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A Holiday Hills man was arrested following two police pursuits that began in Spring Grove and ended in Kenosha County Monday afternoon, authorities said. Spring Grove police officers attempted to stop a GMC Sierra pickup truck around 1:10 p.m. Monday on Wilmot Road. Read more...

GLENVIEW, Ill. — A smoothie café in Glenview was robbed at gunpoint Monday night. Just before 9 p.m., police responded to the Tropical Smoothie Café, located in the 2700 block of Pfingsten Road, on the report of an armed robbery. Read more...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A man with a hatchet jumped over a wall and invaded a daycare center Wednesday in Brazil, killing four children and wounding at least five others, authorities said. The assailant turned himself in at a police station and did not appear to have any connection with the center, which offers [...]

A Cary man has been charged after he allegedly strangled a child in Cary and drove while drinking with two children in the car in McHenry County. Ryan A. Poltzer, 43, of Cary, was charged with aggravated domestic battery by strangulation, aggravated battery of a child causing great bodily harm and two counts of child [...]

MT. VERNON, Ill. (KTVI/WGN) — Many schools around Illinois have been disrupted by threats on Wednesday. Authorities in at least 12 Illinois communities across the state have received threats directed toward schools today, a spokesperson from Illinois State Police told WGN News. Read more...

A stabbing that nearly occurred at a Virginia Chick-fil-A on Saturday was interrupted by three quick-thinking Marines, whom local authorities have praised for breaking up a fight between three teenagers. When a knife was pulled during an altercation between three males, the Marines jumped in to separate them, according to a press release from the [...]

(The Center Square) – A downstate judge has ruled that Illinois cannot suspend a person’s Firearm Owner’s Identification card when they have been charged with a crime but not yet convicted. Attorney Thomas Maag said his clients Aaron and Charles Davis were celebrating Independence Day years ago and fired guns into the ground at their [...]

Police announced they have arrested a man who allegedly has been selling fentanyl-laced pills that resembled legitimate prescription medications in Antioch and was also found with a gun. The Antioch Police Department said the arrest is part of the ongoing battle against the trafficking of deadly counterfeit pills. Read more...

The father of the accused Highland Park parade shooter appeared in court Tuesday and prosecutors say the process of turning evidence over to the defense has been delayed. 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...

Five Highland Park High School students are in custody after district officials said a gun was brought to the campus earlier today. Initially, district officials reported two students were taken into custody, but city officials posted on the city's Facebook page that five students were in custody. Read more...