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Illinois Board of Elections certifies election results: A nearly 11-point victory in Illinois for Harris

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By Beth HundsdorferCapitol News Illinois Four years before police said he caused a crash that killed a DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy, Nathan Sweeney pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and having 44 grams of heroin in his car – an offense that, if properly reported to the secretary of...

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PPP loan fraud in Illinois

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By Amalia Huot-MarchandMedill Illinois News Bureaufor Capitol News Illinoisamaliahuor-marchand2025@u.northwestern.edu A state watchdog has identified at least $7.2 million in fraudulent claims and more than 275 instances of misconduct by state employees accused of bilking a federal program designed to help businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2022, the Office of...

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Madigan trial: Contract talks, unusual involvement

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By Hannah MeiselCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Commonwealth Edison’s top attorney was busy preparing for the General Assembly to take up major legislation the utility had spent months negotiating when ComEd’s top in-house lobbyist stopped by his office in late October 2011. A little more than 13 years later, the attorney, Tom...

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North Aurora Police Solve 45-Year-Old Murder Case of Kathy Halle

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At a press conference Wednesday, Oct. 23, the North Aurora Police Department (NAPD) announced the resolution of the 1979 cold case murder of Kathy Halle. After more than four decades, investigators have identified serial killer Bruce Lindahl as the individual responsible for her death, thanks to advanced DNA technology and...

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Naperville woman charged in fatal motorcycle crash in Aurora

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Adrienne Wheeler, 37, of Naperville has been charged in connection with the May 1 traffic crash that claimed the life of a 29-year-old motorcycle passenger. May 1, 2024, at 5:02 p.m., Aurora Police were dispatched to Butterfield Road and Savannah Drive for a traffic crash involving a motorcycle. During the...

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Sangamon County, Grayson wasn’t only deputy with DUI

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Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell came under fire for his hiring practices after he employed a deputy with two DUI convictions, who is now accused of the murder of an unarmed black woman in her kitchen. But it wasn’t the first time he chose to hire someone accused of drunk...

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Jury deadlocks, mistrial declared in case of ex-AT&T boss accused of bribing Madigan

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By Hannah MeiselCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in their deliberations over whether former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza bribed longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan via a no-work contract for the speaker’s political ally. After nearly 15 hours of...

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A year after end of cash bail, no change in failure to appear rate, analysis shows

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By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com One year after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail, the impact on the state’s criminal justice system appears to have been far less dramatic than people on either side of the debate had predicted. That, at...

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Senior Fraud Awareness Day helps senior citizens

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Senior Fraud Awareness Day was May 15, and more than 200 Aurora senior citizens eagerly showed up for a special workshop presented by the FBI and the City of Aurora. Last year, the frequency of elder fraud crimes targeting Americans over 60 reached an alarming high, surpassing any previous year....

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Hundreds of Aurora Seniors Turn Out for FBI Workshop on Senior Fraud Awareness Day

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More than 200 Aurora senior citizens eagerly showed up for a special workshop presented by the FBI and the City of Aurora, Wednesday, May 15, Senior Fraud Awareness Day. Last year, the frequency of elder fraud crimes targeting Americans over 60 reached an alarming high, surpassing any previous year. These...

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‘A practical approach to gun violence’ May 11

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Project Safe Aurora Violence Prevention Coalition invites the community to join a pivotal event focused on gun violence prevention. “A Practical Approach to Gun Violence,” is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11 at the Prisco Center, 150 W. Illinois Avenue in Aurora. This community event aims...

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Rare crimes on the job OHSA focus

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By Tim Drea and Pat Devaney Jay Larson’s co-workers stepped in for his mail route in Rockford earlier this month when Jay’s final deliveries ended in unspeakable tragedy. March 27, Jay was senselessly murdered, the victim of a horrendous attack while on his mail route in which he was stabbed...

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Day in court postponed for former lawmaker who checked into hospital on eve of corruption trial

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Sam McCann, charged with misusing campaign funds, set for trial next week By Hannah MeiselCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com Springfield – On what was supposed to be the third morning of a weeklong corruption trial of former State Sen. Sam McCann, the onetime third-party candidate for governor instead videoconferenced into U.S. District...

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Comptroller of Illinois urges awareness of tax scams

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Comptroller of Illinois, Susana Mendoza, is warning Illinoisans of email, telephone and mail tax scams as the 2024 filing season begins. One scam, for example, may contain a letter in a cardboard envelope with an IRS letterhead that contains the text “about your unclaimed refund.” That letter may request personal...

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Aurora man injured in weekend shooting

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Shortly before 1 A.M., December 9, 2023, Aurora Police Department Telecom received 9-1-1 calls about shots fired outside a business in the 700 block of N. Lake Street. Officers arrived on scene and found evidence of a shooting in the parking lot. At the same time, a 29-year-old Aurora man...

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Oswego Police arrested a 15-year-old male juvenile for possession of a loaded firearm at Oswego East High School

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Oswego Police arrested a 15-year-old male juvenile Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, for possession of a loaded firearm at Oswego East High School, 1525 Harvey Road, Oswego. At approximately 10 a.m., Oswego Police were notified by school staff members that a student had turned over a backpack containing a firearm. The...

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Man in critical condition after shooting on Aurora’s East side

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Shortly after 3 P.M., December 6, 2023, Aurora Police Department Telecom received 9-1-1 calls reference shots fired and a gunshot victim near Fifth Avenue and Bangs Street. Officers arrived on scene and found a 22-year-old Aurora man suffering from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle. Aurora Fire Department Paramedics transported the...

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As SAFE-T Act goes live, murder suspects previously eligible to post bond are held in jail

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By Beth Hundsdorfer & Hannah Meisel In courtrooms around the state early this week, judges conducted the first hearings under a new system that determines whether a defendant will be jailed while awaiting trial based on dangerousness and risk of fleeing prosecution, rather than their ability to post bail. The...

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Bomb threat at Aurora Public Library

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At approximately 2:41 p.m. September 12, officers were dispatched to Aurora Public Library District branches after a bomb threat was received through an online source. An evacuation was ordered at all three branches as a precautionary measure while officers investigated. A physical search of each location was conducted, and no...

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