LOMBARD, Ill. - A carnival was shut down Friday night in Lombard due to a fight. The fight occurred at the Lombard Spring Fever Carnival at the High Pointe Center located near the intersection of Fairfield Avenue and Roosevelt Road. It is unknown at this time what caused the fight or who was involved. As groups of individuals left the area, several continued to cause disturbances while heading east along Roosevelt Road, police said.

Nature’s Most Peculiar Plants: Rafflesia Arnoldii (Corpse Flower) Source: Divine Caroline The Rafflesia arnoldii, found in Southeast Asia, is known by the name “corpse flower” due to the smell of rotting flesh which it gives off. The plant is rootless, leafless, parasitic, and has the largest known flower in the world – it can grow to be approximately 3 feet across. The bloom only lasts a few days before dying off, but its foul scent and large, mottled, red petals make it an unmistakable bloom.

The first survey of Denmark's Kalvestene Viking ship burial site in nearly 100 years used a 17th-century illustration to reveal the presence of two additional ships, bringing the total number to 12. Flinders UniversityThe Viking-age ship burial mounds of Kalvestene, on the Danish island of Hjarnø. In 1650, University of Copenhagen antiquarian Ole Worm made drawings of a Viking ship burial site on the small Danish island of Hjarnø. His depictions showed more than 20 ship burial mounds.

OAK FOREST, Ill. - A Tinley Park man who fled police during a traffic stop last month in south suburban Oak Forest is facing gun charges. Waseem Georgy, 20, was taken into custody and charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, according to Oak Forest police. On Apr. 28, officers attempted to pull over a white Audi that was being driven at a high rate of speed on Central Avenue around 10:15 p.

Gun violence strikes Maywood church during family funeral service One person was shot during a funeral service at a Maywood church Friday morning. COOK COUNTY - Two men have been charged after a fight broke out at a Maywood church last week that resulted in shots being fired and one person wounded. According to police, a large group of over 50 people began physically fighting inside the Rock of Ages Baptist Church on Friday morning, leading to gunshots being fired and one person struck.

Hate crimes in Chicago last year reached highest number since 1994: national report Chicago recorded its highest number of hate crimes in nearly three decades, with the most targeted groups last year being Black and Jewish people, according to a new report set to be published in the coming weeks. CHICAGO - Chicago hate crimes have spiked to levels not seen in decades. Imagine how many complaints there might be if Chicago started tracking "

What to make of the verdict in R. Kelly's Chicago trial Attorney Karen Conti shares her takeaways from R. Kelly's federal trial in Chicago. CHICAGO - R. Kelly on Wednesday was marched out of a courtroom after being found guilty of child pornography charges, a verdict that came nearly a year after the fallen R&B superstar was convicted on sex trafficking charges in federal court in Brooklyn. But will the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago be the last time Kelly faces a jury?

Second man charged in shooting, robbery of Dakotah Earley A second man has been charged in the shooting and robbery of Dakotah Earley. CHICAGO - A second man is facing charges in the shooting and robbery of Dakotah Earley. The 18-year-old along with 19-year-old Tyshon Brownlee are accused of confronting 23-year-old Dakotah Earley with a gun on May 6, 2022, near the DePaul University campus in the 1300 block of West Webster Avenue.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Selena Gomez joining the Food Network PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Selena Gomez is cookin' up something exciting. LOS ANGELES - A Disney Channel classic may soon be returning to the small screen.  Multiple entertainment news outlets reported the massive network wants to revive the comedy "Wizards of Waverly Place," which aired from 2007-12. The show catapulted Selena Gomez’s career who starred in the series as the spunky and clever Alex Russo.

Image 1 of 7 ▼ TROY, Ohio (FOX 13) - She saw the deer coming and turned on her phone’s video camera. But Beth Shaffer didn’t expect the deer running alongside a department store’s exterior wall to jump into the open doorway and down the aisles. It happened at the Kohl’s in Troy, Ohio on December 16. Shaffer said she just left the store and gotten into her car when she spotted the deer.