Crime
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Elgin’s 2023 crime stats show decades-long decline continuesJan 19, 2024 4:16 pm - Violent crime and gunfire incidents were down in Elgin in 2023 as part of what the city’s police department says is a more than 50-year downward crime trend. The departme...
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Man shoots way into Itasca homeJan 19, 2024 1:34 pm - Itasca police are investigating why a man forced his way into a home by shooting its back door Friday morning, claiming he was being chased. It happened around 9:15 a.m. ...
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Six state police vehicles hit in a week serves as reminder of Scott’s LawJan 19, 2024 11:56 am - Between the foot of snow that fell in some areas and the bitter cold that turned all that precipitation icy, it was a rough holiday weekend on Illinois' roads. That was e...
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Authorities: Glendale Heights village president pushed police chiefJan 19, 2024 11:50 am - Already charged with disorderly conduct, Glendale Heights Village President Chodri Khokhar is facing more legal trouble. Authorities have now charged the first-term villa...
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Addison man charged in Villa Park chaseJan 18, 2024 2:48 pm - Pretrial release was denied Thursday for a man accused of driving away from police officers at speeds up to 80 mph. Oscar Salazar, 35, of the 100 block of Rozanne Drive i...
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Columnist accusing Trump of sex assault faces cross-examination in a New York courtroom
Jan 18, 2024 1:39 pm - NEW YORK — With former President Donald Trump no longer in the courtroom Thursday, a columnist who accused him of sexually attacking her concluded her testimony with an e...
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Georgia judge sets a hearing on misconduct allegations against Fani Willis in Trump election case
Jan 18, 2024 1:37 pm - ATLANTA — The judge presiding over the Georgia prosecution of former President Donald Trump and others for efforts to overturn the 2020 election has set a hearing on a mo...
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Justice Department report finds 'cascading failures' and 'no urgency' during Uvalde, Texas, shooting
Jan 18, 2024 1:32 pm - UVALDE, Texas — Police officials who responded to the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas “demonstrated no urgency” in setting up a command post and failed to treat t...
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Aurora fatal shooting victim identifiedJan 18, 2024 1:04 pm - The Kane County Coroner has identified a woman shot to death Saturday in Aurora. She was Serhonda Barnett, 46, of Oswego, the coroner announced Thursday. The preliminary ...
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Heather Mack gets 26 years in prison for helping kill her mother in BaliJan 17, 2024 11:45 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — An American woman who pleaded guilty to helping kill her own mother and stuffing the body in a suitcase during a luxury vacation in Bali was sentenced in C...