Crime
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Elgin shooting victim identified; police still investigatingMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - The Kane County coroner has released the identity of a man killed in a shooting Thursday afternoon in Elgin. Elgin resident Oscar McDowell, 40, died at Advocate Sherman ...
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Second officer in Illinois inmate's fatal beating gets same 20-year termMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The second of three former correctional officers sentenced in the fatal beating of a state inmate received a 20-year prison term Monday, the same as a co-c...
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Suspect charged with attempted murder in downtown Aurora stabbingMar 19, 2023 1:00 am - A 26-year-old Montgomery man faces attempted murder and other charges in connection with a stabbing Friday night inside a downtown Aurora business, police said Sunday. P...
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Trump says he expects to be arrested, calls for protest
Mar 18, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Donald Trump said he expects to be arrested Tuesday and called on supporters to protest as a New York grand jury investigates hush money payments to women who...
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Police: Person stabbed in downtown Aurora, suspect in custodyMar 17, 2023 11:00 pm - One person has been hospitalized and another is in custody after a stabbing in downtown Aurora Friday night, police said. Aurora police Lt. Joseph Howe confirmed an indi...
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Prospect Heights police address safety, gangs on the east sideMar 17, 2023 5:00 am - Prospect Heights Police Chief William Caponigro and other members of his department spoke with residents of the city's east side Thursday evening about the cooperation t...
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Expressway shootings are down, but road rage is on the riseMar 17, 2023 5:00 am - The number of shootings along Chicago-area expressways continues to fall this year after a record 310 in 2021, but within that nugget of good news is a worrying trend. ...
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Wiretaps show Madigan, through McClain, forced Lang out of legislature
Mar 17, 2023 1:00 am - In fall 2018, longtime state Rep. Lou Lang, a Skokie Democrat, received a phone call from Mike McClain, who had spent decades lobbying for electric utility ComEd after 1...
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As injuries from Fort Sheridan fight detailed, murder suspect's attorney suggests self-defenseMar 17, 2023 1:00 am - The lawyer for one of the two Highland Park men accused of second-degree murder in the death of a man at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve in September said Friday his clien...
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Fatal Elgin shooting under investigationMar 17, 2023 1:00 am - A fatal shooting is under investigation but appears to be an isolated case, Elgin police said Friday. Police responded about 4 p.m. Thursday to the 1000 block of Fairwoo...