Crime
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Bartlett man sentenced to 15 years for 7-Eleven robberySep 22, 2021 1:00 am - A Bartlett man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a 2019 armed robbery, the DuPage County state's attorney's office said. Alexzander Butchas, 24, of the ...
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Elgin police investigating armed robbery at businessSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - Elgin police are investigating an armed robbery by two men Wednesday. Responding to a call at 1:36 p.m. to a business on the 800 block of Dundee Avenue, police say two m...
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Lawyer: R. Kelly unlikely to take stand in trafficking trial
Sep 21, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - R. Kelly is unlikely to take the witness stand at his sex-trafficking trial, a lawyer for the R&B singer told a judge Tuesday. The remark by attorney Dev...
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German police arrest suspect after highway bus incident
Sep 21, 2021 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - A Serbian man was arrested in southern Germany on Tuesday after an altercation on board a Serbia-bound bus and an ensuing standoff led to the closure of a ...
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German officials fear anti-mask radicalization after killing
Sep 21, 2021 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Senior politicians in Germany expressed shock over the weekend killing of a young gas station clerk who asked a customer to wear a face mask, and they warn...
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Gabby Petito story boosted by social media, true-crime craze
Sep 21, 2021 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - The disappearance and death of Gabby Petito and the police hunt for her boyfriend have generated a whirlwind online, with a multitude of armchair detectives...
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Ex-mayor, elected at age 23, gets 6 years in corruption case
Sep 21, 2021 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - A former Massachusetts mayor, once a rising Democratic star after being elected at just 23 years old, was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday after...
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FBI searching for suspect in Naperville bank robberySep 21, 2021 1:00 am - The FBI is searching for a man who robbed a bank Tuesday morning in south Naperville. A man showed a handgun during the robbery, which occurred at 9:10 a.m. at the Fifth...
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Police: Man stabbed to death in Hoffman Estates, suspects at largeSep 21, 2021 1:00 am - Hoffman Estates police are searching for two men suspected in the fatal stabbing of a man late Monday night outside an apartment complex on the village's south side. Acc...
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Palatine accused of negligence over dog attack in Elmwood Park that mirrors May attackSep 21, 2021 1:00 am - Attorneys for an Elmwood Park woman say negligence by the village of Palatine is to blame for an attack by two dogs that were kicked out of the Northwest suburb - but no...