The Highland Town Council on Tuesday night revealed that it may have violated the state’s Open-Door law by conducting town business outside a formal setting.
Highland council may have skirted open meeting law
Category: Crime and Public Safety
Hickory Hills police say armed robbery suspect shot, killed after firing at officers
Hickory Hills police said an armed robbery suspected who shot at officers near 95th Street and Roberts Road was killed in shootout.
Russell Brand pleads not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault in London court
Actor and comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty in a London court Friday to rape and sexual assault charges involving four women dating back more than 25 years.
Officer injured, suspect pronounced dead in police-involved shooting in Humboldt Park
A gunman was pronounced dead after he was wounded during a struggle with a Chicago police officer and his gun discharged in Humboldt Park.
Naperville man who bludgeoned family dog given prison term, lifetime pet ownership ban
A Naperville man who beat his family’s dog to death was sentenced to prison and banned from owning any animal for the rest of his life.
Larry Hoover ‘deserves to be in prison,’ Chicago FBI boss says of Gangster Disciples founder
A day after Donald Trump’s stunning decision to commute the federal life sentence of Larry Hoover, lawyers for the Chicago-born Gangster Disciples founder were singing the president’s praises while Chicago’s new FBI boss told the Tribune he “deserves to be in prison.”
10-year-old girl, woman found dead in Streamwood home, medical examiner’s office says
Uyani Jones, 10, and Janiya Jenkins, 21, were found inside a home in the 1600 block of McKool Avenue just after 8 p.m. Wednesday night, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Woman held in stabbing of 3 children in Grand Crossing, police say
A woman was in police custody Wednesday evening after authorities said she stabbed three young children in the wrist at a South Side home. The stabbing involving the children, a 1-year-old girl and two boys, ages 3 and 5, is believed to have occurred about 5:45 p.m. in the 7100 block of South Harvard Avenue. […]
Police: Man in custody after domestic incident in Lowell
A 42-year-old man is in custody after beating up his ex-girlfriend and barricading himself in her Lowell home late Tuesday morning.
Lawyer facing discipline for leaving clients in limbo for months
A Crown Point lawyer faces a state disciplinary complaint accusing him of leaving clients in limbo last year after he fell out of touch.