Art Barnum

Woman gets prison after stealing from employer to fund high life

May 16, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

The former controller of a Glendale Heights moving company, who admitted having a penchant for expensive jewelry, was sentenced today to 11 1/2 years in prison for stealing more than...

Cap at Aurora murder scene leads to 20 years in prison for Chicago man

May 16, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

A 24-year-old Chicago man whose baseball cap tied him to a murder scene was sentenced today to 20 years in prison after admitting he fatally shot an Aurora man while...

The remains of the "Liberty Belle," a vintage World War II B-17 bomber that crash-landed and burned earlier in the day, attracts investigators in the farm field where it rests southwest of Aurora.

No cause of B-17 fire in preliminary report

May 16, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

A preliminary federal report about the emergency landing of a B-17 Flying Fortress in a cornfield near Oswego June 13 does not state an exact cause of a fire that...

Man denies slur, but tries to plead guilty to hate crime

May 16, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

A Darien man on Tuesday tried to plead guilty in court to hate crime and aggravated battery charges but denied accusations he used a racial slur during a physical altercation...

Priest’s $300,000 theft puts spotlight on gambling addiction

August 23, 2021 at 5:41 a.m.

Within weeks of arriving at Roselle's St. Walter Catholic Church, the Rev. John Regan began stealing from the collection plate to fund his gambling addiction. He stashed checks in a...

Gambling priest expected to plead guilty

August 23, 2021 at 5:39 a.m.

A Roman Catholic priest accused of stealing more than $300,000 from the collection plates of his Roselle parish to support his gambling addiction is expected to plead guilty Thursday to...

Aurora band director charged with sex crimes

August 23, 2021 at 5:35 a.m.

The West Aurora High School band director has been charged with having criminal sexual contact with two female students, authorities said Friday. Stephen Orland, 42, of North Aurora, was charged...

Ex-member accused of stealing $260,000 from Glen Ellyn fire company

August 23, 2021 at 5:32 a.m.

A former member and longtime treasurer of the Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company has been accused of stealing $260,000 from the fire company and using the money for personal expenses...

Aurora man guilty in his baby’s beating death

August 23, 2021 at 1:23 p.m.

A 28-year-old Aurora man who prosecutors said was angry at his 5-month-old daughter for not taking her bottle and for crying was convicted today of murdering her two years ago....

Judge upholds cop’s firing over ‘movie night’

August 23, 2021 at 1:19 p.m.

A DuPage County judge today upheld the firing of a West Chicago police shift commander who invited almost all the on-duty members of his overnight shift into the police station...

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