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$11,000 Reward Offered in Beating Deaths of Elderly Mom and Son

Investigators are pursuing 300 leads. Sycamore police need to track down information on a 2010 four-door Chevrolet Impala stolen from the scene of the double homicide.

Child Snatcher Tries to Grab Toddler Off Chicago Street

A man on a sidewalk near Walsh Park in Bucktown on the North Side approached and grabbed a toddler in front of the boy's mother and nanny Thursday morning.

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Meijer Employee Exposes Self, Tries Touching 11-Year-Old Girl: Cops

Police arrested an Oswego grocery store employee who allegedly exposed himself to a mother and daughter.

First Human Case of West Nile Virus in Cook County

A woman in her 50s became ill in July.

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