Jake Griffin
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State police defend decision to give Highland Park shooting suspect a firearm permitJul 06, 2022 1:00 am - Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly defended his agency's decision to award a Firearm Owner's Identification card to the 21-year-old Highwood man accused of kil...
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Restaurant owner gets 4-year prison sentence after tax fraud guilty pleaJul 06, 2022 1:00 am - A Lake in the Hills man who operated 11 Denny's restaurants throughout Illinois received a four-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to bilking the state out of mo...
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Neighbor rescues two dogs from house fire near CaryJul 06, 2022 1:00 am - Cary Fire Protection District officials said a neighbor who rescued two dogs from a house fire near Cary Monday evening suffered smoke inhalation, but did not require ho...
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Lombard fire officials believe lightning caused blaze that killed family's catJul 05, 2022 1:00 am - A Lombard family's cat died in a house fire early today that officials believe was ignited by a lightning strike. Firefighters were called to the home on the 500 block o...
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Stifling humidity expected today with damaging thunderstorms forecast laterJul 05, 2022 1:00 am - A heat advisory is in effect from noon today through 8 p.m., with intense humidity levels expected to drive the heat index in most suburbs up to 110 degrees. High temper...
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Police outline how Highland Park suspect amassed arsenal despite troubling historyJul 05, 2022 1:00 am - Authorities revealed a 21-year-old Highwood man accused of killing seven and wounding more than two dozen others during an attack Monday on a Fourth of July parade in Hi...
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How COVID-19 pandemic reshaped school district staffing across the suburbsJul 02, 2022 1:00 am - In any other year, a decline of nearly 1,350 students might have resulted in less staff at Elgin Area School District U-46 schools. But 2021 wasn't just any other year, ...
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Streamwood man dies after two-vehicle crash near La Grange TuesdayJul 01, 2022 1:00 am - A 45-year-old Streamwood man died Thursday from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 294 Tuesday afternoon near La Grange. The Cook County medical exa...
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Illinois sees 67% spike in COVID-19 deaths from May to JuneJul 01, 2022 1:00 am - State health officials recorded 324 COVID-19 deaths in June. That's a 67% increase from the 194 deaths recorded in May, according to Illinois Department of Public Healt...
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Five residents displaced from Rolling Meadows condo complex after fireJun 29, 2022 1:00 am - Five residents from two units at a Rolling Meadows condominium complex were displaced after a fire Tuesday. Fire officials said they were called to the 24-unit, two-stor...