Crime
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1979 Inverness murder case may be resolved without retrial, attorney saysDec 16, 2020 12:00 am - A former Inverness woman facing retrial after her 2016 murder conviction was overturned by the Illinois Appellate Court may have her case resolved short of another trial...
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Elgin man accused of child molestation in Round Lake HeightsDec 16, 2020 12:00 am - Round Lake Heights police arrested an Elgin man on several criminal sexual assault charges on Monday, authorities said Wednesday. Ian Eric Lona, 37, of the 1400 block of...
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Three charged in armed robbery Sunday in AuroraDec 16, 2020 12:00 am - Two men and a teenager are charged with armed robbery stemming from a holdup during a drug deal Sunday on Aurora's far east side, police said. According to Aurora police...
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DCFS supervisor in AJ Freund investigation has case continued to JanuaryDec 16, 2020 12:00 am - The former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services supervisor charged criminally in the death of AJ Freund, beaten to death last year by his parents, made a ...
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Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas
Dec 15, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump's staunchest allies, is departing amid lingering tension over the president's baseless cla...
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FBI won't 'sidestep' sexual misconduct claims, director says
Dec 15, 2020 6:00 am - FBI Director Christopher Wray is seeking to reassure agents that the bureau won't tolerate sexual misconduct in the workplace, promising more resources for victims and f...
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Trump asking about special prosecutor for Hunter Biden
Dec 15, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is considering pushing to have a special counsel appointed to advance a federal tax investigation into the son of President-elec...
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German police make 4th arrest over Dresden jewelry heist
Dec 15, 2020 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Police in the German capital have arrested one of two fugitive twins wanted in connection with the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a Dresden ...
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FBI says agent shot person aboard train outside Washington
Dec 15, 2020 6:00 am - BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - An FBI agent shot and wounded someone aboard a subway train in a suburb of Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, the agency said. The shooting happened arou...
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Church vandalism exposes divisions over faith and politics
Dec 15, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Vandalism at four downtown Washington churches after rallies in support of President Donald Trump is exposing rifts among people of faith as the nation...