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Judge orders suspect in the slaying of an Indian Head Park teen to undergo a mental health evaluation. (Cook County Sheriff / March 6, 2012)

Suspect in Indian Head Park killing to undergo mental health evaluation

March 6 at 7:17 p.m.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports: A Cook County Judge ordered a man charged with killing an Indian Head Park teenager in her home to be evaluated … Read more ›

From the community

Fathers’ Rights Attorney Jeffery M. Leving Lectures to West Suburban Chiefs of Police

By Steven Allgood | March 5 at 4:23 p.m.

The West Suburban Chiefs of Police Association will feature well-respected marital and family law attorney Jeffery M. Leving as their featured lecturer on child custody … Read more ›

College of DuPage Police Chief Joe Mullin (Photo provided)

COD names new police chief

By Michelle Manchir | Feb. 23 at 2:04 p.m.

A former deputy chief of the College of DuPage police force has been selected to lead the department after the chief of the community college … Read more ›

Metra: Woman killed when train hits vehicle near La Grange station

Feb. 10 at 6:17 p.m.

A woman in her 50s was killed when a Metra work train on the BNSF line struck a vehicle near the La Grange Stone Avenue … Read more ›

A driver uses a cellphone in Evanston in 2010. (Chris Walker, Chicago Tribune)

Ban on cell use while driving could go statewide

Feb. 8 at 6:29 p.m.

Drivers throughout Illinois would not be able to use hand-held cell phones when behind the wheel under a measure making its way through the Illinois … Read more ›

State police point finger at prints analyst

Jan. 6 at 9:33 p.m.

The Illinois State Police said Friday that it had reassigned a fingerprint analyst and is reviewing a number of the analyst’s cases in Cook and … Read more ›

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If you are drinking on New Year’s Eve, watch your step

Dec. 30, 2011 at 8:02 p.m.

Most New Year’s Eve revelers know it’s dangerous to drink and drive, but now there’s new evidence that it’s also dangerous to drink and walk. … Read more ›

Settlement announced over Countrywide loans

Dec. 21, 2011 at 3:58 p.m.

Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan and federal officials today announced a $335 million national settlement with Bank of America stemming from former mortgage giant Countrywide … Read more ›

John L. Wilson Jr. (left), Kelli O'Laughlin (booking photo (left), family photo (right))

Suspect in Indian Head Park slaying pleads not guilty

Dec. 21, 2011 at 3:37 p.m.

An ex-convict pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the stabbing death of a 14-year-old Indian Head Park girl during a hearing that featured two judges but … Read more ›

Police officer James Waites of the Mundelein Police Department checks the license of a potential drunk driver in 2009. ( Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune / May 29, 2009 )

DUIs drop dramatically in Illinois, and study indicates drivers may drown sorrows at home

Dec. 19, 2011 at 6:44 a.m.

The latest numbers show a drastic reduction in drunken driving in Illinois. Between 2007 and 2010, drunken driving arrests fell 16 percent, and the number … Read more ›

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