Authorities and residents are assessing damage after storms hit areas south of Chicago.

At least three tornadoes have battered communities outside Chicago, leveling homes and ripping down trees and power poles.

Authorities say they've arrested a former respiratory therapist who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a patient 20 years ago.

On Wednesday, downtown Roanoke was filled with the usual sounds of the city. Cars and pedestrians out and about.