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DCFS timeline shows no abuse reports on foster child until her death
Aug 30, 2025 4:00 am - A timeline released by DCFS shows foster child McKenzi Felmlee had questionable oversight before her death, with frequent changes in caseworkers and accusations of abuse and neglect.
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Hundreds of police departments use camera company accused of breaking state law
Aug 30, 2025 4:00 am - An automatic license plate reader company used by hundreds of police departments around Illinois broke state law by allowing federal border enforcement officers to access Illinois license plate camera data, according to Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias.
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‘Hate Divides, Love Unites’: Church buys billboard space that had hosted Proud Boys sign
Aug 30, 2025 4:00 am - In response to an uproar over a Proud Boys message displayed on a billboard near Central Community High School in Breese, the United Methodist Church has a simple message: “Hate Divides, Love Unites.”
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More than 30 years on, hope endures in unsolved 1992 killing
Aug 30, 2025 4:00 am - New DNA techniques are raising hopes anew that Illinois authorities will find out who killed a Greeneville, South Carolina, woman whose car broke down on I-80 near LaSalle in 1992.
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Fundraising tour set in Geneva’s 1892 historic courthouse Sept. 18
Aug 29, 2025 9:37 pm - The Geneva History Museum will host a fundraiser tour of the historic 1892 Kane County Courthouse in September.
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Public hearing set on Campton Hills 900-home development. Here’s what’s in annexation agreement
Aug 29, 2025 8:34 pm - The Campton Hills village board has set a public hearing for a proposed 962-acre annexation at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 40W605 Illinois Route 38.
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Fox Lake father faces child endangerment, child pornography charges; mother charged with child endangermentAug 29, 2025 8:18 pm - Logan J. Jentink, 29, of Fox Lake faces charges of possession of child pornography, child endangerment and cruelty to animals. Lake County authorities say his three young children were living in “horrid” conditions and multiple animals were malnourished and neglected.
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Trump ends ex-Vice President Harris’ Secret Service protection early after Biden had extended it
Aug 29, 2025 6:53 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection that otherwise would have ended next summer, senior Trump a...
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Trump administration plans to remove nearly 700 unaccompanied migrant children, senator says
Aug 29, 2025 6:48 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to remove nearly 700 Guatemalan children who had come to the U.S. without their parents, according to a letter sent Frid...
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Missouri is next to answer Trump’s call for redrawn maps that boost GOP in 2026
Aug 29, 2025 6:42 pm - Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe said Friday that he is calling Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of a growing national battle between Republicans and Democrats seeking an edge in next year’s congressional elections.