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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
11-year-old boy seriously injured in Joliet dirt bike crash over Memorial Day weekend
JOLIET, Ill. — An 11-year-old boy was seriously injured after his electric dirt bike collided with a vehicle in Joliet on Sunday evening, police say. Joliet police responded to the 5800 block of Arbor Gate Drive on reports of a traffic crash with injuries just before 6:30 p.m. Police say the boy was riding a Razor electric dirt bike westbound when he entered the roadway from a driveway and was struck by a Chevrolet Silverado. He was transported to St. Joseph Medical Center with serious injuries and was later airlifted to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. The driver of the Chevrolet, identified as a 20-year-old man from Plainfield, was uninjured. The roadway was closed for a significant period of time, police say. The crash remains under investigation. Anyone with video footage or further information is asked to contact the Joliet Police Department Traffic Unit at 815-724-3110. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Chicago Tribune
11-04-2025
- General
- Chicago Tribune
Funeral services held for three toddlers killed in Carpentersville fire: ‘They each had their way of making the world a little better'
Josephine 'Josie' Beauchane Corsello shared heartbreaking memories Friday of her three babies. Jayden Corsello, 2, was a little firecracker, she said. His twin, Kayden, attached to his nana's hip. Xander, their 1-year-old brother, was the happiest baby ever. 'They were so beautiful,' said Beauchane Corsello, holding back tears as she spoke at the funeral service for the three boys, who died as a result of a Carpentersville house fire on March 30. 'I was so grateful to be their mother.' The service was held at Fox Valley Baptist Church in East Dundee. The Rev. Phil Zilinski officiated. Jayden and Xander died during the fire at their home in the 1700 block of Kingston Circle, and Kayden a day later at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation. The community rallied around the family, and helped raise the money for the services and burials through the nonprofit Taste the Love, based in West Dundee. Photos of the boys and three bouquets of blue flowers held together with wooden wings were on display. A blue box engraved with their three names was surrounded by stuffed animals and three cellophane-wrapped Easter buckets. 'I wish so much this never happened,' Beauchane Corsello said. 'This is devastating.' Her house is empty now, she said. She misses chasing after the toddlers, picking up toys, changing dirty diapers and feeding hungry children. 'It's all gone in just a second,' she said. 'It still feels so unreal.' The boys' two grandfathers, Michael Beauchane and Daniel Corsello, also spoke at the service. 'Jayden's smile could light up the darkest of days,' Michael Beauchane said. 'Kayden was incredibly smart.' The two had their own secret twin language they were teaching Xander, he said. 'Xander was the happiest baby I've ever known,' he said. They were typical toddlers, especially in their love of getting into cupboards and taking everything out, he said. 'They did it with a speed even Superman would envy,' Beauchane said. 'No matter how bad my day was, it was instantly cured coming home' and seeing his grandchildren, whom he called his 'little birds,' he said. 'In that instance, all my troubles would melt away, replaced by their infectious laughter,' he said. Daniel Corsello called the trio the light of their family's lives. His heart has been broken in ways he's never knew was possible since their deaths, he said. 'As a grandfather, I was blessed beyond measure to witness their innocence, their curiosity and their boundless love,' Corsello said. 'They each had their way of making the world a little better. Their time with us was far too short, (but) their impact was immeasurable.' Speaking directly to his son, D'Artaganan, he said, 'You carry a pain no parent should ever know. … You are their father and always will be.' To Josie, his daughter-in-law, he said, 'I see the pain in your eyes but also see a fierce strength in your heart. Every breath you take, every step forward, even on the hardest day, is a testament to the depth of your love, strength and spirit.' In his sermon, Zilinski said the death of a child is something that 'shouldn't happen. A child should live, breathe, play and grow.' The Bible teaches that children go to heaven — 'Let the little children come to me' — a thought he hoped would be of comfort to the grieving family, he said. 'God is taking care of your little ones,' Zilinski said.
Chicago Tribune
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Funeral services set for 3 boys who killed in Carpentersville house fire, funded by charity
Funeral arrangements have been set for the three children who died as the result of a house fire in Carpentersville last weekend, funded with money raised through a West Dundee-based charity. The Rev. Phil Zilinski, pastor of Fox Valley Baptist Church, will lead the funeral service on Friday, April 11, for Xander Harland Corsello, 2, and his twin brothers, Kayden Virgil and Jayden Dante, 1, at his East Dundee-based church, according to an announcement posted by the Miller Funeral Home in West Dundee. Visitation followed by the funeral will start at 11 a.m., the announcement said. The services are public but the burial will be private, according to Terrance 'Duke' Seward, who runs the Taste the Love nonprofit with his wife, Rhiannon, which collected the money to cover the cost of the services and burial. Jayden and Xander died during the March 30 fire at their home in the 1700 block of Kingston Circle. Kayden died later the next day at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. Three adults — the boys' father, grandmother and grandmother's boyfriend — were able to escape the fire, which started in the basement and caused about $350,000 in damage to the home and its contents, according to the Carpentersville Fire Department. The two men were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and the grandmother hospitalized for smoke exposure. The incident and deaths remain under investigation by the fire department and the Kane County coroner's office. It was the first fatal fire involving children in Carpentersville since the 1990s, officials said. 'Thanks to everyone who contributed to cover these costs. This was driven by our community,' said Seward, who owns Duke's Blues-N-BBQ in East Dundee with his wife. Duke's also plans to dedicate its annual blues fest in Carpentersville in June to the three children. As part of the event, Seward plans to will ask some of the musicians to play Bob Marley's 'Three Little Birds' in the boys' memory, he said.
