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Woman suffers gunshot wound Monday in Elgin, police say
2+ hour ago (106+ words) Police are investigating after a woman suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound Monday night in Elgin. According to a social media post from the Elgin Police Department, officers were dispatched about 10:45 p.m. Monday to the 700 block of Wilson Street after receiving a…...
Dozens complete Youth Firearm Violence Prevention Program: ‘You are leaders for being here’
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (720+ words) A group of 45 young people from Waukegan, North Chicago and Zion participated in 12 sessions of Employee Connections’ Youth Firearm Violence Prevention Program since January, and for their graduation, they got to quiz their elders on their primary topic of study…...
Crown Point couple gets probation for failure to pay taxes on massage parlors
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (319+ words) A Crown Point couple was sentenced to two years probation each after they admitted they didn’t pay taxes on their massage parlors. Under the terms of the plea deals, the convictions are entered on their records as a misdemeanor, documents…...
Attempt to save a struggling swimmer leaves 5 dead in an Ohio river
2+ week, 1+ day ago (541+ words) POWELL, Ohio — Five people have died on a river in Ohio after several of them went into the water to help another person who was struggling to swim, authorities said Monday. A motorist called 911 after spotting a frightened child with…...
Editorial: CTU’s ‘dead on arrival’ sound bite is no answer to the CPS budget woes
2+ week, 4+ day ago (399+ words) When Chicago Public Schools officials announced 760 teacher layoffs in an effort to close a $732 million budget gap, the Chicago Teachers Union didn’t mince words. “Dead on arrival,” the union called the proposal. In their eyes, such a move was unthinkable....
Reported carjacking at Dune Park Station believed to be the first
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (367+ words) One male teen is in custody while three other teen boys are wanted for their alleged participation in a weekend carjacking at the Dune Park Station of the South Shore Line. Jessie Watts, police chief for the Northern Indiana Commuter…...
Illinois Department of Natural Resources head Natalie Phelps Finnie to depart
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (487+ words) The head of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources will depart at the end of June and be succeeded by an interim director who has worked at the department for more than a decade, Gov. JB Pritzker’s office said Friday....
Man charged in 2022 killing outside Gary nightclub
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (404+ words) Authorities said an argument in a Gary nightclub over a dropped tequila bottle spiraled into a deadly gunfight in the parking lot. Roy “Pookie” Smart, 44, was charged Wednesday with murder in the Jan. 14, 2022, shooting death of La’Montrell McFarland, 42, of Gary....
More than a dozen residents displaced after three house fires in Aurora over the weekend, fire department says
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (330+ words) More than a dozen residents were displaced after three separate house fires in Aurora between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, according to the Aurora Fire Department. Two of the fires occurred in homes on the city’s East Side a little…...
Two stabbed after downtown sexual assault prompts fight: police
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (190+ words) Two people were injured in a downtown physical altercation Friday afternoon that ensued after a woman was sexually assaulted on the sidewalk, police said. Two people were injured in a physical altercation downtown Friday afternoon that ensued after a woman…...