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How a cellphone number led police to Elmhurst murder suspect

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Dec 11, 2025 7:13 pm - A young woman goes missing in the dead of night, after an acquaintance gets a call from her and hears a struggle, then a hang-up. Less than a day later, Elmhurst police have a murder suspect in custody.
Des Plaines man loses $1,500 in sale gone wrong

Daily Herald report
Dec 11, 2025 4:09 pm - A Des Plaines man sent a stranger $1,500 for vehicle parts but didn’t get everything he ordered, police said Thursday.
Man guilty in 2021 shooting at indoor amusement park

By Susan Sarkauskas
Dec 11, 2025 4:08 pm - A man who shot a person a a birthday party at an indoor amusement park in Villa Park has been found guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm.
Man sought in robbery at Downers North high school

Dec 11, 2025 2:23 pm - Downers Grove police are seeking a man who tried to rob a worker at Downers Grove North High School early Wednesday morning.
Streamwood police take suspect into custody after hourslong standoff at home

Daily Herald report
Dec 11, 2025 9:53 am - Streamwood police took a suspect into custody just before midnight Wednesday after an hourslong standoff at a residence near the intersection of Yellowstone and Kings Canyon drives.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention, his attorney’s office says

Associated Press
Dec 11, 2025 9:47 am - PHILIPSBURG, Pa. — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was freed from immigration detention on a judge's order Thursday while he fights to stay in the U.S., handing a major victory to t...
Man detained pretrial after Oak Brook car chase connected to robbery

By Susan Sarkauskas
Dec 10, 2025 5:01 pm - A man is being held in jail on charges that he led police on a high-speed chase in connection with a theft from a store at Oakbrook Center mall in Oak Brook. Dwaun Blaloc...
Second federal judge in New York orders release of Epstein files

By Shayna Jacobs
Dec 10, 2025 4:15 pm - A second federal district judge in New York has ordered the release of grand jury material and other investigative records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ruling that public access is required by a law Congress passed last month.
Judge grants Justice Department request to unseal records from Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case

By Associated Press
Dec 10, 2025 9:08 am - Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled Wednesday, joining two other judges in granting the Justice Department’s requests to unseal material from investigations into the late financier’s sexual abuse.
Man gets 33 years for shooting Lombard police officer

By Susan Sarkauskas
Dec 09, 2025 5:14 pm - A man was sentenced to 33 years in prison Tuesday in connection with the robbery of a Lombard store and the subsequent shooting of a police officer three years ago.

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