Vehicle used in car theft attempt in Mount Prospect located on Chicago's South Side
On Thursday, two would-be car thieves fired shots at a homeowner when they tried to steal a car from a driveway, in the 100 block of South I-Oka Avenue.
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On Thursday, two would-be car thieves fired shots at a homeowner when they tried to steal a car from a driveway, in the 100 block of South I-Oka Avenue.
Two would-be car thieves fired shots at a homeowner who interrupted them Thursday morning when they tried to steal a car from a driveway in northwest suburban Mount Prospect.
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Police in Mount Prospect recently arrested and charged two teens with firing water beats at a car from an airsoft gun as what may have been part of a TikTok challenge.
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A person crossing busy Elmhurst Road in a wheelchair was struck and by a car and seriously injured in a hit-and-run Wednesday in Mount Prospect.
Three people were killed Sunday morning in a rollover crash on Rand Road in northwest suburban Mount Prospect.
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Good Samaritans raced to the rescue Sunday night after a fiery crash in Mount Prospect.
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Braun said Tuesday's storms caused widespread wind damage in northwest Indiana and significant flooding in central parts of the state.
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