Two people hit in separate lightning incidents while talking on the phone in Northwest Indiana

wlsam.com At a Walgreens in Valparaiso and a 911 call center in Porter County ...

Crystal Lake ‘Car surfer’ in critical condition after falling from roof of car

suntimes.com/6287372-417/Head Trauma: After riding on the exterior trunk and roof of a Dodge Neon and a 2002 Chevy Impala in a Wal-Mart parking lot, 1205 S. Rte. 31, Crystal Lake about 11:30 p.m. Thursday ...

Thieves take South Side Chicago animal shelter's air conditioning units

chicagotribune.com Air conditioners stolen from roof of Animal Welfare League's intake facility at 6224 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago ...

Three men and 15-year-old boy arrested in Naperville home invasion

chicagotribune.com Home invasion occurred at 5:21 p.m. June 28 in the 1400 block of Fairway Drive; threatened to shoot mom and 2-year-old child ...

Hail shatters glass at greenhouses at Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park

suntimes.com Hail shatters 50% of glass in 6 greenhouses,  baseball-sized hail near 26th Street and Kedzie Avenue ...

Where's the Heat? 97°F not expect, but Heat Advisory is still on

arlingtoncardinal.com Prolonged cloud cover, GFS model has Chicago barely making it into 90's ... blog.chicagoweathercenter.com Warm front cloudiness delays warm up ...

Falling tree from storm kills motorcyclist in Kenosha; hail damages 23 police cars in Chicago

chicagotribune.com/news/94 mph wind measured in Waukegan Harbor; Kenosha residents injured when they touched live wire ...

4 arrested in Villa Park shooting -- possibly gang-related

chicagotribune.com 300 block of North Ardmore Avenue just before midnight, man shot in the arm ...

Ald. Burke could voluntarily get his own private security, or have Chicago police officers removed or reduced

suntimes.com Chicago Police officers have chauffeured and protected Ald. Edward M. Burke (14th)  for nearly three decades ...

Severe Thunderstorm Warning as high winds, hail, damaged buildings & vehicles from north suburbs to Chicago to south suburbs

chicagotribune.com Golf ball-sized hail (photo) in Little Village neighborhood, large hail in East Garfield Park, too; 50,000 ComEd customers without electricity in Chicago area at 9:30 p.m.; Metra trains stopped near Waukegan as power lines crossed tracks ... arlingtoncardinal.com Rare due south path down the lake shore; structural collapse from downed tree in Beach Park; Mount Prospect fest stopped early by storm passing to the east ... blog.chicagoweathercenter.com Humboldt Park hail photos ... blog.chicagoweathercenter.com Uptown irregular shaped hail photo ...