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LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. — Lake County deputies are looking for two men they said stole a car Thursday afternoon from a driveway with a two-year-old boy inside and ran over his pregnant mother. It all started around 3:35 p.m. in the 16000 block of Route 137 in unincorporated Libertyville when the 34-year-old woman got back home. [...]

Authorities say a suspect is on the run after he displayed a handgun and robbed a gas station of cash in Cary Wednesday evening. The Cary Police Department responded around 9:25 p.m. Wednesday to the Marathon gas station, 8 East Main Street in Cary, for a report of an armed robbery. Read more...

RALEIGH, N.C. — House lawmakers passed a controversial bill Wednesday to repeal the law that requires buyers of handguns to get a permit from their local sheriff first. The state Senate already signed off on a pistol permit repeal, in a wide-ranging gun rights bill that also included a provision to allow concealed weapons at [...]

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A downstate judge granted a temporary restraining order to put a "pause" on a new law that bans many assault weapons in Illinois Friday afternoon. The TRO stops the state from enforcing the ban, but only applies to four federal firearm license dealers and 862 Illinois citizens from dozens of counties who [...]

ANTIOCH, Ill — A crew is believed to have conducted 15 armed car burglaries in around three hours in Antioch. Police believe the crew struck several neighborhoods in the village between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. Sunday night. Read more...

The only news we’re expecting this week is from Zaitzeff, which went to conference on Friday. Tomorrow’s order list may have some news on that. It’s also possible we finally figure out what’s happening in Aposhian—which increasingly seems like it must be held up pending a justice’s separate writing. Read more...

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The father of the accused Highland Park parade shooter appeared in court Thursday and pleaded not guilty to “recklessly” helping his son obtain a gun permit. The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Robert Crimo Jr., 58, of Highwood, in mid-December with seven counts of reckless conduct causing great bodily harm. Read more...

An alleged gang member was arrested after he was found possessing a gun while inside a bar in Woodstock and then flashing “hand signs” at another person, court records show. Michael N. Infelise, 28, of Palatine, was charged with possession of a firearm by a gang member, two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, [...]

Two suspects robbed a gas station in Beach Park and one of them fired a shot before pointing the gun at the clerks Monday evening, authorities said. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 9:30 p.m. Monday to the 38300 block of North Sheridan Road in Beach Park for an armed robbery. Read more...