Susan Sarkauskas
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How to avoid becoming a victim of a carjacking: First, put away the phoneJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - News of recent carjackings - especially the one Saturday in Aurora where a woman was shot - may have drivers on edge. While there is no indication of an unusual increase...
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Dogs, drones and firefighters team up to find missing peopleJan 16, 2021 12:00 am - A medically fragile 79-year-old man was reported missing Dec. 19 in Elmhurst. The sun had set and temperatures were dropping. Besides using their own police dog, Elmhur...
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'We're disheartened': Suburban chiefs disappointed by criminal justice billJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - No cash bail. No promise of state funding to help pay for and operate mandatory body cameras. No accusers' names on misconduct complaints against police officers, and no...
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St. Charles Twp. man guilty of sending customer's nude pictures to himselfJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - A 25-year-old St. Charles Township man has been found guilty of sending himself nude photographs from a customer's cellphone while he was working at a store in Huntley i...
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Batavia to allow alcohol sales an hour earlierJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - Batavia will soon let people buy liquor, wine and beer an hour earlier. Aldermen on Tuesday directed Mayor Jeff Schielke, who is the city's liquor commissioner, to issue...
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Aurora man charged with beating 2-month-old daughterJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - An Aurora man has been charged with severely beating his 2-month-old daughter. Brian M. Clemente, 27, is being held on $1 million bail at the Kane County jail on a charg...
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Villa Park man faces child pornography chargesJan 12, 2021 12:00 am - Bail was set at $30,000 Tuesday for a Villa Park man charged with possession of child pornography. David K. Hibbeler, 68, of the 100 block of North Summit Avenue, was ar...
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Sugar Grove trustee candidate withdraws, another is kicked off the ballotJan 12, 2021 12:00 am - Editor's note: The story has been updated to clarify Rachel Rockwell's support for village president candidate Jennifer Konen. A Sugar Grove village trustee candida...
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Aurora alderman candidate gets to stay on ballotJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - The Aurora Electoral Board refused Monday to remove one of the candidates for the alderman-at-large position from the April 6 ballot. The board decided, 3-0, that two ob...
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'We know how bad it is out there': How Wheeling police are helping people in needJan 08, 2021 4:30 am - We could all use some good news right about now. Thankfully, Wheeling police were there Thursday to give us some. More than a dozen officers helped pack up and deliver h...