Kane Coroner Warns: 'Gray Death' Heroin Mix May Be Coming
The combination of opioids can vary in consistency from dried chunks resembling concrete to fine powder.
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The combination of opioids can vary in consistency from dried chunks resembling concrete to fine powder.
Kane County is one of two election authorities in Illinois to be completely computerized.
Cook County came in the middle of the pack in a recent county health ranking for Illinois, but seven other Chicago area counties were among the top 20.
Prosecutors say a debt-ridden Rich A. Schmelzer fatally stabbed 85-year-old Mildred "Dodie" Darrington of East Dundee in July 2014 as part of a scheme to "expedite his inheritance."
Police arrested four men after officials found Ashley Mastel dead of a fentanyl-laced heroin overdose in her Sugar Grove Township home.
Sheriff's Sgt. Ron Hain's resume includes the seizure of over 4,000 pounds of marijuana and $3 million in cash. But are his methods too aggressive? CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports.
An Aurora man has been charged with attempting to rob another man and releasing a pit bull on sheriff's police Thursday night in the western suburb.
The guards encouraged certain juvenile residents to physically attack other residents, facilitated the attacks and stood idly by and watched as they happened, prosecutors said.
A truck struck the side of a moving freight train early Saturday in northwest suburban Burlington Township.
A 1979 Peterbuilt semi hauling corn was heading south on Meredith Road approaching Beith Road in unincorporated Virgil Township about 5 p.m. when a 2002 Chevrolet S-10 pickup heading west on Beith stopped at the stop sign about 5 p.m., according to the Kane County sheriff's office.
A former employee of the Kane County circuit court clerk's office has pleaded guilty to stealing money from the office.
Quinn Gabnay, 46, was convicted June 3 of four counts of aggravated DUI by Judge Donald Tegeler Jr., according to a statement from the Kane County state's attorney's office. It was his third DUI offense.
A man has been convicted of sexually assaulting a woman last year at his grandmother's house in west suburban Aurora.
Glen C. Baum, 44, pleaded guilty to criminal sexual assault Thursday before Judge James C. Hallock, according to a statement from the Kane County state's attorney's office.
Kane County has decided to indefinitely stop accepting electronics waste at its recycling events.
One of the latest roadway shootings happened not in Chicago, but in a rural area far west of the city.
Steven Chidester, 44, has worked for the Kane County Department of Transportation for five years, according to the the Kane County Sheriff's Office.
Kane County will be cracking down on people who insist on drinking alcohol and driving Thursday, St. Patrick's Day.
Officials said the practice, known as "fly dumping" has "reached a new level" in Kane County.
Stacy Fiebelkorn subjected her rabbits, alpacas, llamas, goats, chickens, turkeys, ducks, mini-horses, horses and mini-donkeys to cruel treatment by starving and abusing them at Kane County farms, prosecutors said.
Two years ago, Rob Russell released the names of the unclaimed to the news media. Nine thousand miles away in Australia, a woman recognized one of the names as her cousin's.
The role-playing involved people injured by a mock bomb explosion, and the sight and smell of pungent smoke amid the chaos of first responders rushing in to sharpen their skills.
John M. Brannon of West Chicago was pulled over this month for a suspended registration because he allegedly didn't have insurance.
Bob Russell has been under fire for his office's spending.
It's a multimillion dollar project, and if approved would be the area's first suburban toll bridge. But some call it a waste of more than 100 million in tax dollars and fees.
