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Where’s Karen? New Elgin Cold Case Unit takes on baffling 1983 disappearance

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Jan 03, 2025 9:48 am - Karen Schepers vanished in 1983 after leaving a Carpentersville bar, prompting decades of fruitless searches and investigation. Elgin police now have launched a dedicated cold case unit that hopes to crack the 41-year-old mystery, including through a podcast called “Somebody Knows Something.”
South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant after hourslong standoff

By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Jan 03, 2025 8:10 am - South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a near-six-hour standoff on Friday during which he defied their attempt to detain him. It’s the latest confrontation in a political crisis that has paralyzed South Korean politics and seen two heads of state impeached in under a month.
New Orleans inches toward normalcy while mourning victims of deadly New Year’s rampage

By ERIC TUCKER, JIM MUSTIAN, KEVIN McGILL and JACK BROOK
Jan 03, 2025 7:29 am - A mix of law enforcement, street performers and football fans has filled New Orleans’ blocks as the city inches back to normalcy while mourning victims of the deadly New Year's rampage in which an Army veteran plowed a truck into revelers.
Batavia woman charged with financial exploitation of elderly family member

Brenda Schory
Jan 02, 2025 3:49 pm - A Batavia woman faces charges alleging she stole more than $50,000 from an elderly family member, according to police and court records.
3rd person charged in carjacking at movie theater

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jan 02, 2025 12:17 pm - A third person has been charged in an armed carjacking at an Addison movie theater.
One arrest, 137 tickets in Wheeling police safety effort

Daily Herald Report
Jan 02, 2025 10:22 am - A holiday drunken-driving enforcement effort in Wheeling netted one impaired driver, police announced Thursday.
Gurnee woman charged after attempted robbery at gas station near Lake Villa

By Russell Lissau
Jan 02, 2025 8:54 am - A Gurnee woman is facing felony charges after attempting to rob a gas station near Lake Villa Wednesday.
10 people are wounded in a shooting outside a New York City nightclub

Jan 02, 2025 7:42 am - Ten people were wounded in a shooting outside a New York City nightclub while they were waiting to get into a private event, police said.
FBI says driver in New Orleans rampage acted alone and was ‘100%’ inspired by Islamic State group

By ERIC TUCKER, JIM MUSTIAN, KEVIN McGILL and JACK BROOK
Jan 02, 2025 6:46 am - A U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 people, had posted videos to social media hours before the carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and expressing a desire to kill, the president said.
Teens charged in carjacking outside Addison movie theater

By Charles Keeshan
Dec 31, 2024 2:28 pm - A pair of teenagers accused of carjacking a couple at gunpoint at an Addison movie theater then leading police on a chase Sunday will be detained until at least their next court appearance, a DuPage County judge ordered Tuesday.

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