Crime
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Man charged in connection to recent Streamwood bomb threatDec 17, 2025 5:39 pm - A Hoffman Estates man was arrested and charged Tuesday in connection with an unfounded bomb threat at a Streamwood Walmart on Dec. 1.
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Investigators seek older video that might show the Brown campus shooter days before the attack
Dec 17, 2025 4:43 pm - With the search for the Brown University shooter in its fifth day Wednesday, authorities were asking the public to review any security or phone footage from the week before the attack in the hopes it might help investigators identify the person, believing the attacker may have cased the scene ahead of time.
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Rob and Michele Reiner’s son appears in court on murder charges while siblings speak of their loss
Dec 17, 2025 4:34 pm - Nick Reiner made his first court appearance Wednesday in Los Angeles on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, while the couple's other two children made their first public statement on their crushing loss.
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Itasca man charged with murder in Harvard death investigationDec 16, 2025 8:27 pm - An Itasca man has been charged with murder in relation to an ongoing death investigation in an unincorporated area near Harvard.
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Sanity hearing closes for man accused of trying to murder Bensenville police officerDec 16, 2025 7:35 pm - The fate of a man accused of severely wounding a Bensenville police officer is now up to a DuPage County judge, as attorneys Monday finished arguing whether the shooter was insane at the time.
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Judge denies release for Border Patrol agent charged with sex assault, robberyDec 16, 2025 4:02 pm - A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent from Pingree Grove accused of sexual assault and robbery will remain in custody after a federal judge denied him pretrial release, court records show.
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Sleepy Hollow family using billboards to seek information about daughter’s death in 2009Dec 16, 2025 4:00 pm - The mother of a Sleepy Hollow teen who died under mysterious circumstances in 2009 has paid for billboards in Algonquin and Cary offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to a criminal conviction.
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Prosecutors: Doctor sexually assaulted teen at Elgin hotelDec 16, 2025 10:03 am - An Elgin-based doctor faces multiple felony charges alleging he sexually assaulted and exploited a 16-year-old with an intellectual disability, authorities said Tuesday.
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Schaumburg police: Woman dead, man in custody following early morning disturbance callDec 16, 2025 9:01 am - Schaumburg police officials say a woman is dead and a man is in custody following an early morning domestic disturbance call on the 100 block of Roselle Road.
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Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group
Dec 16, 2025 7:36 am - A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett said Tuesday.