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Suspect armed with machete physically restrains clerk during robbery at Mundelein convenience store

A suspect is facing a slew of charges, including kidnapping, after prosecutors say he was armed with a machete and tied up a clerk during a robbery at a store in Mundelein. Lexarez L. Beles, 43, of Highwood, was charged with armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping while armed, aggravated kidnapping while concealing identity and aggravated unlawful […]

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Multiple suspects identified after owner of restaurant, bar stabbed to death in Waukegan

Multiple suspects have been identified and at least one is in custody after the owner of a restaurant and bar in Waukegan was stabbed multiple times and died Saturday evening. The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 11:30 p.m. Saturday to Forty One Fourteen Steaks and Seafood, 2120 North Green Bay Road, […]

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Church seeks donations after 18 residents displaced in apartment building fire near Long Grove

A pastor is asking the community for food donations after 18 residents, who are being housed at church, were displaced from their apartment building near Long Grove due to a fire that injured several. The Long Grove Fire Protection District and Cook County Sheriff’s Office responded around 5:51 p.m. Tuesday to the 2300 block of […]