Crime
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Two men facing charges in beating at Fox Lake businessAug 29, 2025 3:40 pm - Two men authorities said were involved in the beating of a 33-year-old man Aug. 11 in Fox Lake are facing mob action and other charges.
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Lake in the Hills man accused of soliciting children on Snapchat
Aug 29, 2025 3:40 pm - A Lake in the Hills man is accused of using Snapchat to solicit sexually explicit videos from four children — ages 10 to 15 — and having inappropriate conversations with more than 100 children, according to prosecutors.
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Chicago man admits swindling woman in Algonquin in charity debit card scam
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What to make of Trump’s push to end cashless bail in IllinoisAug 29, 2025 4:15 am - Despite President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold federal funding, don’t expect the Illinois General Assembly to make wholesale changes to the SAFE-T Act this fall, a suburban lawmaker says.
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Judson faculty member who mentored McHenry County jail inmates faces child sex assault charges
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Deer Park man charged in crash that killed Palatine womanAug 28, 2025 1:18 pm - A Deer Park man faces a reckless homicide charge stemming from a March crash that killed an 89-year-old Palatine woman in Barrington.
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‘We’ve been fighting crime,’ Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claimsAug 28, 2025 8:00 am - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight crime, showing off parts of the city where violent crime has decreased and saying sending in the National Guard could only escalate problems.
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Minneapolis Catholic schoolchildren listened to a prayer, then ducked for cover from gunfire
Aug 28, 2025 7:09 am - In the vaulted church of a Catholic school in Minneapolis, the pews were packed with teachers, parents and schoolchildren listening to a psalm on the third day of the new school year.
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Man accused of secretly recording people in bathrooms at Naperville clubAug 27, 2025 8:02 pm - A man is accused of secretly videotaping 11 people in restrooms at a boxing club in Naperville.
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A man has been accused of carjacking women, twice within a week, in Naperville and Warrenville.Aug 27, 2025 7:20 pm - A man has been accused of carjacking women twice recently in Naperville and Warrenville. Archie Banks, 63, of the 1500 block of Westminster Drive, Naperville, is accused ...