an hour ago, the intersection was still closed. more ›