Motorist gets prison in deaths of 3 girls
Convicted hit-and-run driver Richard Devon, who struck and killed three Crete Township girls in May 1996, was sentenced Monday to serve 2 1/2 years in a minimum-security prison. The sentence,...
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Motorist gets prison in deaths of 3 girls
Convicted hit-and-run driver Richard Devon, who struck and killed three Crete Township girls in May 1996, was sentenced Monday to serve 2 1/2 years in a minimum-security prison. The sentence,...
Crete Township man killed girls, jury says
A Will County jury on Tuesday found Richard Devon guilty in the May 1996 hit-and-run deaths of three girls in Crete Township. After deliberating for six hours, the jury returned...
JOLIET LAWYER ADMITS MISUSING ESTATE FUNDS
Joliet attorney Bob Rich, 82, faces a Friday deadline after admitting in court this week that he misused nearly $135,000 from an estate he has handled as executor since 1983....
CHEERING THE FOOTBALL CHAMPS
Hundreds of football fans in two suburban communities braved bleak skies and sinking mercury Sunday to cheer on their favorite teams--and there wasn't a Bear in sight. No, it wasn't...
BAR RAISED FOR HIT-AND-RUN CONVICTIONS
In a decision that could make it more difficult for the state to win felony convictions against hit-and-run drivers, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that prosecutors must prove that...
DUI PLEAS IN BEECHER PUT DRIVERS BACK ON ROAD
All but one of 27 drunken-driving cases resolved in south suburban Beecher this year resulted in plea agreements with the municipal prosecutor that put the driver back on the road...
PRIEST IN SEX SUIT SAYS THERE WERE OTHERS
A priest who served in several DuPage County churches during a 33-year career resigned last year after admitting to having a lengthy affair with a married woman. Rev. Donald Kocher...
JOLIET MAN GETS 35 YEARS FOR MURDERING WIFE, 51
A 53-year-old Joliet man will serve 35 years in prison without possibility of parole for murdering his wife in January. Reginald Cornelius spoke in his own behalf Wednesday before he...
MAN, 27, FATALLY SHOT OUTSIDE TAVERN
A 27-year-old Chicago man was shot and killed a West Side neighborhood early Sunday after attending a party in a nearby tavern, police said. Calvin Payton, of the 2200 block...