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Plainfield Police Department said it received an emergency call at 2:57 p.m. concerning a paraglider that had crashed in the area of 127th Street and Ridge Road
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It’s been so many years since Nate Stoughton shaved his beard that his reflection catches him by surprise these days. “My 8-year-old niece didn’t know what to do when I showed up clean-shaven,” said Stoughton, a Freeport EMT participating in No Shave November to raise awareness for men’s health. He
Police urged residents in part of a far south suburb to remain indoors and others to avoid the area amid an investigation on Saturday evening.
It was one of three different identity fraud cases reported within four days this month, two originating in September and one in October, involving stocks, a $20,000 electronic transfer and a $17,500 loan.
Police questioned the actor about a brutal attack in Australia, and his memory blackout left him wondering if he'd been involved.
Dallas Police say a threat had been made, but later determined it to be unfounded.
Following an 18-hour evacuation prompted by a credible bomb threat near a Peoria ethanol plant, thousands of displaced residents were allowed to return to their homes, authorities said Saturday afternoon. Peoria police lifted the evacuation order that impacted about 2,000 people at 1 p.m. Street barricades were removed and all the roads in a one-mile radius of the BioUrja Renewables plant, the epicenter of the credible bomb threat, have been reopened.
Police have identified a pedestrian who died after being struck by a vehicle Friday evening in southwest Lubbock.
According to court records, a man who called the sheriff to investigate a burglary at his residence was arrested after authorities found his mother deceased in…
The Beecher Fire Protection District put out a statement on Saturday night advising residents of an “active police incident” in the area of Waterford Lane and Somerset Drive.
Officers responded to the area of Telegraph Road and Penn Street around 5:20 p.m. Saturday after a 911 caller reported shots fired
Police said Saturday that the victim remains in the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Farmington police are asking for help after crews found a dead person inside a vehicle in a pond off Cascade Drive.
Police issued the warning after a string of thefts.
Police in Berkeley arrested an Oakland man accused of stealing more than 44 pints — about $400 — in premium ice cream.
A spider monkey in Albert Lea was reunited with its owner after police found it loose in the cold early Saturday morning.
Police in Bloomfield Township developed an electric bicycle safety course after community officials banned anyone under the age of 16 from riding the vehicles on township-owned property and rights-of-way.
A Petaluma man who served as a Taekwondo instructor has been arrested on suspicion of lewd acts with children, police said on Saturday.
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By Laura Sharman, Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — A bomb was found at an ethanol plant in central Illinois on Friday, officials said, sparking an investigation involving the FBI and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people living nearby. Police said the bomb was found at the BioUrja Renewables facility, an industrial estate in Peoria,
Two people are dead following a report of an “active shooter” at a home in Lindstrom Saturday morning, according to the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office. Another person was in the hospital.
Jefferson Street Bridge is closed Saturday evening as Joliet police investigate a traffic crash that sent a car into the Des Plaines River.
The Massachusetts State Police are being slammed for breeding "a culture of withholding public records" by lawyers fighting an illegal search of a Falmouth man's home.
The pair's relationship was not immediately clear, according to police.
A resident came to the North Olmsted Police Department on Oct. 19 to report unauthorized debit card transactions totaling $17,081.62 drawn from her checking account.
A 35-year-old man in India died after biting into a sweet containing an explosive. Police are investigating how it happened.
Troopers released the names of the three Wasilla police officers who “discharged their firearms” during a Tuesday drug investigation and said the armed suspect who was struck by gunfire remained hospitalized.
Police believe speed was a factor in the crash.
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The Cook County Sheriff's Office is leading the investigation.
Lake Hallie police said the men used multiple credit cards at the Lake Hallie Walmart on Friday and left with about $1,000 worth of merchandise. When an officer arrived, police said, the men ran to a rental car and drove off.
A resident at 2:15 a.m. on Nov. 7 reported hearing a vehicle crash in front of their home. Officers arrived and found an SUV that had driven off the road, struck a fire hydrant, and was disabled.
Police believe the driver may have experienced an episode of “microsleep.”
The discovery of a bomb prompted a massive police response, forcing evacuations across a 1-mile radius that affected thousands.
While investigating, police said an area hospital notified them of two men in their 30s arriving with gunshot wounds.
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