“We are connected by God. We both lost children,” Hanan Shaheen tells president after discussing the dehumanization of Palestinians.
Mother of slain Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi meets Biden for ‘human-to-human connection’
Category: Crime and Public Safety
Former foster mom sentenced to five years in prison, one on probation, in boy’s death
Jennifer Lee Wilson, the Valparaiso area woman who pleaded guilty to a felony count of reckless homicide in the death of her foster son, Dakota Levi Stevens, will serve five years in the Indiana Department of Correction, followed by one year on probation, per a sentence handed down in Porter Superior Court on Friday.
Apartment fire in La Grange draws large response Friday
No injuries were reported as a fire broke out late Friday morning in a first floor apartment in a building on South 8th Avenue.
Quadriplegic man convicted in E.C. killing asks to leave prison, saying he’s not getting adequate medical care
Before David Garza was arrested for killing 36-year-old Fabian Villagomez in October 2020, someone shot him in the neck within a few days, likely in retaliation.
La Grange brings police force to full strength with officer hire, squad car purchases
La Grange hired a new police officer and purchased two new vehicles, bringing the force to full strength, officials said.
Clarendon Hills moves to settle fire chief position
Deputy chief Dave Godek, who’ been acting chief following the short tenure of Michael Korzen, was named Clarendon Hills fire chief.
Judge who released Portage Park domestic violence suspect reassigned
Judge Thomas Nowinski will move to traffic court from the domestic violence division after a man he ordered released on electronic monitoring allegedly stabbed his estranged wife to death.
3 in custody after Hazel Crest shooting wounds woman
Three people are being held after a woman was shot Thursday at a Hazel Crest gas station at 175th Street and Kedzie Avenue.
Woman found shot to death with ex-boyfriend had protective order against him: records
Police said Tanisha Weeks, 42, and Timothy Gibbs, 35, were found dead in her apartment with gunshot wounds to the head. Weeks sought and received an order of protection against Gibbs about a month before she was killed.
Gary man gets 15 ½ years for trying to set woman on fire, shooting at her daughter, couple
A Gary man got the maximum 15 ½ years Thursday in a plea deal that included trying to set his then-girlfriend on fire when she tried to break up with him.