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1 day ago | abc7chicago.com | Samantha Chatman

DOLTON, Ill. (WLS) -- A local cleaning company says the village of Dolton owes them nearly $13,000. The business owner says they were hired to clean the Dolton Police Department, when, all of a sudden, the village stopped making payments. She called the ABC7 I-Team for help. She's furious and devastated. The woman says she's been waiting on the village of Dolton to send her a check for the missing payments for months. Now, she says she's in jeopardy of losing her cleaning business.

1 day ago | abc7chicago.com | John Garcia

SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Thieves stole over $1 million dollars worth of jewelry from a suburban store last month. The store owner is now offering a reward to recover the lost inventory. South Barrington police said they cut a hole in the wall and the back of the safe to get inside. The thieves even cut the power to the building so the surveillance cameras stopped working. Police believe the crime happened late at night on Mother's Day when few people were around.

3 days ago | abc7chicago.com | Beth Hundsdorfer

CHATHAM, Ill. -- An 8-year-old boy is the most recent casualty of a car crash at a Chatham daycare April 28. Bradley Lund, 8, has been in a Springfield hospital since the crash at YNOT Outdoors five weeks ago, according to Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon. Bradley suffered "multiple blunt force injuries" when a black Jeep driven by a 44-year-old Chatham woman drove into the lower portion of the building that housed the gymnasium and out the other side, striking children who were playing inside.

4 days ago | abc7chicago.com | Jasmine Minor

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Students were dressed head to toe in Cardinal costumes, ready to show Cardinal Blase Cupich just how much they've learned since a new pope was elected. "It was a crazy experience...that people saw us, who were in Rome, and there were like, thousands of people there," student Ines Martins said. Eyes around the world watched the viral video of students at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy host their own mini conclave.

4 days ago | abc7chicago.com | John Garcia

Whitney Young High School holding celebration after 23 students get perfect ACT scoreMonday, June 2, 2025 11:21AMThere's a special celebration Monday at Whitney Young High School!CHICAGO (WLS) -- There's a special celebration Monday at Whitney Young High School!Twenty three students scored a perfect 36 on their ACT. It's a test used for college admission. That number is the most the Chicago public school has ever seen. Less than 1 percent of test takers get a perfect score.