Chicagoland News
Former Crestwood mayor sentenced in red-light camera case
Presta, a Democrat first elected mayor in 2013, held back tears as he spoke during Monday’s court hearing, apologizing to his wife and village residents.
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Crime
Chicago man gets 105 years in fatal shooting of girl, 14
A Judge in Lake County Indiana sentenced the man to the maximum the law allows in Takaylah Tribitt's September 2019 killing.
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Ariana Taylor, missing Gary-area woman, died from crash trauma, drowning
The death of Ariana Taylor, a missing woman whose remains were found this week, has been ruled an accident, coroners said Thursday.
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Human remains found in Gary IDed as those of missing woman
The body of 23-year-old Ariana Taylor of Calumet Township was found in a shallow drainage ditch around 9 a.m. following a search by cadaver dogs, Gary Police Cmdr. Jack Hamady said at a news conference.
Crime
Widow of disgraced Fox Lake cop gets probation for her role in scheme
The sentencing is the latest chapter in a bizarre story that began after Lt. Gliniewicz was found shot to death on Sept. 1, 2015, shortly after he radioed a dispatcher to report that he was chasing three suspects on foot in the community about 45 miles northwest of Chicago.
Crime
Man suspected of burying mom, sister in backyard arrested
Lyons Police Chief Thomas Herion said Michael Lelko, 45, was not charged in the deaths of 79-year-old Jean Lelko and 44-year-old Jennifer Lelko, since the medical examiner's office could not determine how either one died.
Health
Another state lines up to sue embattled Illinois-based COVID-19 testing company
This time it's Oregon suing Illinois-based Center for Covid Control. Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum sued the CCC, and its testing partner, Doctors Clinical Laboratory, for deceptively marketing testing services and for violating Oregon’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act.
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Lia Merminga to become Fermilab's new leader
Merminga currently serves as the director for the Fermilab's Proton Improvement Plan II, or PIP-II. She said her goal as director will be to successfully see the U.S. lead the way in global particle physics research.
News
Lombard man abducted in Afghanistan appears in newly posted video
The video was posted Friday by The New Yorker, which says it obtained it from an unidentified individual in Afghanistan. Frerichs appears by himself in the video, sitting upright before a dark curtain and wearing what appears to be traditional Afghan clothing.
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Shootout at Rosemont Fashion Outlets kills 1, wounds teen
The gunman, in his mid-20s, opened fire just after 7 p.m. Friday near the food court at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago mall in Rosemont. The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the man who died as Joel Valdes, 20, of Skokie.
Chicagoland Politics
Former suburban road commissioner pleads guilty in kickback scheme
Former Bloomingdale Township highway commissioner pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an August 2020 indictment alleging he took over $280,000 in kickbacks for road work that in many cases was never performed.
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Yorkville woman killed in tragic accident while visiting Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico
Monument officials said Brenda Holzer, 54, of Yorkville was fatally injured Wednesday while climbing the second of four ladders to reach the Alcove House at the popular historical site in the Santa Fe area.