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A 27-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly sold ecstasy pills to undercover officers on multiple occasions in Lake County, prosecutors said. Raul A. Medina, 27, of Cicero, was charged with manufacturing or delivering of ecstasy, possession of ecstasy and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. Read more...

Two have been charged after multiple high-end cars were stolen from a car dealership in Barrington, which resulted in four separate crashes, including a police car that was rammed. The Barrington Police Department responded around 8 a.m. Sunday to the Motor Werks, located at 1475 South Barrington Road in Barrington. Read more...

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents in Long Grove and other affluent areas about an increase in home burglaries recently. Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said last week there had been five burglaries in the previous three weeks in Long Grove. Read more...

Two men were hospitalized after a gunman or gunmen fired shots while the victims were inside a house in Waukegan Monday evening, police officials said. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 8:20 p.m. Monday to the 900 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Waukegan for a report of [...]

Police are seeking to identify a suspect who burglarized a paint store in Round Lake Beach which led to a large police search involving a canine early Tuesday morning. The burglary happened at the Sherwin-Williams Paint Store, located at 184 West Rollins Road in Round Lake Beach. Read more...

CHICAGO — Two people are dead and three more are in critical condition after a home invasion in South Shore Monday afternoon, according to the Chicago Police Department. CPD said the shooting happened in the 2900 block of East 78th Street and appears to be a targeted attack, as-in, the shooting was not a random [...]

EVANSTON, Ill. — A woman fought off an attempted kidnapping Monday afternoon in Evanston. At around 4 p.m., police responded to the 1200 block of Fowler Avenue on the report of an attempted kidnapping. Read more...

During a recent interview with CNN, New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies explained how she had arrived at the charges and said pointedly, “[Alec Baldwin] pulled the trigger.” On Thursday, Breitbart News reported that Carmack-Altwies was charging Baldwin with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Read more...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) introduced legislation this week to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). His legislation, the Abolish the ATF Act, was introduced in response to the ATF’s recent rule targeting AR pistol stabilizer braces. Read more...

President Joe Biden spoke on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day and reiterated his belief that it is time to “ban the number of bullets that go in a magazine.” Mediate.com published the portion of Biden’s MLK speech in which he pledges to ban firearms which Democrats label “assault weapons.” Read more...