Man Charged With Concealing Homicides After Two Found Dead In Algonquin
A 36-year-old man has been arrested in Wisconsin, charged with concealing the deaths of two people in northwest suburban Algonquin.
Watch CBS News
A 36-year-old man has been arrested in Wisconsin, charged with concealing the deaths of two people in northwest suburban Algonquin.
"Ho, ho, ho," turned into, "No, no, no," for a charity Santa race in the northwest suburbs thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. But a year later, Sanats by the hundred are set to hit the streets once again.
Authorities said the two-vehicle crash involved a red 2019 Dodge Challenger and gray 2016 Mazda 6. It happened on Illinois Route 176 west of Sunnyside Road.
"I'm so happy. Really happy to have her back."
A Zion man was set to be taken off electronic monitoring when authorities in Lake County learned there was an unrelated warrant out for his arrest – but when they tried to handcuff him, he fled.
Austin testified she shared the photos with a letter explaining the situation in response to her ex-fiancé's claims that she was "crazy."
The body of a missing 33-year-old woman from McHenry County was found inside a storage unit near Rockford on Tuesday.
A man was shot during a robbery at a Circle K store at a Shell gas station in Marengo, Illinois early Wednesday morning.
The Illinois Department of Public Health is offering free COVID-19 tests at various mobile testing sites in northern Illinois.
Region 4, the Metro East area near St. Louis, is now the only region of the state that has yet to move back to Tier 1 mitigations to resume limited indoor dining.
The first major snowfall of this winter season left enough for people to have to dig out Tuesday night, particularly in the north and northwest suburbs.
The western suburbs are home to one of the tightest congressional races in the U.S. On Wednesday, CBS 2's Tim McNicholas took us behind the scenes in McHenry County, where votes were still coming in.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday announced Region 9 (Lake and McHenry counties) would be the latest area of the state to face enhanced virus mitigations, starting Saturday.
A day after suggesting she would try to convince Gov. JB Pritzker to change his mind about his order for tougher COVID-19 restrictions in Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said "we're not asking for any special treatment," and said the city will enforce the new rules when they begin Friday.
Counties across Illinois are sorting through an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots, and not all of them have the staffing we see in the city.
Freund, 61, pleaded guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated battery to a child, and concealment of a homicide.
McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt scheduled a hearing on the negotiated plea for Friday afternoon.
"He called me a b****. Choked me, dangled me by my neck, dragged me to where he wanted me to be and then threw me on the ground. I really thought I might die by his hands that day," Andrea Nielsen said.
During a status hearing on Friday, McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt set a tentative Dec. 9 trial date for Freund, 61.
"Miss Cunningham was responsible for that life. And now she must be responsible for his death."
During her sentencing hearing on Thursday, JoAnn Cunningham asked the judge for forgiveness, saying she loved A.J., the 5-year-old son she admitted killing.
The McHenry County Sheriff is looking for the driver who left a truck upside down and on fire after crashing it just before midnight.
The sheriff wrote that the office does not have the "capacity or desire to enforce the governor's orders."
Police in far northwest suburban Lake in the Hills were searching Monday for a man they said offered at least one woman money to expose herself.
The roads were not looking good early Saturday morning, with snow turning to rain and ice making driving treacherous.