Chicago Tribune
11-03-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Randy Hopp, one-time Elgin library board member and current candidate, dies from accident injuries
Randy Hopp, a former Gail Borden Public Library District trustee who was trying to return to the board in the April 1 election, has died from injuries he received after being struck by a car in December. Hopp, 73, whose troubled behavior led to him being banned at several libraries and convicted of the theft, died Feb. 25 and was buried Tuesday in the Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin. Hopp served on the library board from 2009-13 but was unsuccessful in his subsequent attempts to be reelected. Board members were to hold a moment of silence in his memory at their Tuesday night meeting. 'Randy had his struggles, but he always had the best interests of his community at heart,' current library board Trustee Joy Symonds said. 'In his own way, he worked to make government better.' Symonds said she witnessed the Dec. 10 accident in which Hopp was injured. He was crossing Kimball Street en route to a library board meeting, which he frequently attended, when he was struck by a car, she said. He was taken to Ascension St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin and later transferred to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood to be treated for a traumatic brain injury, Symonds said. When she and her husband, Dan, who own the Symonds-Madison Funeral Home in Elgin, learned that Hopp was estranged from his family, they stepped in to serve as his health care surrogates, she said. 'We knew nobody else would do it and worried he'd be all alone,' Symonds said. Two attempts to have Hopp moved to a rehabilitation facility didn't work out and he was eventually transferred to Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights and later to The Vines Senior Homes in Elgin, where he received hospice care, she said. Hopp was born and raised in Elgin, graduating from Elgin High School and studying metallurgical engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, according to his obituary. He was preceded in death by his parents, LeRoy and Nola Hopp, and had been living in his parents' home prior to the December accident. Symonds and her husband arranged for Hopp's funeral services and burial. Hopp led a sometimes troubled life, and his behavior led him to be banned from the Gail Borden Public library in 2000 and again from 2009-13 as well as at other places, including the libraries at Judson University and Elgin Community College and at a now-closed bank in Carpentersville, according to published reports. In March 2011, Elgin police were called to the Hopp residence for a domestic dispute where it was alleged that Hopp had hit his elderly parents but the case did not go to trial. In April 2017, police found hundreds of stolen campaign signs at Hopp's home, which led to theft charges. He was convicted and sentenced to 14 months of conditional discharge and ordered to work 10 days in the Cook County Sheriff's Work Alternative Program. Symonds, who has been on the library board since 2021, said Hopp always attended meetings, taking notes and often speaking during the public comments. 'Randy was always kind to me and my husband, Dan,' she said. 'Despite his faults, Randy was a human being who deserved love, dignity and respect in his final days. … I am hopeful that he is now free of the struggles that weighed him down on this Earth.' Denise Raleigh, Gail Borden's director of development, said Hopp was dedicated in his concern for the library. 'I have known Randy for many years. I was always impressed with how much he cared about the Gail Borden Public Library,' she said. Hopp is one of five candidates for three seats on the library board in April. Should he win one of them, the library board would have to declare a vacancy and appoint someone to fill the post until the 2027 election, Raleigh said.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Yahoo
Two men killed, two badly injured in crash caused by deer, Kane sheriff's office says
A four-vehicle crash triggered by a deer running across the road resulted in two people being killed and two seriously injured Sunday night at Plank and Switzer roads west of Elgin, according to the Kane County Sheriff's Office. The accident occurred about 9:45 p.m. when 18-year-old Vance Peterson, driving a Ford F150 pickup truck westbound on Plank Road, went into oncoming traffic while unsuccessfully trying to avoid hitting the deer, a sheriff's office news release said. He collided head on with a GMC Sierra pickup pulling a trailer holding a skid steer loader. Peterson's truck was then hit by a Dodge Ram, causing it to catch on fire, the report said. Peterson was rescued after his pickup's driver-side window was broken out, but he received serious burns and fractures requiring him to be air-lifted to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, officials said. Two passengers in the GMC — 31-year-old Erick Garcia-Porcayo and 25-year-old Rosalio Porcayo-Porcayowere — were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck, identified as 22-year-old Yahir Porcayo-Porcayo, was flown by helicopter to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove. Both Peterson and Yahir Porcayo-Porcayo are in stable condition, according to the release. The driver of the Dodge Ram — Baldemar Rodriguez-Lopez, 30 — was not injured.
