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  • 1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Andrew Ramos

    The brother a woman whose car was pulled from the Fox River with skeletal remains inside nearly 42 years after she disappeared, is thanking the community for their support as the family awaits for a positive identification. Karen Schepers was seen for the last time on April 16, 1983 at a work party at a bar in Carpentersville. She was the last one to leave, witnesses told Elgin police at the time, and she was never seen again.

  • 1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Andrew Ramos

    Family mourns, demands accountability in killing of teen girl on Chicago's West Side The mystery has deepened in the case of a 16-year-old girl who was stabbed and beaten to death at a park on Chicago's West Side. The family of Kaylah Love held a Sunday — hoping to move the needle in her chilling case, and asking anyone who saw or knows something about her killing to come forward.

  • 1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Andrew Ramos

    Chicago area family farm keeps fighting after losing chickens, federal grants A family-owned farm in Chicago's south suburbs recently lost its entire flock of chickens to bird flu. Now, Kakadoodle Farm in Matteson is nursing another wound. The owners of the farm said they just lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding. But the owners, husband and wife Marty and MariKate Thomas, say they have no plans on slowing down their operation.

  • 1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Andrew Ramos

    Share Former Robbins, Illinois Police Chief Carl Scott appeared in criminal court on Tuesday for a hearing in connection to charges of brutally beating a man last summer inside village hall. The man who accused Scott of attacking him was in court, coming face-to-face with Scott for the first time since the alleged attack in a back room of the Robbins police station. While James Snow he's still traumatized by what happened, he said he's determined now more than ever to get justice.

  • 1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Andrew Ramos

    Former Robbins, Illinois Police Chief Carl Scott appeared in criminal court on Tuesday for a hearing in connection to charges of brutally beating a man last summer inside village hall. The man who accused Scott of attacking him was in court, coming face-to-face with Scott for the first time since the alleged attack in a back room of the Robbins police station. While James Snow he's still traumatized by what happened, he said he's determined now more than ever to get justice.

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