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ST. CHARLES Man exposed himself in library, police say A St. Charles man has been charged with exposing himself in the city's public library, police said Wednesday. Gerald Fries, 52,...
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Independent wins in Berwyn
In an upset that sets the stage for a seismic shakeup of the political order in Berwyn, independent candidate Michael O'Connor won Tuesday's mayoral election by 20 percentage points over...
School hid letter, suit says
South Berwyn Elementary School District 100 officials concealed a 1999 letter in which three 10-year-old girls said they were molested by band teacher Robert Sperlik Jr., then misled parents about...
Man shot in confrontation with Berwyn police officer
A man who tried to make a purchase in a Berwyn music store with an invalid credit card was shot by police Thursday afternoon after he tried to run down...
Daley taken to hospital for tests
Mayor Richard M. Daley was to spend the night at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after he reported feeling faint during dinner Thursday at a North Side restaurant. An initial battery of...
GLENWOOD COP KILLS ALLEGED CAR THIEF
Chicago police are calling justifiable a shooting late Monday in which a Glenwood police officer killed a man who allegedly was stealing his car. The officer, whose name was not...
COMMUTERS OUT OF LUCK WHEN STATION OUT OF POWER
Electrical power was lost twice for at total of more than two hours Tuesday afternoon in parts of Union Station, darkening the station's passenger boarding areas and delaying departures of...
FORMER PRINCIPAL LOSES APPEAL IN SEX CONVICTION
The Illinois Appellate Court has upheld the conviction of former Crystal Lake school principal and teacher Virgil Laughlin for having sexual contact with students. Laughlin, 67, was convicted last Jan....
MINK THAT BIT WOMAN POSSIBLY FREED BY VANDALS
A McHenry County woman has been bitten by a mink, possibly one of about 5,000 animals that were released by vandals from a mink farm near Crystal Lake earlier this...
3 SHOOTING SUSPECTS TO APPEAR IN COURT
Three men charged in connection with the shooting of a Schaumburg woman last week are scheduled to appear Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court on attempted murder and other charges....