On Sunday afternoon, adults realized that a 3-year-old boy was missing from a home in Home Glen. After reporting the boy’s absence to local police, he was found in a neighbor’s pool, unresponsive. The neighbor performed CPR on the young boy until paramedics arrived and took over but the boy…
A car near the 300 block of South Laramie Avenue collided with an ambulance around 5:00 a.m. on Friday morning. The driver of the car and a passenger in the vehicle took off on foot and fled the scene after the crash. Two paramedics were in the ambulance at the…
The director of youth ministry at the First Congressional Church of Dundee has been accused of having sexual contact with a minor in early June. The contact reportedly occurred at the church and the minister has been taken into custody. The accused minister is a 31-year-old male from Elgin. His…
Car manufacturers are constantly looking at ways to improve safety in their vehicles. Through the addition of seat belts and air bags, as well as crumple zones reinforced passenger compartments, cars today are much safer than their predecessors. These new safety innovations have been designed to protects occupants within a…
A 61-year-old man was hit and killed while crossing the street in Romeoville on Thursday, according to local police. The incident happened near the intersection of Weber Road and 135th Street at about 9:35 p.m. Local police say the pedestrian was crossing Weber Road from the west to the east…
Many drivers realize how dangerous it is to mix alcohol and an automobile. A lot of these would never think of driving under the influence and placing themselves, their passengers, and others on the road at risk. Yet when it comes to boating, these same risks are downplayed or entirely…
A Wednesday night crash between a CTA bus and a dump truck left the CTA driver critically injured. Four vehicles ended up being involved in the accident which occurred near the CTA garage on 103rd Street. Police stated that a Jackson Park Express bus attempted to turn into the garage…
Today Illinois sex abuse attorneys at Abels & Annes, P.C., working with co-counsel filed three additional lawsuits on behalf of three plaintiffs who allege they were sexually abused by former Chicago priest Daniel McCormack when they were minors. The lawsuits name Cardinal Francis George, the Catholic Bishop of Chicago, and…
The Chicago motorcycle attorneys at Abels & Annes, P.C. recently settled a case on behalf of a client who was injured while a passenger on a motorcycle. The settlement is for the available uninsured policy limits of $100,000. This claim stems from a motorcycle accident last summer in Chicago. Our…
A 50-year-old bicyclist was killed in an accident on Thursday afternoon when he was hit by a car. Police have stated that the man was riding north on Nelson Lake Road in Batavia Township when a Nissan Rouge struck the rear tire of the bike, throwing the victim to the…