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Chicagoland’s ‘Most Expensive’ Mansion Flooded With 6 Million Gallons Of Water
CHICAGO (WBBM) — One of the Chicago area’s most opulent mansions is now uninhabitable. WBBM’s Regine Schlesinger reports it was flooded by millions of gallons of water. It’s known as the Villa Taj,...
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Man’s Heroin Overdose Death Prompts Action From Grandparents
BURR RIDGE, Ill. (WBBM) — The death of a 24-year-old Chicago area man due to a heroin overdose has prompted the victim’s grandparents to donate hundreds of thousands of dollars for education and...
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Firefighters Battle Blaze In West Suburban Burr Ridge
BURR RIDGE (CBS) — Firefighters battled an extra-alarm blaze in west suburban Burr Ridge early Friday morning. Crews from the Tri-State Fire Protection District remained on the scene at 8544 Timber...
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Labor Dispute Looms Over New School Year In Western Suburbs
CLARENDON HILLS, Ill. (CBS) — A new school year begins Thursday in Community Consolidated School District 181 serving the Hinsdale area, but a labor dispute between teacher and the school board...
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Man Used Google Maps To Find Homes To Burglarize
INDIAN HEAD PARK, Ill. (STMW) – Google Maps helped a Chicago man target as many as nine suburban homes for break-ins since March, police said. Indian Head Park police arrested Samuel A. Watson, 33, at...
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Son Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Woman Outside Burr Ridge Church
UPDATED: 8/29/2013 – 6 p.m. BURR RIDGE, Ill. (CBS) — A 27-year-old Downers Grove man has been charged in the murder of his mother, who was found shot to death in the parking lot of a Burr Ridge church...
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Prosecutors: Man Who Killed Mother Was Facing Homeland Security Probe
Updated 08/30/13 – 11:08 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The 27-year-old man accused of killing his mother outside a suburban church on Thursday allegedly confessed to killing her to protect her from a federal...
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6 Hurt In Fire At Burr Ridge Senior Facility
(STMW) — Six people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation after a microwave caught fire at a senior living facility in west suburban Burr Ridge Monday night. The fire at Emeritus at Burr Ridge started...
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Cameras Allowed At Trial Of Man Charged With Killing Mother In Burr Ridge
CHICAGO (CBS) — A DuPage County judge will allow cameras in the courtroom for the trial of a man charged with killing his mother in the parking lot of a church in Burr Ridge last month. WBBM...
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Burr Ridge Mansion Sustains $1.7M In Fire Damage
(STMW) — A fire at a large home in Burr Ridge home caused more than $1.7 million in damage Monday afternoon. The Tri-State Fire Protection District was called to the home in the 9400 block of Falling...
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Someone You Should Know: Burr Ridge Family Takes In Veterans
http://media.chicago.cbslocal.com/CBSCHI_20140704184449647AA.mp4 (CBS) — They’ve opened their hearts to help veterans who need a caring place to live. They’re foster care-givers offering a home to...
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Driver Killed When Car, Semi Collide On I-55
(CBS/STMW) — Part of northbound Interstate 55 was shut down Friday afternoon following a fiery fatal crash near west suburban Burr Ridge. Jeffrey M. Carioto of Burr Ridge died after the Hyundai he was...
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Armed Masked Men Invade Burr Ridge Home, Attack Woman And 5 Kids
CHICAGO (STMW) — Three masked men—one armed with a handgun—broke into a home Tuesday night in west suburban Burr Ridge, then struck and restrained a woman and her children while searching the home. A...
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Man Charged With Trespassing At Burr Ridge Mansion For Second Time
(CBS) — A Lombard man has been caught trespassing at a Burr Ridge mansion for the second time, reports WBBM’s Nancy Harty. The charges against Kiril Kostov from when he was caught last month by Burr...
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Man Struck And Killed By Semi After Running Onto I-55
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 40-year-old man was fatally struck by a semi Sunday night on I-55 in southwest suburban Burr Ridge, police said. The man tried to run across the expressway near County Line Road when...
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Man Convicted Of Killing His Mother Outside Church
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 30-year-old man has been found guilty for the 2013 murder of his mother after shooting her in the back of a vehicle in southwest suburban Burr Ridge. Michael Bassaly, formerly of...
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Suburban Couple Filling Hurricane-Relief Trailer
(CBS) — As Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida, relief efforts continue for victims of Hurricane Harvey. A semi-trailer is being loaded in southwest suburban Burr Ridge for transport to Texas. Peter...
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Family Wants Answers After Woman’s Body Found 2 Days Later In Health Club...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 78-year-old woman was found dead two days after she entered a health club in west suburban Burr Ridge, and the family wants answers. Patricia Austin went to the Life Time Fitness Club...
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Jennifer Hudson Gets Protective Order Against Ex-Fiance
CHICAGO (AP) — Domestic drama for Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson after police are called to her southwest suburban home. Hudson has obtained an order of protection against her former fiance...
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$1 Million Bond For Burr Ridge Man Accused Of Drug-Induced Homicide
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Burr Ridge man charged with supplying heroin to an acquaintance resulting in a fatal overdose in January is being held on $1 million bond. Wasim Rashan, 27, is charged with one felony...
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