Cook County
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Elgin father, son accused of planning to sell cocaineJan 05, 2017 12:00 am - An Elgin father and son are accused of possessing a half pound of cocaine and other drugs they planned to sell, according to prosecutors and court records. Travis Charle...
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Elgin man charged with 6th DUI after hitting parked carJan 04, 2017 12:00 am - A 55-year-old Elgin man had a blood-alcohol concentration nearly three times the legal limit when he hit a parked car on the city's east side, resulting in his sixth DUI...
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Cook County Jail population down about 700 peopleJan 02, 2017 10:00 pm - Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart released a year-end report on the Cook County Jail, highlighting efforts to reduce incarceration of people for lower-level, nonviolent of...
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Major court and crime stories last year in the Northwest suburbsJan 02, 2017 5:00 am - Once again, disgraced Illinois politicians topped the list of Cook County's noteworthy court and crime stories of the year. His reputation and legacy in tatters after ...
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Mapping the suburban vote for Trump, ClintonDec 30, 2016 12:00 am - Five out of six Chicago-area counties voted for Hillary Clinton for president on Nov. 8, but our analysis of unofficial returns shows that many precincts in those counti...
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Northwest suburban mayors look back on 2016, ahead to 2017Dec 29, 2016 7:00 am - As 2016 comes to a close, we asked Northwest suburban mayors to to look back on something their community accomplished in the past year and look ahead at something they ...
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Prominent Northwest suburban deaths of 2016Dec 28, 2016 4:00 am - Lee Alfano: Had a 30-year career with the Des Plaines Police Department including seven as chief, during which the department investigated the 1978 disappearance of teen...
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6 years in prison for Elgin man who raped girl at parkDec 13, 2016 12:00 am - An Elgin man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a teenage girl he knew at an Elgin park in July 2015. Jesus Vazquez-Zamora, 25, of...
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Preckwinkle to be keynote speaker at suburban MLK dinnerDec 12, 2016 12:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will serve as the keynote speaker at the Illinois Commission on Diversity and Human Relations' annual Dr. Martin Luther King...
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Snowfall could total 10 inches or moreDec 11, 2016 12:00 am - Heavy snow returned to the suburbs Sunday, with forecasters predicting 4 to 8 inches more ould fall on the region before the storm let up around midnight. According to ...