TESTS DONE ON BABY FOUND IN BATHROOM
The Lake County coroner's office was conducting tests on a baby found in a nursing home bathroom to determine whether it died before or after birth. Prosecutors said Tuesday they...
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SUSPECTS IN DRUG SEIZURE FACING PROHIBITIVE BAILS
Bail was set at $150 million each Wednesday for three men charged in connection with the largest drug seizure in Lake County history. Jose Ervey Serna-Ramon, 48, Arthur Sifuentes, 30,...
ARREST MIGHT OCCUR SOON IN FATAL WEEKEND SHOOTING
North Chicago police said Monday they have a suspect in the weekend slaying of a 24-year-old man, but the gunman had not been arrested. Police Chief Elisha Irvin said an...
EX-AUTO REPAIRER CHARGED WITH FRAUD
The 49-year-old former owner of a Mundelein auto-repair shop has been charged with 20 counts of insurance fraud for allegedly overbilling companies and paying off inspectors. James Best allegedly defrauded...
KILLER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO DAMAGING SPRINKLER
Louis Rozo, awaiting a sentence in the murder of retired professor Christy Shervanian, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he damaged the sprinkler in his cell at the Lake...
HUMAN HEAD FOUND ON SOUTHEAST SIDE
Children playing along the banks of Wolf Lake on Chicago's Far Southeast Side found a human head on Sunday evening, police said. The partially decomposed head was found near 132nd...
FIREWORKS ACCIDENTS INJURE MANY
Despite the annual explosion of posters, crackdowns and public service announcements, more people were injured this year in fireworks accidents than in recent memory, according to one hospital spokesman. There...
SUSPECT IN BANK ROBBERIES WELL-KNOWN
A 46-year-old former commodities trader who stands accused of a North Shore robbery spree has a history of troubles in the commodity-futures business dating back almost two decades. Records from...
FINANCIALLY STRAPPED TRADER HELD IN HOLDUPS
A Winnetka man struggling to recoup severe financial losses tried to bail himself out by going on a North Shore robbery spree, law enforcement authorities alleged Wednesday. William Hertzog Thompson,...
SUBURBS INCH INTO COYOTES’ TERRITORY
They move into sprawling estates near the prairies and woods, seeking some of the beauty and serenity of nature. But every once in a while, suburbanites are surprised when nature...