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Mother, Children Bring Cards, Donuts To Cmdr. Bauer’s Police Station «
A mother and three of her children showed love Wednesday morning at the 18th District police station where Capt. Paul Bauer commanded. → Read More
Suburban Police Departments To Be Trained, Equipped With Narcan
Police from 30 suburban departments in Cook County are going to soon be trained and equipped with Narcan to try to save the lives of people overdosing on opioids. → Read More
Palos Park Police Officer To Live Stream Responses To 911 Calls
A southwest suburban police department will be trying something novel: streaming the police responses of one officer live on Facebook. → Read More
E. Dundee Odor Pits Village Against Plant Owner
East Dundee Village Administrator Jennifer Johnsen says residents have complained of a baby powder smell and a residue appearing on their property at times ever since Golden Plastics USA moved in to the old Haeger Potteries property nearly a year ago. → Read More
For Kids Who Get The Jitters On Halloween, ‘Set The Spookymeter’ «
Most kids love Halloween, but others need to warm up to all the frights, if they do at all. → Read More
License Of Schaumburg Psychiatrist Suspended
Dr. Wolfrum is also accused of failing to comply with multiple federal regulations related to the ordering, keeping and dispensing of controlled substances. → Read More
All Cook County Sheriff’s Officers Wearing Body Cams «
He says many officers in his department, and most corrections officers, have been wearing body cameras for more than a year and a half. → Read More
Fourth Grader Pens Book On Cubs, Rizzo
The book is loosely based on Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo and the ascent of the Chicago Cubs to the top of the baseball mountain last season. → Read More
Indiana Beach Property Mark In Dispute
Don and Bobbie Gunderson of Long Beach want the court to decide the homeowner's property extends all the way to the water. → Read More
Economic Boost From Cubs’ Playoff Run Won’t Match 2016 «
A local consulting company is estimating the economic impact will be about $90 million in the Chicago area. → Read More
Deerfield 911 Dispatcher Helps Get Fuel To Hospital In Puerto Rico
Desirae Kuceba couldn't know when she answered a 911 call Saturday that her response would affect the lives of people 2,100 miles away. → Read More
Bookkeeper Accused of Stealing At Least 1.5M From Suburban Employer
Barrington detectives only looked back at ten of the twenty years she worked at the company. He said Norris would allegedly write company checks to herself, to companies she personally owed money to and to family. → Read More
Glen Ellyn Neighbors Holding Noses Over Stench From Wastewater Plant
Something's rotten in the village of Glen Ellyn, and a public meeting has been scheduled to discuss the stench that has been bothering residents for weeks. → Read More
Some Chicagoans Heading To Florida To Protect Family, Friends, Homes
Drew Hazlett said his grandparents could not get a flight out of Florida, so he plans to drive them out. → Read More
Elgin Planetarium Helps U-46 Teachers Prepare For Solar Eclipse
Teachers in U-46 were schooled on everything from safety precautions to making homemade eclipse viewing devices. → Read More
After 128 Years, De La Salle Catholic High School Going Co-Ed
For the past 15 years, De La Salle has been “co-institutional,” with both boys and girls attending the school, but on different campuses. → Read More
Boy Scouts Launch Science Project To International Space Station
Andrew Frank and his team of about a dozen scouts put in more than 5,000 hours of work on the experiment before launching it into space. → Read More
Feds Approve Plan For Toll Lanes On Eisenhower Expressway
The state does not have the $2.7 billion needed to make the project a reality, including coming up with a final design. → Read More
“Progress Is Being Made” In Semaj Crosby Death Investigation «
Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow said the circumstances of 17-month-old Semaj Crosby’s death are not simple. → Read More
Cancer Survivor To Celebrate 21st Birthday With Blood Drive
Jimmy Rancich is a two-time cancer survivor and stem-cell recipient. → Read More