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Trio fake kidnapping for ransom to pay off gambling debts, police say

May 8, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

Gambling debts led three people to fake a kidnapping Friday in order to get ransom money from one of their mothers, Bridgeview police said. Joseph Vicario, 25, of Bridgeview, plotted...

U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-11th District, speaks Saturday at the 2016 Jazz Brunch Scholarship Awards Program in Naperville, put on by the Quad County African American Chamber of Commerce.

Foster promotes STEM funding at African-American chamber gathering

May 21, 2019 at 6:34 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Bill Foster spoke Saturday about the importance of funding education in the sciences and business at a scholarship ceremony for black college students. The Naperville-based congressman, whose 11th...

Man accused of buying almost $100K in jewelry with bad debit card

May 21, 2019 at 6:34 p.m.

A Cook County judge set bail at $250,000 for a Calumet Park man accused of using a debit card for an empty bank account to buy high-end jewelry and watches...

Cook County plans to complete high-speed Internet project in 2017

May 21, 2019 at 6:33 p.m.

Cook County plans to complete high-speed Internet project in 2017 A multiyear project intended to boost high-speed Internet access across Cook County is expected to wrap up next year. Officials...

The First Church of Christ Scientist, 12300 S. 80th Ave., is being converted to a mosque by the new owners, the Muslim American Society.

Palos Park mosque plan prompts racist flier

May 21, 2019 at 6:33 p.m.

Members of a Muslim organization are denouncing fliers being circulated that are critical of their plans to convert a Palos Park church into a mosque, saying they worry the anonymous...

Defense questions alleged confession in granddaughter killing

May 8, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

An attorney for an Oak Lawn grandmother accused in the gruesome killing of her granddaughter is apparently trying to get her alleged confession thrown out on the grounds that she...

Higher Ed officials want Rauner to sign college grant measure

May 21, 2019 at 6:32 p.m.

Higher Ed officials want Rauner to sign college grant measure Higher education officials in the Southland aren't holding out hope that Gov. Bruce Rauner will sign a measure restoring low-income...

Blue Island man fatally shot in crossfire; two charged

May 8, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

Shamar McGee appeared wide-eyed Monday morning as he was escorted in front of a Cook County judge on a first-degree murder change in the shooting death of a 27-year-old man...

Whole Foods Market plans store for Evergreen Park

May 25, 2019 at 12:33 p.m.

Whole Foods Market plans to open a new, lower-cost store in Evergreen Park, village officials said. The official announcement is expected to come next month that the Austin, Texas-based grocery...

Chicago man gets life sentences for killing wife, mother-in-law

May 8, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Robert Danno loaded the lifeless bodies of his strangled wife and mother-in-law into a trash can more than two years ago and drove to a remote part of a forest...

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