Susan Sarkauskas
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Five years later, here's what's been done to prevent another deadly hospital standoffMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - Five years ago, the seemingly unthinkable happened at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva. A Kane County jail inmate, hospitalized after surgery, disarmed th...
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'It was wrong. It was unjust': Hospital that refused Black student in 1950s apologizes to herMay 12, 2022 1:00 am - Seventy-one years ago, Betty Brown figured getting into the nursing school at Sherman Hospital in Elgin was going to be easy. She worked in the hospital's central servic...
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Two Naperville men charged with entering home, beating man in front of childMay 11, 2022 1:00 am - Two Naperville men have been charged with entering a man's home and beating him in front of his 9-year-old daughter. Ricardo Jimenez-Velazquez, 36, of the 1000 block of ...
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Authorities: West Chicago teen brought airgun to school, threatened to kill another studentMay 10, 2022 1:00 am - A 15-year-old West Chicago boy has been charged with felony disorderly conduct after he was accused of displaying a gun and threatening another student at West Chicago H...
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Murder charge dropped for man in 2020 Carpentersville caseMay 10, 2022 1:00 am - A Tennessee man pleaded guilty to a gun charge Tuesday in connection with the murder of a Carpentersville man nearly two years ago. In exchange, Kane County prosecutors ...
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Montgomery man charged with trying to kill his wife, himselfMay 10, 2022 1:00 am - A 71-year-old Montgomery man is charged with trying to kill his wife and himself. Gerald Schabb is charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated domestic batter...
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Aurora police now fully outfitted with body-worn cameras; new squad cameras coming soonMay 09, 2022 1:00 am - All police officers in the state's second-largest city are now equipped with body-worn cameras that supervisors and other officers can view remotely on a livestream. And...
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'Person of interest' in gunshot death of Geneva woman released from custodyMay 09, 2022 1:00 am - Geneva police have released a man they called a "person of interest" in the death of a woman last week. The man was detained on the evening of May 4, when police were ca...
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'I'm not here to make friends': Ex-Aurora chief's book examines policing, leadershipMay 06, 2022 5:30 am - “These musings will probably upset people on both sides of the issues, and I'm okay with that. I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to offer you a perspective into my ...
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Man sues Queen Bee District 16, says teacher sexually abused him 43 years agoMay 05, 2022 1:00 am - A former student at a Glendale Heights elementary school is suing Queen Bee School District 16, saying it should have prevented a chess coach from sexually abusing him 4...