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Many happy returns: How feds say Glen Ellyn woman pulled off $900K retail fraud scheme

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Oct 23, 2025 4:43 pm - A Glen Ellyn woman stole an estimated $900,000 from a retail chain by making fraudulent merchandise returns, federal authorities allege in a recent court filing. Here’s how authorities say she pulled it off.
McHenry County Board proposes tax levy increase while also looking for spending cuts

By Claire O'Brien
Oct 23, 2025 4:36 pm - McHenry County officials are continuing to look for ways to cut expenses and increase revenue as the county board prepares to vote on next year’s budget and a proposed property tax levy increase.
Trump issues disaster declarations for Alaska and other states but denies Illinois and Maryland

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA
Oct 23, 2025 3:52 pm - President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe late Wednesday, while denying requests from Vermont, Illinois and Maryland and leaving other states still waiting for answers.
Lithuanian president says Russian military planes violated the Baltic country’s airspace

Oct 23, 2025 3:46 pm - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said that Russian military planes violated Lithuania’s airspace on Thursday evening, condemning the breach as a blatant infraction on the territorial integrity of his European Union and NATO-member country.
Trump’s turnaround on sanctions targets Russia’s oil companies that fund the war in Ukraine

By DAVID McHUGH
Oct 23, 2025 3:43 pm - The U.S. and the European Union are hitting Russia with another round of sanctions, aiming to cut into oil and gas export earnings that fund Moscow's war against Ukraine.
Man accused of hiding Antioch woman’s body held in Lake County jail days after being ordered deported

By Steve Zalusky
Oct 23, 2025 3:26 pm - The same week a judge ordered Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez deported, the man charged with hiding the body of a 37-year-old Antioch woman in a garbage container was ordered held in the Lake County jail instead.
Elgin could allow DACA recipients to be hired as firefighters and paramedics

By Rick West
Oct 23, 2025 2:58 pm - The Elgin City Council gave unanimous preliminary approval Wednesday to allow people with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status to be hired as firefighters and paramedics.
GOP congressional candidate facing wire fraud charges vows to fight case at trial

By Russell Lissau
Oct 23, 2025 2:38 pm - A suburban congressional candidate is awaiting trial in a federal fraud case alleging she misused COVID-19 relief funds.
Food drive to help Woodridge pantry serve families in need

Daily Herald report
Oct 23, 2025 2:33 pm - Community organizations in Woodridge, Bolingbrook, Downers Grove and Naperville will participate in a food drive to support the West Suburban Community Food Pantry.
American e-waste is causing a 'hidden tsunami' in Southeast Asia, report says

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL
Oct 23, 2025 1:57 pm - Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle hazardous waste, according to a new report released Wednesday by an environmental watchdog.

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