Susan Sarkauskas
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West Chicago man faces gun chargesJun 30, 2025 1:08 pm - A man is accused of several gun crimes after people reported he ran toward their car and displayed a handgun in West Chicago Saturday night.
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Addison man facing gun, fleeing chargesJun 27, 2025 2:34 pm - An Addison man is being detained pretrial on charges he illegally possessed a handgun and led police on a high-speed chase.
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‘Bartlett’s Superman’: 10 weeks after near-fatal cardiac event, sergeant is back on the jobJun 27, 2025 4:30 am - Just 10 weeks after suffering an onslaught of medical emergencies, including an aortic dissection, two strokes and two pulmonary embolisms, Bartlett police Sgt. Chris Johnson returned to the force. “It’s an incredible story,” Deputy Police Chief William Naydenoff said. “He’s Bartlett’s Superman.”
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Woman who lured man to fatal robbery pleads guilty to gun charge, gets 23 years in prisonJun 25, 2025 5:10 pm - An Aurora woman accused of luring a man to an armed robbery where he was killed was sentenced to 23 years in prison Wednesday.
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Schaumburg man charged with attempted murder in Elgin-area party shootingJun 24, 2025 5:20 pm - A man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting that injured three people at a party Sunday near Elgin.
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Aurora seeks public’s advice on finances, sustainability, housing, safety and youthJun 24, 2025 12:37 pm - The city of Aurora has created what it calls public transition committees to develop recommendations for city departments.
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Kaneland schools sue Sugar Grove to get rid of the Grove TIF districtJun 24, 2025 11:24 am - The Kaneland school district is suing Sugar Grove, saying the village was wrong to approve a large mixed-use development and create a tax-increment financing district for it.
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Woman charged with hitting IDOT truck while drunk, nearly running over bodies at scene of fatal crashJun 23, 2025 4:54 pm - A woman has been charged with drunkenly crashing into an IDOT truck on the scene of a fatal crash Sunday and nearly running over two bodies.
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South Elgin man faces child pornography chargesJun 20, 2025 10:16 am - A South Elgin man facing charges of possessing child sexual abuse materials is free on pretrial release.
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From the murders to manhunt: New book examines ‘human elements’ of Brown’s Chicken killingsJun 20, 2025 4:30 am - A suburban native who was just a kid when the Brown's Chicken murders in Palatine shocked the nation has written a new book he hopes offers new insight into the killings. “It’s focused more on the human elements of the case, and not the gore of the crime itself,” said author Patrick Wohl.