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Girl, 15, pleads guilty to murder in sister’s stabbing in Mundelein

June 16, 2018 at 2:28 a.m.

By pleading guilty Tuesday to the murder of her 11-year-old sister, a Mundelein teenager will be allowed to remain in the juvenile system with "intensive mental health services" — a...

Sergeant investigated after loaded assault-style weapon found in Volo road

May 22, 2019 at 7:11 p.m.

A Lake County sheriff's sergeant apparently left his assault weapon on the trunk of his car, then drove away without realizing his mistake until the weapon was recovered from the...

Wyoming authorities discuss Bricker case

June 16, 2018 at 3:29 a.m.

Dani Spence had never had a case like Bill Bricker's. The sheriff's detective in Teton County, Wyo. — population 22,000 — had investigated her share of crimes against children. But...

Police: 3 more arrests in Toys for Tots theft in North Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 7:06 p.m.

One day after a Foss Park District commissioner and two employees were charged with stealing donated toys from a parks facility, North Chicago police announced that three additional people have...

North Chicago parks leader, 2 workers charged with stealing donated toys

July 22, 2019 at 1:48 a.m.

A park board commissioner from North Chicago and two Park District employees, including the commissioner's son, have been charged with stealing donated toys worth at least $500 from a Park...

Ex-Winnetka teacher accused of sex crimes dies

June 16, 2018 at 4:50 a.m.

A former North Shore teacher and Boy Scout leader who was accused at age 94 of decades-old child sex crimes has died, ending the prospect that he will stand trial...

In stabbing outside theater, police say suspect woke up intending to kill date

June 16, 2018 at 8:17 p.m.

An 18-year-old Des Plaines man told police that he repeatedly stabbed his date — puncturing both of her lungs — while outside a Deer Park movie theater because she "annoyed...

Cold closings a ‘new normal’: CPS, others to stay shut Thursday

August 18, 2019 at 6:33 p.m.

As a bone-chilling cold front approached, north suburban Superintendent Lonny Lemon said he was in a meeting Tuesday when "everyone's phones started exploding" with news about impending school closings. The...

William Rouse, 15, walks by a police officer as investigators seek clues on June 6, 1980 in the murder of his parents, Bruce and Darlene Rouse. William Rouse confessed to the slayings in 1995.

New look at Rouse murders stirs chilling memories

August 18, 2019 at 6:27 p.m.

A film crew has been prowling around Libertyville, digging up history on the Rouse murders and awakening youthful memories that still give me chills. In June 1980, I was finishing...

2 babies born a minute into new year at suburban hospitals

June 16, 2018 at 7:24 a.m.

Two babies were born at suburban hospitals one minute into the new year, including one whose mother is a labor and delivery nurse.Maximus Edward Maise was born at 12:01 a.m....

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