Crime
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Mount Prospect police investigating Monday night gunfireJan 02, 2023 12:00 am - Police are investigating a report of gunshots on the 1100 block of Boxwood Drive in Mount Prospect. No one was injured, officials said. One or more people fired from a p...
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Graffiti containing racial slurs found under Mount Prospect bridgeJan 02, 2023 12:00 am - Police are investigating after a racial slur was written repeatedly in large letters underneath a bridge in Mount Prospect on New Year's Day. The word was scrawled on th...
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Higher fuel tax, minimum wage hike among new Illinois laws starting today
Jan 01, 2023 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Several new laws took effect in Illinois when the calendar turned over to 2023. For most people who work a minimum-wage job, the new year will bring a pay ...
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Medical examiner: Mount Prospect baby died from abuseJan 01, 2023 12:00 am - Mount Prospect police are investigating the death of a 6-month-old boy as a homicide, authorities said Sunday. Zayden Chavez was pronounced dead at 10:59 p.m. Thursday a...
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Authorities: Wheeling man painted swastikas on Elmhurst church he used to attendJan 01, 2023 12:00 am - A Wheeling man accused of painting swastikas on an Elmhurst church has been charged with a felony hate crime, authorities said Sunday. Josef Stumpfoll, 35, also has been...
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State Supreme Court halts abolition of cash bail
Dec 31, 2022 12:00 am - The Illinois Supreme Court halted the abolition of the cash bail system in the state on Saturday, just a day before that landmark criminal justice reform was poised to t...
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Suspect in deaths of four Idaho students arrested in Pennsylvania
Dec 30, 2022 12:00 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. - Authorities in Pennsylvania arrested a suspect in the killings of four University of Idaho students who were found stabbed to death in their beds more ...
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Chicago trio charged in Green Oaks burglary after Glencoe arrestDec 30, 2022 12:00 am - A Chicago man and two juvenile accomplices were charged Friday in Lake County in connection with a Green Oaks burglary in November. The trio were arrested by a different...
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Sheriff's office says driver who fled was carrying automatic weaponDec 30, 2022 12:00 am - A 25-year-old Chicago man who was arrested Friday after fleeing police during a traffic stop in Hampshire Township had an automatic weapon with a high-capacity magazine,...
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Police: Boy wounded in shooting in Prospect HeightsDec 30, 2022 12:00 am - Prospect Heights police early Friday responded to what's believed to be the gang-related shooting of a boy, ending two months of quiet in what had been a problematic ear...