Police are hunting for the killer after a man was gunned down near a suburban bar over the weekend.
Meanwhile, in addition to a newborn bison calf, Fermilab has also welcomed baby sandhill cranes.
Plus, services are set for a police officer who was slain in a shooting that also wounded his partner last weekend at a hospital.
And the FBI is searching for a suspect who robbed a suburban bank at gunpoint.
An officer in the area heard multiple gunshots and responded, finding a man shot to death in the parking lot of a nearby Dollar Tree. Now police are searching for the shooter.
The baby birds join the newly born bison calf on the grounds of the particle physics and accelerator laboratory.
Services are set for slain Officer John Bartholomew, who died in the line of duty last Saturday.
An 18-year-old man is accused of taking part in a brutal armed robbery that triggered the deadly chain of events with an accomplice who police say later shot two officers, one fatally, in a hospital.
The organizer, who has lost close friends and family to suicide, said she's hoping to show those who might need it the help that's available to them.
This marks the second bank robbery in the suburb in just under four weeks. On April 9, a Fifth Third bank was robbed.
Paramedics found a man with visible burn injuries and a 20-pound propane tank actively burning in a driveway near a wooden trailer and garage, officials said.
Dick's House of Sport is a 100,000-plus square foot store "that provides athletes with an incredible assortment of products along with in-store experiences including a climbing wall, multiple golf bays with TrackMan simulators and multi-sport cages that can be used for baseball, softball, lacrosse and soccer and give athletes an opportunity to try product while measuring their performance."
Motorists were being asked to avoid several closed roads near the airport Sunday, according to police.
A man was taken into custody Thursday after the 43-year-old resident was found dead in her home.
Hundreds of people braved a chilly Friday to congregate at the new City Square.
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