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A judge ruled Benjamin Morris poses too great a danger to release, even after his family offered to sell his house to fund bail conditions.
Michael Triplett faces four felony counts after shots fired near the Flame nightclub injured two people early August 8.
Trent Arbuckle, 56, once ran the control room at McLean County's jail. He's now locked up in a different county's facility.
The 49-year-old concealed carry holder armed herself inside her home before firing. The suspect later walked into Jackson Park Hospital with a gunshot wound.
Kevin Rigg, 44, faces a Level 6 felony after a dispatcher accused him of grabbing her at Cleveland-Cliffs' Indiana Harbor mill.
Martel Brown, 37, allegedly used a ladder to break into a South Shore building and jumped when police arrived, injuring both legs.
A car and UTV collided as concertgoers left a Worthington-area show, killing a school leader and a child.
The Rochelle running back who collapsed on the sideline last October is back at practice — this time as a coach, still awaiting a second skull surgery.
Kristin Nice, 61, allegedly set two Millstream Road homes ablaze weeks before a stalking order tied to one victim was even granted.
The teen was treated at Comer Children's Hospital after a fight escalated into gunfire on South Church Street. The gunman remains at large.
The teen was in fair condition after the 6:47 p.m. shooting near the park's baseball fields. No arrests have been made.
A white SUV pulled alongside a southbound sedan at 71st and Champlain, leaving one dead and two hurt — the area's third shooting in weeks.
Denys Machado allegedly made the threat to his own divorce attorney, who reported it to Yorkville police within hours.
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