Crime
-
Student in custody after Rolling Meadows police say gun brought to middle schoolSep 10, 2025 10:56 am - A student who allegedly brought a firearm into Plum Grove Middle School was arrested Tuesday, Rolling Meadows police said.
-
Trial begins for man accused of kicking wife to deathSep 09, 2025 4:24 pm - A murder trial began Tuesday for a Naperville man accused of kicking his wife to death. But his defense attorneys argue other factors may be responsible for her dying.
-
Man charged with organized retail crime, connected to ring that conducted 115 burglariesSep 09, 2025 4:21 pm - A Chicago man is accused of being part of a crime ring tied to115 burglaries throughout the suburbs.
-
Wauconda man pleads guilty to having 11 pounds of pot on bus in LITH; gets 6 years
Sep 09, 2025 1:37 pm - A Wauconda man pleaded guilty Friday to possessing 11 pounds of marijuana, which was found by police in a suitcase on a bus parked in a Lake in the Hills industrial park.
-
Who is Katie Abraham, the suburban native at the center of the latest deportation campaign?
Sep 09, 2025 11:02 am - The Department of Homeland Security is dedicating a Chicago deportation “blitz” to Katie Abraham, one of two women killed in an Urbana drunken driving crash earlier this year by a Guatemalan man who lacked legal status and fled the scene.
-
Addison ice cream shop owner accused of secretly recording employee undressing is being suedSep 09, 2025 10:57 am - A lawsuit has been filed against a Buffalo Grove man charged with secretly recording nude footage of a teenage employee using using hidden cameras at his home and his Addison ice cream.
-
US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China
Sep 09, 2025 8:02 am - An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known.
-
3 charged with stealing $500K-plus from video gambling machinesSep 08, 2025 7:55 pm - Three Chicago-area men have been charged with stealing more than $500,000 from video gambling machines at businesses throughout the suburbs.
-
Romeoville man arrested in Wauconda, charged with domestic batterySep 08, 2025 7:01 pm - A Romeoville man faces several charges, including unlawful restraint and domestic battery, after a traffic stop in Wauconda Saturday night.
-
Trial begins for Elgin man accused of murdering womanSep 08, 2025 3:56 pm - A drug-fueled argument may have contributed to the stabbing death of a woman in Elgin, his attorney argued Monday.