Crime and Public Safety – Page 9

Yorkville police say a 14-year-old student has been charged following an incident involving a loaded handgun on school property at Yorkville High School Academy Tuesday afternoon. (Yorkville Police Department)

Student charged following report of loaded handgun at Yorkville High School Academy, police say

By Molly Morrow

October 29, 2026 at 9:10 a.m.

The student, who was not named by police, has been charged with unlawful possession of...

1 in custody after victim critically stabbed on CTA platform

By Deanese Williams-Harris

October 29, 2026 at 7:40 a.m.

A man was arrested Wednesday night after an argument turned into a stabbing on a...

Officers conduct an investigation after a 15-year-old girl gave birth to a baby that died in Aldridge Elementary School on Oct. 28, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Death investigation underway after teen girl gives birth at Far South Side elementary school

By Tess Kenny

October 28, 2026 at 9:10 p.m.

An investigation is underway after a teen girl gave birth to a baby that later...

The Porter County Courthouse in downtown Valparaiso. (Amy Lavalley/Post-Tribune)

Man gets a 60 year sentence for murder at Valparaiso apartment

By Jim Woods

October 17, 2026 at 4:12 p.m.

Kuran Demetrius Kinley received what the judge called, in effect, "a life sentence" for fatally...

Flowers and candles are seen at a makeshift memorial outside Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Ore., Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, a day after a deadly shooting. (AP Photo/Joe Kline)

Oregon father is the latest armed civilian to confront a gunman in a US mass shooting

By Jim Vertuno

October 17, 2026 at 11:52 a.m.

Few mass shootings in the U.S. end like the deadly attack on an Oregon elementary...

4 men wounded Friday night in drive-by shooting in Little Village

By Deanese Williams-Harris

October 18, 2026 at 3:31 p.m.

Four men were wounded in a drive-by shooting Friday night in the Little Village neighborhood,...

The Sri Venkateswara Swami Balaji Temple on Oct. 14, 2026, in Aurora. The temple was the target of a foiled terror attack. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

‘Ordinary white kid’ or ‘neo-Nazi’? Court records offer new insight into alleged plot to attack Hindu temple

By Allison Kiehl

October 16, 2026 at 6:09 p.m.

On the surface, Alexandros Paporakis described himself as “an ordinary white kid going to college...

Police tape flaps in the breeze near the corner of 24th Street and South Rockwell Street, where an off-duty police officer shot a man just after midnight, on Oct. 4, 2026, in Little Village. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

CPD officer stripped of police powers after off-duty shooting in Little Village

By Sam Charles

October 16, 2026 at 6:33 p.m.

The Chicago police officer who shot a man while off-duty earlier this month in the...

Porter Superior Court Judge Christopher Buckley's 2024 Lincoln Navigator, with a sign promoting his campaign for reelection, on Aug. 15, 2026, in Michigan City, where police charged him with operating while intoxicated. (Michigan City Police Department)

Porter Superior Court Judge Christopher Buckley charged with misconduct

By Amy Lavalley

October 16, 2026 at 4:16 p.m.

The Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications filed two misconduct charges against Porter Superior Court Judge...

Indiana State Police Spokesman Sgt. Glen Fifield, center, explains charges the department brought against Heather Ann Textor Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, as Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter, left; Sgt. Joe White, center right and Det. Brandon Bohling, right, watch. Textor, of Lowell, has been charged with 42 felonies for crafting false expungements. (Michelle L. Quinn/Post-Tribune)

Police: Lowell woman faces 42 felonies in expungement scheme

By Michelle L. Quinn

October 17, 2026 at 1:43 p.m.

A Lowell woman is in custody after a state police investigation discovered she may have...

Attractions are seen at Six Flags Over Georgia, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) northwest of Atlanta, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, in Mableton. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Georgia amusement park reopens after roller coaster death

By Kate Brumback

October 16, 2026 at 7:13 p.m.

Six Flags Over Georgia has opened for the first time since a man fell to...

Alex Murdaugh watches proceedings during an evidentiary hearing over his retrial for the murder of his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, at the Lexington County Judicial Center, Friday, Oct 16, 2026, in Lexington, SC.. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP, Pool)

Fight over evidence in Alex Murdaugh retrial turns to DNA and missing murder weapons

By Jeffrey Collins

October 16, 2026 at 3:29 p.m.

Alex Murdaugh’s defense can do their own tests of unidentified DNA found under his wife’s...

3 young students hospitalized after ingesting CBD gummies at South Side elementary school

By Tess Kenny

October 16, 2026 at 3:40 p.m.

Three young girls have been hospitalized after ingesting cannabis gummies while on lunch break at...