Crime
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Arlington Heights trustees want penalties in new license-plate camera contractsFeb 10, 2026 7:56 pm - Arlington Heights village trustees are willing to extend contracts with Flock Safety for automated license-plate reader cameras, but want a penalty inserted in case the company breaks the rules.
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Melrose Park man sentenced to 18 years for Elmhurst road rage shootingFeb 10, 2026 4:23 pm - A man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in a road rage shooting more than eight years ago in Elmhurst.
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Three stabbed in two weekend incidents in AuroraFeb 10, 2026 12:59 pm - Three people were stabbed in two separate incidents over the weekend in Aurora.
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A person has been detained for questioning in disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, AP sources say
Feb 10, 2026 8:06 am - “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie pleaded for the public’s help at “an hour of desperation” in the search for her missing mother as the family’s latest attempts to reach the abductors failed to yield any proof she is alive or communication with the culprits.
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Hanover Park reports another record-low year for major crimesFeb 09, 2026 5:16 pm - For a second consecutive year, the Hanover Park Police Department has reported a historic low in major crimes.
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Man charged with having gun modified to fire automaticallyFeb 09, 2026 2:15 pm - A Chicago man is accused of possessing a gun that had been modified to fire fully automatically.
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‘Particularly heinous’: Judge detains couple charged in boy’s deathFeb 09, 2026 12:52 pm - Bruising, malnourishment evident, but cause of death of 8-year-old Round Lake Beach boy is pending further testing, the Lake County Coroner’s Office said Monday.
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Suspect in Oakbrook Terrace killing due in court TuesdayFeb 09, 2026 12:46 pm - The woman accused of shooting a man to death last week in Oakbrook Terrace is scheduled to appear Tuesday in a Wisconsin court.
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Ghislaine Maxwell appeals for clemency from Trump as she declines to answer questions from lawmakers
Feb 09, 2026 11:57 am - Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers in a deposition Monday, but indicated that if President Donald Trump ended her prison sentence, she was willing to testify that neither he nor former President Bill Clinton had done anything wrong in their relationships with Epstein.
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Police: Person of interest captured in downtown Palatine assaultFeb 09, 2026 11:51 am - Palatine police have a person of interest in custody in connection with reports that a man grabbed a juvenile and took their cellphone in the village’s downtown Monday morning.