Susan Sarkauskas
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'Everyone deserves dignity': Hesed House aims to help people avoid, overcome homelessnessNov 26, 2022 12:00 am - Mark Watson has a large, lovely home in Shorewood that he shares with his wife and three children. He has a good job, as an operations shift manager at the Braidwood nuc...
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State police's simulator lets cops practice responses to danger. We tried it, and it's hard.Nov 25, 2022 4:30 am - Police officers often say the public doesn't understand that sometimes situations go sideways in seconds. The Illinois State Police on Wednesday gave members of the medi...
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Woman charged, released after man fatally shot in Lindenhurst home on ThanksgivingNov 25, 2022 12:00 am - A Lindenhurst woman faces a charge of reckless discharge of a firearm in connection with a fatal shooting at a home Thursday, authorities said. Kellee M. Holmes, 41, of ...
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Sugar Grove woman busy organizing seniors, food pantryNov 24, 2022 4:30 am - Julie Walker says senior citizens "have a special place in my heart." Her paid, part-time positions put her in contact with them a lot. But her service to them goes beyo...
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'Food can heal': Volunteers provide Thanksgiving meal for jail detainees recovering from addictionsNov 24, 2022 4:30 am - Quenby Schuyler hit an all-time low in late March 2020. Her father was in the hospital with COVID-19, and she could not visit him because of pandemic restrictions. He di...
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DuPage clerk appeals order on how to verify disputed signatures on mail-in ballotsNov 22, 2022 12:00 am - DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek wants an appellate court to overturn a judge's decision to prohibit election workers from using vote-by-mail applications to verify si...
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Man charged with reckless homicide in crash that killed preschoolerNov 21, 2022 12:00 am - A 20-year-old man has been charged with reckless homicide and driving under the influence of cannabis after he was accused of causing a crash that killed a 4-year-old ch...
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Aurora man sentenced in absentia to life in prison for sexually assaulting two childrenNov 21, 2022 12:00 am - An Aurora man has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting and abusing two children he knew. Kane County Judge Salvatore LoPiccolo pronounced the sentenc...
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Man charged with spitting on Lake County deputyNov 19, 2022 12:00 am - A Zion man has been charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer, accused of spitting in to the face of Lake County deputy during an arrest early Saturday morning....
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Head-on crash in no-passing zone on Plank Road kills Elgin manNov 18, 2022 10:00 pm - An Elgin man was killed early Saturday morning in a crash in Plato Township in Kane County. Harvy S. Barrios, 22, was driving a Ford Fusion east on Plank Road near Marsh...