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Illinois State Police’s public integrity task force interviewed 14 Elgin police officers, plus Hoffman Estates paramedics, Elgin firefighters and a 73-year-old Elgin man about the March 12, 2018, fatal shooting of Decynthia Clements of Elgin.

News | State police report: Elgin officer said he 'could not wait' for Taser, had to shoot Decynthia Clements

Elgin police Lt. Chris Jensen told investigators deadly force was the only option when he fatally shot a woman armed with two knives because he and other officers were so close "he could not wait to determine if the Taser would be effective," according to a state police report.
Video attached to article Fire officials run sonar on a pond Tuesday in Crystal Lake’s Veteran Acres Park as the search continues for missing Andrew “AJ” Freund.

News | 'Smell of feces was overwhelming': Police reports detail problems in missing Crystal Lake boy's home

Years of Crystal Lake police reports released Tuesday detail several DCFS contacts involving 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund. Police also released a recording of the 911 call in which the boy's father reported him missing.
The family of Des Plaines firefighter critically injured in a motorcycle crash Sunday has removed him from life support, Des Plaines Fire Chief Alan Wax and McHenry Township Fire Protection District Chief Tony Huemann said in a joint statement Tuesday.

News | Injured Des Plaines firefighter removed from life support

A Des Plaines firefighter driving a motorcycle without a helmet suffered critical injuries after colliding with a car that turned in front of him from a church parking lot Sunday morning in Hawthorn Woods, according to police.
Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson thanks the village board and those in attendance after presiding over his final regular meeting Tuesday. He will open a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. April 30 for the swearing-in of newly elected and re-elected board members that will be followed by a reception at village hall.

News | Larson receives ovation at final full meeting in Schaumburg

As low key as Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson tried to make it Tuesday night, the last regular village board meeting he presided over after 32 years in office ended with both a round of applause before adjournment and a standing ovation just after.
Just six months after its highly-touted reopening, the Sears store in Oakbrook Center will close on Sunday, according to the company.
Business | Sears closing catches Oak Brook off guard
The decision to close the Sears store in Oakbrook Center caught the village off guard, Oak Brook Village President Gopal Lamalani said Tuesday, but its economic development team already is working to find a new tenant.
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Crime | Ex-Stevenson scholar bowl coach sentenced to 35 years for sexual assault, child pornography
A former Glenview teacher who once coached the Stevenson High School Scholastic Bowl team was sentenced to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty in Skokie to sexual assault and child pornography, a Cook County state's attorney spokeswoman confirmed.
A United plane over apartments near Allstate Arena in Rosemont.
Transportation | Why safety concerns could mean more jet noise at night for some residents near O'Hare
Runway expansion at O'Hare's north end was supposed to distribute jet noise at night, but FAA safety concerns are throwing a curve at planners.
Lyndsey Coppock at her March wedding with her father, Chet, mother Anna Busalacchi, and brother, Tyler Coppock. “He was so happy that day,” Tyler said of his Dad on his sister's wedding day.
Columns | O'Donnell: Coppock's final weeks were filled with work, hope, happiness … and then his family's sad vigil
Jim O'Donnell says Chet Coppock was very happy (and quite busy) until the end.
WLS air staff (1961): Gene Taylor, Art Roberts, Mort Crowley, Jim Dunbar, Dick Biondi, Clark Weber and Bob Hale
Columns | Feder: Jim Dunbar, a WLS original rock jock, dies at 89
Though best known for his nearly four decades as a radio talk show host in San Francisco, Jim Dunbar will forever be remembered in Chicago as one of the original Top 40 jocks on WLS 890-AM, Robert Feder writes.
WBEZ is reporting that Gov. J.B. Pritzker, his wife and her brother are under federal investigation for a residential property tax appeal.
Politics | WBEZ: Pritzker under federal investigation for property tax appeal
Governor JB Pritzker, his wife and her brother are under investigation for a residential property tax appeal, WBEZ is reporting.
President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that he would ask the Supreme Court to intervene if Democrats move to impeach him.
Politics | Trump says he would ask Supreme Court to intervene if Democrats move to impeach him
It was not clear how Trump would legally justify such a move, which he mentioned only briefly in morning tweets in which he lashed out at Democrats who are continuing to investigate him following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) records a message on his Iron Man helmet while drifting through space in “Avengers: Endgame.”
Columns | 'Avengers: Endgame' is a satisfying piece of pop culture wish fulfillment
"Avengers: Endgame" delivers a satisfying, funny and emotional conclusion to 11 years' worth of Marvel movies.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Antioch’s Abby Pyburn, right, is called safe at second base by the umpire despite Grayslake Central’s Kennedy Stoffel (3) showing him the ball after laying down the tag during Thursday’s softball game in Antioch.
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Mariana Barroso, 13, right, explodes in laughter after seeing a picture of her shaved head from friend Santiago Tellez at the Grayslake Middle School Cut & Shave Fundraiser supporting childhood cancer research for the St. Baldrick's Foundation Thursday.
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Smoke billows as flames destroy the roof of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019. - A major fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky, the fire service said. The flames and smoke plumed from the spire and roof of the gothic cathedral, visited by millions of people a year, where renovations are currently underway. Getty Images)
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