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Crash-and-grab burglars smash into Golden Apple restaurant while it’s open

Burglars crashed into the renowned Golden Apple Grille and Breakfast House in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood early Monday morning, while the 24-hour restaurant was open.
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Arsonist who killed hero firefighter fled on CTA, dyed his hair at Harold Washington...

The man accused of setting an arson fire that claimed the life of Chicago Firefighter and EMT Michael Altman last week appeared in court for the first time Monday. Sheaves Slate, 27, was ordered detained pending trial by Judge Luciano Panici Jr. after prosecutors laid out a detailed account of what they believe...
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Man accused of shooting victim during fight on Southwest Side

CHICAGO — A Chicago man is facing a felony charge after authorities say he shot and injured another man during a fight on the city’s Southwest Side over the weekend. According to Chicago police, 63-year-old Dennis White has been charged with one count of aggravated battery with the discharge of a firearm.
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UPS driver shot to death on South Side was searching for stolen car: family

A man shot and killed on Chicago's South Side over the weekend has been identified as a UPS driver, his family said Tuesday.
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He shot her in the back as she ran away: prosecutors

A detention hearing for the Venezuelan man charged with murdering a Loyola University student was postponed Monday because he is hospitalized with tuberculosis, but prosecutors still revealed new details about the investigation — including that the suspect was identified in part through facial recognition technology...
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Delivery robot goes viral after crashing into West Town bus shelter

Serve Robotics said that while they figure out how this happened, they will cover the cost of the already-repaired glass, calling the crash landing extremely rare.
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Chicago lawmaker ripped over ‘disgusting’ response to college student allegedly killed by illegal immigrant

Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden faces fierce backlash after suggesting slain Loyola student Sheridan Gorman was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Most McHenry County Townships Assessed More Evenly That Those in Cook County

I’ve been looking at Coefficients of Dispersion for pretty much sixty years. This is a measure of the uniformity of assessments in a given jurisdiction a member of the Illinois Department of Revenue pointed me to in the late 1960’s when I decided to look at assessment disparities while I was County Treasurer.
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Palos Hills Parents Demand Answers After Pre-Dawn Police Shooting of Son

In the quiet pre-dawn hours of Feb. 15, a domestic-disturbance call in Palos Hills ended with a 37-year-old man dead and his parents demanding to know how it all happened, and why they were not told for hours. Police were called to a Cour Versaille townhome in the early morning...
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Suburban Chicago man accused of killing wife with vacuum cord denied release: prosecutors

VILLA PARK – A suburban Chicago man accused of strangling his estranged wife with a vacuum power cord will remain in custody until his next court date, a judge ruled Monday. Brian Hernandez, 28, appeared in court on two counts of first-degree murder. He had been scheduled to appear Saturday, March 21, but the hearing...

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