Crime
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Elgin will start 24/7 police detail downtown after complaints about homelessJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - Just like last summer, business and property owners in downtown Elgin have ramped up complaints about the behavior of homeless people - such as littering, soiling and sl...
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20-year prison term in 2019 Carpentersville gas station robbery, beating of clerkJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - A Chicago man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting to robbing a Carpentersville gas station at gunpoint in early 2019 and attacking a clerk. Antonio...
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Sheriffs association calls Pritzker's prisoner transfer order ineffectiveJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a new executive order this week allowing for transfers into state prisons at the discretion of the Illinois Department of C...
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Zion man charged with possession of child porn after home searchJul 28, 2020 11:00 pm - A 50-year-old Zion man was charged with 11 counts of child pornography possession following a search of his home Tuesday by investigators for Illinois Attorney General K...
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Democrats slam Trump push for new FBI building in virus bill
Jul 28, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are accusing President Donald Trump of self-dealing as the White House pushes Senate Republicans to include nearly $1.8 billion to rebuild th...
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Fifth lawsuit filed in deaths at West Virginia VA hospital
Jul 28, 2020 7:00 am - CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The number of lawsuits has grown to five involving the sudden deaths of seven patients at a West Virginia veterans hospital where a former nursi...
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Serbia cracks down on rights groups, government critics
Jul 28, 2020 7:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbia's finance ministry has launched a probe into possible money laundering and financing of terrorism against dozens of rights groups, indepen...
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Barr defends aggressive federal response to protests
Jul 28, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General William Barr defended the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America as he testified for the first time be...
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Depp lawyer says Amber Heard lied during tabloid libel case
Jul 28, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Johnny Depp's high-stakes libel case against a British tabloid that accused him of assaulting ex-wife Amber Heard wrapped up Tuesday in a London court, wit...
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Picasso mural removed as Norway begins to tear down block
Jul 28, 2020 7:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The removal of a pair of concrete murals by Pablo Picasso was completed Tuesday from a government building in the Norwegian capital of Oslo wh...