Here are the stories trending across Illinois on Friday night.
Police say Sebastian Kuczek fled the U.S. after a three-vehicle crash that killed two people on Lake Cook Road.
The suburban location of the German-style holiday market will be the largest of the three, with more than 60 vendors slated to participate.
A driver was hospitalized in serious condition after driving onto tracks in Lake Forest and being struck by a freight train, police said.
Richard Stevenson, 45, also faces 8 DUI-related felony charges in the July 25 fatal collision.
Jeffrey Archambeault is the lawyer for the Diocese of Joliet who managed to punch several holes in Jane Doe's Will County civil lawsuit.
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