Crime
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Zion woman shot to death early Sunday in WaukeganNov 28, 2022 12:00 am - Waukegan police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old Zion woman found lying in the road early Sunday morning on the 500 block of May Street. Siedah Mick...
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Teacher charged with sexually abusing kids at Elgin child care centerNov 28, 2022 12:00 am - A teacher at an Elgin child care center has been charged with sexually abusing students over the past 14 years. Frank R. Walaitis, 57, is being held on $200,000 bail at ...
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Indicted Chicago Alderman Edward Burke won't run again
Nov 28, 2022 12:00 am - An extraordinary era in Chicago politics ended quietly on Monday - and not in the way the city council dean once predicted. Indicted Alderman Edward Burke chose not to s...
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Tow-truck driver sentenced to 50 years for fatal I-88 shootingNov 28, 2022 12:00 am - A tow-truck driver who shot another motorist on I-88 near Oak Brook five years ago in a "road rage" attack was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison for murder. Anthony...
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Police searching for two men after Elmhurst bank robberyNov 28, 2022 12:00 am - Elmhurst police are seeking the public's help to find two men they say robbed the Wintrust Bank at 115 W. Third St. on Monday afternoon. Police officers arrived at the b...
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State police's simulator lets cops practice responses to danger. We tried it, and it's hard.Nov 25, 2022 4:30 am - Police officers often say the public doesn't understand that sometimes situations go sideways in seconds. The Illinois State Police on Wednesday gave members of the medi...
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Woman charged, released after man fatally shot in Lindenhurst home on ThanksgivingNov 25, 2022 12:00 am - A Lindenhurst woman faces a charge of reckless discharge of a firearm in connection with a fatal shooting at a home Thursday, authorities said. Kellee M. Holmes, 41, of ...
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Man charged with DUI, fleeing after hit-and-run in BartlettNov 25, 2022 12:00 am - A Hampshire man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of an accident after a reported hit-and-run crash Tuesday in Bartlett, poli...
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Man charged with possession of stolen car in Bartlett after pursuitNov 25, 2022 12:00 am - An investigation into a vehicle abandoned in the middle of a Bartlett road led to an extensive search and eventual arrest of a Joliet man Wednesday, authorities said. Jk...
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'Food can heal': Volunteers provide Thanksgiving meal for jail detainees recovering from addictionsNov 24, 2022 4:30 am - Quenby Schuyler hit an all-time low in late March 2020. Her father was in the hospital with COVID-19, and she could not visit him because of pandemic restrictions. He di...