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BBB: Thieves try to cash in with REAL ID scams

Submitted by Better Business Bureau
Apr 21, 2025 2:02 pm - As the May 7 deadline for obtaining a REAL ID draws near, the Better Business Bureau is warning the public to be vigilant against a surge of scams designed to steal your identity.
Kane County specialty courts participants use art to tell their stories

Brenda Schory
Apr 21, 2025 1:41 pm - The artwork of participants in Kane County’s four specialty courts filled the jury lounge at the Judicial Center in St. Charles last week, many pieces telling their lives’ journeys.
Georgia man accused of threatening West Chicago spiritual mission

By Jake Griffin
Apr 21, 2025 1:09 pm - A Georgia man is accused of threatening a spiritual mission based in West Chicago.
Niece of man killed by Carol Stream police gets pretrial diversion for threat

By Susan Sarkauskas
Apr 21, 2025 11:14 am - The niece of a man killed by Carol Stream police has pleaded guilty to threatening a police officer during a protest.
Driver cited after vehicle crashes into Bartlett house

By Christopher Placek
Apr 19, 2025 2:45 pm - A Streamwood man was cited for improper lane usage and failure to reduce speed after police say his vehicle veered off the road, crashed through fences, and struck a house in Bartlett.
Lawmakers moving forward on public defender reform

By Ben Szalinski
Apr 18, 2025 1:44 pm - SPRINGFIELD — When Elisabeth Pollock took over as the Champaign County public defender in 2022, one of her team’s attorneys was handling 500 cases in a courtroom that sho...
Jones testifies that FBI asked him to wear a wire on hospital CEO, other lawmakers

By Hannah Meisel
Apr 18, 2025 1:25 pm - Federal agents asked state Sen. Emil Jones III to wear a wire against a politically connected hospital CEO and his fellow lawmakers in Springfield, the senator testified Thursday in his own defense at his federal corruption trial.
Students at Florida State gather at memorials, prepare to retrieve belongings after deadly shooting

By KATE PAYNE and DAVID FISCHER
Apr 18, 2025 9:58 am - When a 20-year-old opened fire at Florida State University, terrified students barricaded doors and fled across campus, abandoning chemistry notes and even shoes, in a shooting that investigators said killed two men and wounded at least six others.
Police: Schaumburg woman shot by neighbor

By Jake Griffin
Apr 18, 2025 7:38 am - Schaumburg police said a woman was shot by a neighbor Wednesday afternoon, but the wound is not considered life-threatening.
Driver in fatal 2022 Halloween bus crash sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison

By Brenda Schory
Apr 17, 2025 8:49 pm - The driver of a vehicle that struck a school bus, killing two of his friends and severely injuring a third, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison Thursday.

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