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Man robbed two northwest suburban banks in less than an hour
A man robbed two banks inside northwest suburban Jewel-Osco stores in less than an hour Sunday morning. Surveillance photo of the suspect who robbed two TCF Bank branches Sunday morning. | FBI The...
View ArticleFBI: Man robs same Schaumburg bank for the 2nd time — 7 years later
A man has been charged with robbing two northwest suburban TCF Bank branches this month — including one bank he robbed for the first time seven years ago. Tony Hildebrand, 41, was charged with two...
View ArticleWoman torches SUV with flamethrower, reports it stolen: police
A Barrington woman set her SUV on fire using a flamethrower, then reported it stolen, according to police. Julie Gagne, 47, faces one felony count of arson and one count of filing a false police...
View ArticleLETTERS: Bonnie Liltz rightly feared her daughter dying alone and abused
When you have a child, any child, yes, you worry what will become of this child upon your death. And when this child is severely handicapped and you are its sole caregiver and guardian, I can’t even...
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$258K worth of diamonds stolen in robbery of Schaumburg jewelry store
A group of robbers made off with more than $258,000 worth of diamonds in a smash-and-grab robbery Wednesday night in northwest suburban Schaumburg. Surveillance cameras captured images of three men who...
View ArticleArmed robber hits Schaumburg Subway
An armed robber hit a Subway restaurant Wednesday in northwest suburban Schaumburg. Officers responded at 6:34 p.m. to the Subway at 1400 N. Roselle after it had been robbed of $600 by a person with a...
View Article2 northwest suburban brothers charged with property appraisal fraud
Two northwest suburban men were charge with fraudulently controlling property appraisals in a scheme to defraud lenders. Steven L. Garcia, a 45-year-old Schaumburg resident, and his 43-year-old...
View ArticleMB Financial Bank branch robbed in Schaumburg
A bank was robbed Wednesday afternoon in northwest suburban Schaumburg. The non-takeover robbery happened at 3:38 p.m. at the MB Financial Bank branch at 1199 E. Higgins Road, according to the FBI. The...
View ArticleSchaumburg parents sue to keep medical marijuana at school for daughter
The Schaumburg parents of an 11-year-old girl diagnosed with leukemia are suing their local school district because it won’t keep medical marijuana prescribed by her doctors to treat seizures on school...
View ArticleSchaumburg Show, ice fishing derby, Lake Michigan clinic: WWW Chicago outdoors
I already did opening day at the Chicagoland Fishing, Travel & Outdoor Expo on Thursday. My hope is to get up again tonight–I like the Muskie Forum at 6–but I might be over jammed for this Wild...
View ArticleSearch called off for NW suburban nurse who disappeared in Hawaii river
Authorities on Friday called off the search for a northwest suburban nurse who was swept into a river in Hawaii last weekend. Kelly Mrowinski, who was working as a traveling nurse at Hilo Medical...
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Gar, sturgeon, mallard in snow, National Pheasant Fest: Notes, Chicago outdoors
Notes from around Chicago outdoors. FIELD NOTES WILD OF THE WEEK Sandy Melovic photographed this mallard, apparently a year-round resident, landing on snow in early January near Naperville. Wild of the...
View ArticleTCF Bank branch robbed in Schaumburg
A bank was robbed Tuesday morning in northwest suburban Schaumburg. About 10:20 a.m., a man in his mid-40s entered the TCF Bank branch at 2501 W. Schaumburg Road and announced a non-takeover robbery,...
View ArticleBoy, 16, dies after being ejected from SUV in Schaumburg
A 16-year-old boy was killed in a crash Sunday night in northwest suburban Schaumburg. Graham W. Fath, of unincorporated Schaumburg, was driving a 2010 Subaru Outback east at 8:47 p.m. in the 1400...
View ArticleMan missing from Schaumburg
Police are looking for a man who has been missing for at least two weeks from northwest suburban Schaumburg. Roni J. Fette, 58, was reported missing by a family member on Feb. 28, but has not been seen...
View ArticlePolice: Man attempted to lure kids from bus stop in Schaumburg
Police are warning residents of an attempted child luring Wednesday in northwest suburban Schaumburg. Four juveniles were waiting at a bus stop about 8 a.m. in the 2500 block of Barkwood Road when a...
View ArticleSuspected serial robber sought after attempted heist at Schaumburg bank branch
The FBI is searching for a suspected serial bank robber after he attempted to rob a TCF Bank branch Monday morning in northwest suburban Schaumburg. At 9:07 a.m., he tried to rob the branch at 2501 W....
View ArticleReputed mobster ‘Chucky’ Russell pleads guilty to federal gun charges
Convicted killer and reputed mobster Charles “Chucky” Russell pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal gun charges. Russell now faces at least 15 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a...
View ArticleOutfit burglar pleads guilty to a gun charge that could be his last
An admitted career burglar tied to the Outfit’s Grand Avenue crew has pleaded guilty to a gun crime that could keep him behind bars until he dies, court records show. Federal prosecutors have...
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Illinois Senate considering bill to give kids access to medical pot at schools
The Illinois State Senate is now considering a bill the House overwhelmingly approved Wednesday that would allow parents or guardians to medicate their children with cannabis while they’re at school....
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