Susan Sarkauskas
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Help sought finding missing Downers Grove manJan 20, 2026 12:24 pm - Downers Grove police are seeking the public’s help finding a man who has disappeared.
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‘Somebody had to do it:’ Civil rights pioneer speaks about desegregating schoolJan 19, 2026 1:38 pm - Dorothy "Dot" Counts-Scoggins, an American civil rights pioneer who was one of the first black students admitted to an all-white school in North Carolina in 1957, was the special guest Monday at the DuPage County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast.
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Kane County aims to train 2,000 people in mental health first aidJan 18, 2026 8:45 pm - You are worried about a friend. Something they are saying or doing makes you wonder if they are having a mental health problem. But what can you do? Perform mental health first aid.
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Woman pleads guilty to abducting grandchild from Aurora homeJan 17, 2026 2:55 pm - A woman has pleaded guilty to abducting her grandchild in a case where the child’s father and uncle are accused of taking the boy from a house in Aurora.
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Interstate shootings drop to 6-year low, state police sayJan 15, 2026 8:39 pm - Shootings on interstate highways in Illinois in 2025 were the lowest since 2019, according to state police.
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Man accused of driving stolen truck to Target, stealing itemsJan 15, 2026 5:06 pm - A man on electronic monitoring in a burglary case has now been charged with illegally possessing two guns and a stolen motor vehicle, plus driving the vehicle to a Target store and stealing items.
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Aurora man accused of fleeing from police in a stolen vehicleJan 15, 2026 3:40 pm - An Aurora man is being kept in jail pretrial on charges that he possessed a stolen vehicle and fled police.
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Man charged with arson in fire that destroyed Carpentersville apartment buildingJan 14, 2026 4:55 pm - A man has been charged with arson for a November fire that displaced 24 families at a Carpentersville apartment building.
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Judge rules man accused of shooting Bensenville police officer was not insaneJan 14, 2026 4:46 pm - The man accused of shooting a Bensenville police officer has failed to prove he was insane at the time, a DuPage County judge ruled Tuesday.
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Man accused of killing son’s support dogJan 14, 2026 4:08 pm - A Bloomingdale man has been charged with animal cruelty, accused of killing his son’s emotional support dog.