Crime
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Mount Prospect warns of scam emailsSep 22, 2025 12:32 pm - Mount Prospect is warning the public about an email scam involving someone posing as a village employee.
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Aurora sex offender pleads guilty to sexual assault, gets 11 years in prisonSep 22, 2025 11:59 am - A previously convicted sex offender was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty last week to sexually assaulting an underage girl.
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Patrons at New Hampshire restaurant shooting prevented worse tragedy with selfless acts, AG saysSep 21, 2025 4:11 pm - NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Patrons at a restaurant acted quickly and selflessly to stop a gunman who opened fire while a wedding was taking place at a New Hampshire country club...
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Ingleside driver gets 5 years in prison for crash that killed Elmhurst woman near McHenry
Sep 20, 2025 12:44 pm - An Ingleside woman was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for the fatal head-on crash that she caused while authorities said she was under the influence of marijuana.
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‘Reign of terror’ with more than 20 crime scenes in McHenry area lands Lake Villa man in prison
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Woman charged with intent to deliver controlled substance in BartlettSep 19, 2025 4:35 pm - A Chicago woman received drug-related charges after her arrest during a traffic stop in Bartlett Wednesday night.
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ICE arrests nearly 550 in Chicago area as part of ‘Midway Blitz’
Sep 19, 2025 3:02 pm - Immigration enforcement officials have arrested more than 400 people as part of an operation in the Chicago area that launched a little less than two weeks ago, a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday.
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Waukegan man faces child pornography chargesSep 19, 2025 10:20 am - A Waukegan man was charged with five counts of possessing child pornography after Lake County sheriff’s detectives received a tip from an email provider.
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Paroled child murderer charged with failing to register as sex offenderSep 18, 2025 5:37 pm - A man convicted of killing a child is facing charges that he didn’t tell police that he had changed jobs and moved near a day care center.
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How police are easing anxiety for citizens with autismSep 18, 2025 5:31 pm - Getting pulled over by a police officer, or any other unexpected encounter with law enforcement, is stressful, all the more so for a person who struggles with social interactions and communication as a result of autism. Easing that anxiety is the idea behind two suburban departments’ new Blue Envelope Program.