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PLUS: No Crosby case arrests | "Stranger Things" bar to close | 500th murder | Cops raffle off assault rifle | Walgreens-Rite Aid deal OK'd.

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Kenneka Jenkins Case: FBI Not Needed For Investigation, Rosemont's Top Cop Says

Public Safety Chief Donald E. Stephens III said his department will handle the case despite demands to call in the feds.

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No Arrests In Sema'j Crosby Case Expected This Week: Deputy Chief

Last week, Coroner Patrick K. O'Neil announced the 1-year-old child died in April from asphyxia.

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Netflix Asks 'Stranger Things' Pop-Up Bar To Close: 'We Won't Go Full Dr. Brenner On You'

The streaming video service sent a clever cease-and-desist letter to The Upside Down's owners, who didn't get permission to use the series.

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Fatal Washington Heights Shooting Marked Chicago's 500th Homicide Of 2017

A 47-year-old man was gunned down in a parked car at 101st and Racine Sunday night, marking the city's 500th homicide of the year.

On-Duty Officers Raffled Off Rifle At Festival In Melrose Park

The police raffled off an AR-15 and a Ruger for a fundraiser at the Taste of Melrose Park earlier this month.

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Feds Approve $4.38 Billion Deal For Walgreens To Buy Rite Aid Stores

The purchase of 1,932 Rite Aid locations is expected to begin next month and be completed next spring, Walgreens said.

'We Dodged A Bullet': Chicagoland Native Waited Out Hurricane Irma In High-Rise On Gulf Coast

"Fear of the unknown": Stagg High School alum tells Patch why she stayed in a mandatory evacuation area and compares Irma to Hurricane Charley.

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Kenneka Jenkins (right), 19. (Photo via GoFundMe)

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