Cook County
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Check scam reported in Des PlainesDec 22, 2025 9:07 am - Someone fraudulently tried to cash a check connected to a Des Plaines woman’s bank account last week, police said Friday.
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Neighbors in Need: Glen Ellyn nonprofit provides families a bridge to a better placeDec 21, 2025 8:45 pm - Bridge Communities in Glen Ellyn is one of five charitable organizations set to receive grants from the Daily Herald/Robert R. McCormick Foundation’s Neighbors in Need fundraising campaign.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: Area football recruits keeping busyDec 21, 2025 4:31 pm - Football recruiting analyst “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran gives an update on local players.
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Oak Brook police rescue driver from burning vehicleDec 21, 2025 11:41 am - Oak Brook police officers rescued the driver of a car engulfed in flames following a high-speed crash early Sunday morning.
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Police investigating overnight shooting in ElginDec 21, 2025 10:46 am - Elgin police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an early Sunday morning shooting.
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West Dundee man sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to soliciting teenDec 21, 2025 9:53 am - A West Dundee man accused of using Facebook Messenger to solicit a 14-year-old Fox River Grove child to perform a sexual act has been sentenced to prison for four years, court records show.
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Suburban Skyview: Sunset competes for attention with North School ParkDec 21, 2025 5:30 am - About 150,00 holiday lights illuminate North School Park in Arlington Heights while thousands of others decorate trees around downtown during a cold sunset on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025.
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Choo-choo cheer: Operation North Pole train ride, party brightens holiday for families of children battling illnessDec 20, 2025 5:37 pm - There was a snowball fight on a Metra train Saturday. But not only was it OK, it was encouraged, because the train was full of children, firefighters, police and others en route to see Santa Claus.
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Police investigating death of Mount Prospect infantDec 20, 2025 4:46 pm - The death of a 4-month-old Mount Prospect boy is the subject of an investigation, according to the Mount Prospect Police Department.
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Man accused of YouTube threats to Barrington Hills police, Allstate employees found fit for trialDec 20, 2025 1:54 pm - A man who is accused of threatening on YouTube videos to shoot Barrington Hills police officers — and who had been deemed unfit to stand trial — has been restored to fitness, a judge ruled Thursday.