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Video attached to article Skylar DeNoyer, 18, an Aurora University student, leaves flowers outside Henry Pratt Co. on Monday. “It hits home,” she said. “We’re in a state of mourning.”

Crime | Pratt Co. will pay funeral costs, provide employee assistance

The parent firm of Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora pledged Monday to cover the funeral costs for the five employees killed by a gunman, along with medical expenses and assistance to their families. Pratt also will establish a "family support center" in Aurora and an employee support fund for families, officials said.
Trevor Wehner

News | Funeral arrangements set for two Aurora shooting victims

Funeral arrangements are set for two of the five victims in Friday's mass shooting at the Henry Pratt Co. warehouse in Aurora.
Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain

Kane County | Kane sheriff plans database for tracking revoked FOID cards

Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain says he hopes his office will have a database in place by March 1 to inform and track down people in unincorporated areas who have had their firearm owner's identification cards revoked. "We want them to know they're on our radar," Hain said Monday.
Jonathan Holiday of Bartlett, right, and his mother, Tiffany, meet Clark the Cub at the Cubs front office building Monday. Jonathan and six other children who are patients at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge were selected for a trip to Cubs spring training in Mesa, Arizona.

Chicago | Advocate Children's Hospital patients going on surprise Cubs spring training trip

Seven children who are patients at Advocate Children's Hospital in Park Ridge and their families will be flown to Cubs spring training in Mesa, Arizona -- a surprise trip for those undergoing treatment.
The only currency Abraham Lincoln was carrying in his wallet on the night he was shot was this Confederate $5 bill. He apparently picked up the bill, which was worthless after the South surrendered the Civil War, during a trip to Virginia earlier that month.
Columns | Constable: What Honest Abe kept in his pockets
Presidents Day is the perfect time to delve into something presidential, such as what Abraham Lincoln had in his pockets on the night he was assassinated.
Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts answers questions during a news conference at spring training Monday in Mesa, Ariz.
Cubs | Ricketts: 'I've never heard my father say anything that was even remotely racist'
Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts met the media Monday in Mesa, and acknowledged there are more distractions surrounding the team this off-season than in previous years.
Marcos G. Ortega-Vincente, 30, of Round Lake Beach
Crime | Police: Man tried to tackle officer, take his gun
A Round Lake Beach man is facing charges alleging he knocked a police officer to the ground and attempted to take his firearm Sunday, authorities said.
Johnny C. Taylor Jr., president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management
Crime | An HR expert's advice to employers on reducing risk of workplace violence after a firing
Violence stemming from employee firings is rare, but bosses can take specific steps to reduce the likelihood of potentially deadly confrontations like the one that occurred Friday in Aurora.
Jussie Smollett
Crime | Police source: Brothers say Smollett staged attack after threatening letter
Two brothers told police that "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett staged an attack on himself because he was upset a threatening letter he received a week prior did not get enough attention, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News on Monday.
News | Elk Grove man killed when struck by SUV's side mirror
Elk Grove Village police continue to investigate a deadly crash Thursday in which an SUV's side mirror struck a 75-year-old pedestrian standing along the road, causing a fatal head injury.
R. Kelly performs at the 2013 BET Awards in Los Angeles.
Crime | Sources: Grand jury convened after new R. Kelly allegations
A grand jury has been convened in Cook County after new allegations against singer R. Kelly, two sources close to the case told CNN.
Paul Augustine is the coordinator of a new military veterans program at Anderson Animal Shelter in South Elgin. Augustine, an Army veteran, is pictured here last week with Precious, one of the shelter’s dogs.
News | South Elgin animal shelter looking for military veterans
If you're a military veteran and want to volunteer to help dogs -- who in turn might help you -- a South Elgin animal shelter is looking for you.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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