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Immigration attorney Robert DeKelaita (right) leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after being indicted on charges of falsifying requests for asylum for several clients.

Suburban attorney indicted for falsifying asylum requests

June 17, 2018 at 8:21 a.m.

A north suburban immigration lawyer known for advocating on behalf of Iraqi Christians now faces federal fraud charges alleging he falsified more than a dozen asylum requests, some of which...

A detective shines her flashlight onto an assault rifle tossed in an alley in the North Lawndale neighborhood May 18, 2013.

Highland Park assault weapons ban upheld

June 18, 2018 at 8:09 a.m.

A federal judge has ruled Highland Park's ordinance banning assault weapons does not violate the Second Amendment and the city can enforce its recently made law. Like a few other...

Despite signs, Lake jail fails to thwart suicide

June 17, 2018 at 9:01 a.m.

One day in April, officers at the Lake County Jail discovered something disturbing in inmate Igor Karlukov's possession: shreds of a mesh laundry bag fashioned into a noose, jail records...

5 years in ‘huffing’ crash that killed girl, 5

December 23, 2018 at 12:51 p.m.

Capping two years of public conversation about a criminal case colored by race and class, a Lake County judge on Wednesday sentenced a woman to five years in prison for...

Pedestrian killed in crash involving Wheeling officer, ‘wanted to succeed…help our family’

May 11, 2019 at 1:34 a.m.

Fredi Morales was looking forward to turning 21 on Friday, and he'd planned to celebrate reaching legal drinking age with an evening of fun with friends at a nightclub, his...

Fox Lake police and members of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force investigate two deaths at the Timber Oaks Apartment complex.

2 found dead in Fox Lake apartment

May 21, 2019 at 1:27 p.m.

Two people, a man and woman in their 20s, were found dead in an apartment today in the Fox Lake area in the far northwest suburbs. It appeared the two...

Chicago's hotline for jet noise complaints related to O'Hare should be replaced by live operators, three members of Congress told the city's aviation chief.

Noise complaints about O’Hare skyrocket

May 21, 2019 at 1:22 p.m.

Noise complaints about planes taking off or landing at O'Hare International Airport continue to soar, shattering former records in the wake of a shift in air traffic, figures show. The...

Family speaks out about deaths of four in Elmhurst

August 18, 2019 at 3:34 p.m.

Two days after an Elmhurst man shot his wife and the couple's two developmentally disabled adult children before taking his own life, family members issued a statement saying "Frank and...

Carly Rousso’s public appearance sparks controversy

June 17, 2018 at 10:06 a.m.

Facing a potentially lengthy prison term for inhaling keyboard cleaner before causing a crash that killed a 5-year-old girl in Highland Park, Carly Rousso has been making public appearances and...

Neighbor: Slain woman was kind, charitable

June 17, 2018 at 10:20 a.m.

The arrest of a suspect in the July stabbing death of an 85-year-old East Dundee woman brought up mixed emotions in the neighborhood where she was killed. On one hand,...

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