Crime
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‘Real and present threat’: Judge orders man charged in Schaumburg slaying detainedDec 18, 2025 1:35 pm - A Cook County judge detained the Niles man charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his former girlfriend on Dec. 16 in a Schaumburg parking lot.
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Police: Former boyfriend charged in deadly Schaumburg stabbingDec 17, 2025 10:09 pm - A Niles man is set to appear in court Thursday on allegations he stabbed a former girlfriend to death Tuesday in Schaumburg.
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Man charged in connection to recent Streamwood bomb threatDec 17, 2025 5:39 pm - A Hoffman Estates man was arrested and charged Tuesday in connection with an unfounded bomb threat at a Streamwood Walmart on Dec. 1.
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Investigators seek older video that might show the Brown campus shooter days before the attack
Dec 17, 2025 4:43 pm - With the search for the Brown University shooter in its fifth day Wednesday, authorities were asking the public to review any security or phone footage from the week before the attack in the hopes it might help investigators identify the person, believing the attacker may have cased the scene ahead of time.
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Rob and Michele Reiner’s son appears in court on murder charges while siblings speak of their loss
Dec 17, 2025 4:34 pm - Nick Reiner made his first court appearance Wednesday in Los Angeles on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, while the couple's other two children made their first public statement on their crushing loss.
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Itasca man charged with murder in Harvard death investigationDec 16, 2025 8:27 pm - An Itasca man has been charged with murder in relation to an ongoing death investigation in an unincorporated area near Harvard.
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Sanity hearing closes for man accused of trying to murder Bensenville police officerDec 16, 2025 7:35 pm - The fate of a man accused of severely wounding a Bensenville police officer is now up to a DuPage County judge, as attorneys Monday finished arguing whether the shooter was insane at the time.
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Judge denies release for Border Patrol agent charged with sex assault, robberyDec 16, 2025 4:02 pm - A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent from Pingree Grove accused of sexual assault and robbery will remain in custody after a federal judge denied him pretrial release, court records show.
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Sleepy Hollow family using billboards to seek information about daughter’s death in 2009Dec 16, 2025 4:00 pm - The mother of a Sleepy Hollow teen who died under mysterious circumstances in 2009 has paid for billboards in Algonquin and Cary offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to a criminal conviction.
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Prosecutors: Doctor sexually assaulted teen at Elgin hotelDec 16, 2025 10:03 am - An Elgin-based doctor faces multiple felony charges alleging he sexually assaulted and exploited a 16-year-old with an intellectual disability, authorities said Tuesday.