One person was killed and another was injured when a freight train hit a car in the south Chicago suburb of Blue Island on Wednesday. At 6:11 p.m. Wednesday, the CSX train hit an occupied vehicle near ...

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The Blue Island City Council approved a contract reauthorizing eight of the city’s 14 license plate cameras last week, months after two other suburbs moved to deactivate the cameras. City ...

BLUE ISLAND, IL — As streets empty under the threat of mass deportations in Chicago and surrounding communities, the City of Blue Island has issued a statement that its police force will not ...

Blue Island resident Sarah Haskell said she avoids letting her 1-year-old son drink tap water, as she is worried about contamination of lead in water lines. Instead, she keeps a Brita water filter on ...

One person has been taken into custody for questioning, police said. Three people were injured after multiple gunmen in a vehicle opened fire on a community center that was hosting a funeral reception ...

Blue Island’s former MetroSouth hospital served as a warning of what could happen if President Donald Trump’s big bill aimed at slashing federal spending and extending tax cuts becomes law, elected ...

A missing 13-year-old girl from upstate New York was found in a suburban Chicago apartment after she was lured away from home by illegal immigrants, authorities said. The unidentified teen was rescued ...

A Blue Island, Illinois man faces multiple charges after a 10-year-old girl was found dead in Rockford Saturday afternoon. Antonio Monroe, 44, has been charged with first-degree murder, attempted ...

BLUE ISLAND, Ill. (CBS) -- At least three people were shot when gunmen opened fired during a service at a Salvation Army community center in Blue Island, Illinois, Friday afternoon, a suburb of ...