The Latest Breaking News from Plainfield

Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, was killed, and his mother, 32, was critically injured Oct. 14. Their landlord, Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged in the attack.

Joseph Czuba, 71, stabbed a Palestinian American mother and her young son, killing the boy, after blaming them for the war in the Middle East because of their Muslim faith, according to state prosecutors.

Thousands of people flocked to the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview to mourn Wadea Al-Fayoume. Mourners waved Palestinian flags and called for peace.

Joseph Czuba, 71, charged with hate crime after attack allegedly driven by Israel-Hamas war

John Sergeant, chief of emergency medical services at the Naperville Fire Department, was 12 years old when he first saw what a tornado could do. At the time, Sergeant had gone to help family members in the aftermath of the devastating tornado that killed 29 people and injured 350 others…

The driver of a black Mercedes ran a stop sign early Saturday in the 800 block of West Washington, striking James Richard Thompson, 26, of Plainfield, as he crossed the street, police say.

The girl was driving a Hyundai Elantra when she crashed into an embankment, police said.

Authorities described the suspect as a man about 25 years old wearing blue jeans, a dark baseball cap, a white Covid-style mask, and glasses.

Harris was just in Illinois on June 24 for events in Plainfield and Chicago.