Cook County
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D'Andre Howard 'just wanted to make the noise stop'Jun 02, 2014 1:00 am - D'Andre Howard admitted to “wildly slashing” four members of his fiancee Amanda Engelhardt's family and said he heard loud noises in his head “like a siren” while he did...
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Gay marriage now law of land in IllinoisMay 31, 2014 12:00 pm - Many same-sex couples from across the suburbs will be allowed to marry in their home counties for the first time beginning Monday. Illinois' law allowing same-sex marri...
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Man sentenced to 100 years in 2009 slayingMay 31, 2014 1:01 am - MARKHAM, Ill. - A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for the 2009 attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend and the shooting death of another wom...
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Dawn Patrol: Teen guilty in fatal huffing DUI; testimony in Engelhardt caseMay 30, 2014 5:00 am - Teen guilty of aggravated DUI in death of 5-year-old girl A Highland Park teenager faces up to 14 years in prison after she was found guilty yesterday for running o...
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Dold, Schneider engage over VA wait timesMay 30, 2014 5:00 am - The scandal brewing at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs over veterans' health care has made it to the suburbs' highest-profile race for Congress. Republican Bob D...
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Stab wounds too hard to look at in Howard murder trialMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - Grim photographic evidence of the vicious attacks against three members of a Hoffman Estates family led some people to leave the courtroom and defendant D'Andre Howard t...
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Pension changes hit roadblocks as legislative session endsMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers didn't touch proposals dealing with pensions for suburban police officers and firefighters and Cook County employees before leaving the Capitol. ...
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Kirk voices new allegations from Hines hospital staffMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk says he's met with doctors from Edward Hines Jr. VA hospital who tell him "boxes and boxes" of echocardiograms went unread for weeks and that some pa...
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Dawn Patrol: Hawks win in double OT; Naperville man dies in I-55 crashMay 29, 2014 5:00 am - Hawks win in double overtime The Chicago Blackhawks stayed alive last night by beating the Los Angeles Kings in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals. Michal Hand...
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Grandmother's mental fitness at issue in murder caseMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - A doctor says a South suburban woman is unfit to stand trial for the death of her 6-month-old granddaughter. The Southtown Star reported Alfreda Giedrojc will have a he...