Security is top of mind as students in Chicago and the suburbs return to class, and there is a new Illinois law requiring all districts to have a plan to deal with threats.
Authorities find Springfield woman who fled Ashfield crash; driver arraigned on charges >Authorities on Wednesday were searching for a young woman who reportedly fled into the woods after the SUV in which she was a passenger crashed into another vehicle at the intersection of Cummington Road and Plainfield Road (Route 116), taking out a stop sign and slamming into this tree. STAFF PHOTO/DOMENIC POLI >The 21-year-old Springfield woman who fled into the woods following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Cummington Road and Plainfield Road (Route 116) on Wednesday afternoon was located by authorities shortly before 11 p.m. that night. Joshua Acevedo, 20, of Springfield, was allegedly driving the vehicle the woman was in when it crashed. He also fled and was arrested at a Goshen restaurant at 4:40 p.m. STAFF PHOTO/DOMENIC POLI