Articles filed under Counties
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Sentence stands for Downers Grove man who gave exchange student fatal dose of methadoneJun 11, 2020 1:00 am - The 2nd District Appellate Court has upheld a 20-year prison sentence for a man who killed a 15-year-old foreign exchange student by supplying her with methadone. Franci...
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Kane County panel backs body cameras as board chairman chastises cop criticsJun 11, 2020 1:00 am - Kane County sheriff's deputies will likely wear body cameras for the first time before the end of the year after a unanimous preliminary vote Thursday. Sheriff Ron Hain ...
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Aurora man guilty of DUI, chase, still charged with sexually abusing 3Jun 11, 2020 1:00 am - An Aurora man has pleaded guilty to leading police on a chase while he was drunk and on the lam on sex assault and abuse charges. Roberto Velez, 40, of the 300 block of...
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Bloomingdale cop disciplined for hitting 'Like' on Facebook post about shooting riotersJun 11, 2020 1:00 am - A Bloomingdale police officer, who also is a DuPage County Board member, will be disciplined for "liking" a Facebook comment that talked about shooting rioters. Sean Noo...
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Cook County receives $41 million grant for COVID-19 contact tracingJun 11, 2020 1:00 am - The Cook County Department of Public Health will receive almost $41 million in grant funding from the Illinois Department of Public Health to rapidly scale-up its COVID-...
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Psych evaluation ordered for man accused of threatening DuPage officialsJun 11, 2020 1:00 am - A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered for a Chicago man accused of threatening DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin repeatedly in phone calls and social media vid...
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DuPage board member under fire for 'liking' Facebook commentJun 10, 2020 1:00 am - A DuPage County Board member is under fire for "liking" a Facebook comment that claimed people won't stop rioting until a few of them "are shot dead." Sean Noonan, who a...
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Officials give sneak peek at new COVID-19 test site at DuPage County fairgroundsJun 10, 2020 1:00 am - DuPage officials on Wednesday provided a sneak peek at one of two COVID-19 testing sites that will begin operations in the county over the next two weeks. The first wil...
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Bartlett man who kicked grocery bagger with special needs gets 2 years in prisonJun 10, 2020 1:00 am - A Bartlett man was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday for kicking a grocery-store bagger with special needs. Bruce Mirabella, 51, was convicted in March of one c...
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Amateur photographer chronicling growth of bald eagle family in Lake CountyJun 10, 2020 1:00 am - Amateur photographer Tim Elliott always has had an interest in birds, but it wasn't until recently that circumstances led him to one of Lake County's most majestic avian...