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(The Center Square) – Thousands of plaintiffs are now covered by a temporary restraining order issued by judges in four separate lawsuits against Illinois’ “assault weapons” and magazine bans. The ban on certain semi-automatic guns and magazine capacities has been in effect since January 10. Four temporary restraining orders have been put in place, with [...]

A Wisconsin man was arrested after state police say he fired shots at a 25-year-old Antioch man’s car during a road rage incident on Interstate 94 in Cook County. Illinois State Police Troop 3 responded to a 911 call around 12 p.m. Sunday about a road rage incident. Read more...

Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a tire shop at gunpoint in Crystal Lake and fled the scene in a vehicle Tuesday evening. The incident happened around 6:11 p.m. Tuesday at Mavis Tires and Brakes, 5201 Northwest Highway in Crystal Lake. Read more...

A Minnesota man has been charged with attempting to kidnap a child, who he did not know, from a car in the parking lot of a grocery store in Fox Lake. Yeleng Xiong, 24, of St. Paul, Minnesota, was charged with one count of attempted kidnapping and one count of disorderly conduct. Read more...

Charges have been filed against two men after a son stabbed his father after the father allegedly attacked the son’s juvenile sister in Lindenhurst, prosecutors said. Emmanuel Ortiz, 42, of Lindenhurst, was charged with one count of domestic battery. Read more...

An 18-year-old man has been charged in connection with a robbery of a gas station convenience store in Woodstock where three suspects robbed the clerk at gunpoint. Ray Castro, 18, of South Beloit, was charged with armed robbery, aggravated robbery, burglary, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a [...]

A Waukegan man is being held on a $200,000 bond after prosecutors say he doused a car in gasoline and lit it on fire in the driveway of a home in Waukegan. Ruperto A. Barahona-Urraco, 30, of Waukegan, was charged with one count of arson, a Class 1 felony. Read more...

A Waukegan man is being held on a $200,000 bond after prosecutors say he doused a car in gasoline and lit it on fire in the driveway of a home in Waukegan. Ruperto A. Barahona-Urraco, 30, of Waukegan, was charged with one count of arson, a Class 1 felony. Read more...

PORTAGE, lnd. — A 2-year-old girl died Tuesday after accidentally shooting herself with a family-owned firearm in Portage, Indiana. First responders in Portage were called to the 100 block of Coral Avenue just after 11 a.m. on the report that a 2-year-old had suffered a gunshot wound. Read more...

CHICAGO — A man was fatally stabbed while intervening in an attempted attack in the city’s Edgewater neighborhood late Wednesday night. Police said Thursday that one person is in custody and charges are pending. Read more...