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Trump's Washington, DC, takeover begins as National Guard troops arrive

By ASHRAF KHALIL
Aug 12, 2025 10:13 am - Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation's capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city's police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city.
Ex-Glendale Heights village president arraigned on forgery, perjury charges

Daily Herald report
Aug 11, 2025 4:36 pm - Former Glendale Heights President Chodri Khokhar pleaded not guilty Monday to felony charges of forgery and perjury.
St. Charles-area man pleads guilty to child porn charge

By Susan Sarkauskas
Aug 11, 2025 4:12 pm - A St. Charles Township man has been sentenced to nine years in prison, after pleading guilty to possession of a child pornography video.
Former Wheaton woman pleads guilty to abducting her daughter in 2017

By Susan Sarkauskas
Aug 11, 2025 11:12 am - A woman accused of kidnapping her daughter and found almost six years later because of a crime TV show, pleaded guilty Monday morning to child abduction.
Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and deploying the National Guard

Associated Press
Aug 11, 2025 9:58 am - President Donald Trump said Monday he’s taking over Washington's police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city officials stressed crime is already falling in the nation’s capital.
Judge denies request to unseal transcripts from grand jury that indicted Ghislaine Maxwell

By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Aug 11, 2025 9:07 am - Transcripts of the secret grand jury testimony that led to the sex trafficking indictment of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell won’t be released, a judge decided Monday.
Person of interest in Des Plaines killing released without charges

By Russell Lissau
Aug 11, 2025 9:01 am - A person of interest in the fatal shooting of a Rosemont man last month in Des Plaines was released from police custody without charges over the weekend, authorities announced Monday.
Suspect in Aurora double shooting turns himself in

By Jake Griffin
Aug 11, 2025 8:31 am - The suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of two people in Aurora over the weekend turned himself into police.
FBI moves to dispatch 120 agents to D.C. streets as Trump vows crackdown on crime

Perry Stein, Olivia George, Ellen Nakashima
Aug 11, 2025 7:35 am - The unusual move comes as President Donald Trump threatens a federal takeover of the nation’s capital.
Cicero man charged after high-speed chase throughout DuPage County

By Christopher Placek
Aug 09, 2025 3:32 pm - A 31-year-old Cicero man was charged with multiple offenses, including aggravated fleeing and eluding police, after a road rage incident and high-speed chase through DuPage County.

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