Hearing delayed for man charged in Lockport Twp. hate crime shooting
The Lockport Township victim came face to face with the alleged shooter for the first time since the incident.
The Lockport Township victim came face to face with the alleged shooter for the first time since the incident.
Police are searching for the driver of the semi-truck.
Jeremy Boshears, 38, was charged in the murder of 24-year-old Kaitlyn Kearns in November of 2017.
The children on the bus were not injured.
The children on the bus were not injured.
The man accused of shooting his neighbor in the southwest suburbs is now being charged with a hate crime. John Shadbar, 70, appeared before a Will County judge on Thursday and was denied release. The Will County State's Attorney's Office outlined what they said was a clear history of issues between him and Melissa Roberson, a white woman who has two Black sons. Prosecutors said Shadbar would regularly antagonize them with racial slurs.
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Prosecutors said there was a clear history of issues between the alleged shooter and his neighbor, a white woman who had two Black sons.
The man charged with shooting his neighbor in the southwest suburbs is now being charged with a hate crime. John Shadbar, 70, appeared before a Will County judge on Thursday and was denied release. The Will County State's Attorney's Office outlined what they said was a clear history of issues between him and Melissa Roberson, a white woman who had two Black sons. Prosecutors said Shadbar would regularly antagonize them with racial slurs.
He faces charges, including aggravated discharge of a firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and reckless discharge of a firearm.
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Ozinga represented the 37th district in the southwest suburbs for three years. A committee is now accepting applications until noon on Friday to replace Ozinga. His position must be filled within 30 days.
A total of 26 confirmed measles cases have been confirmed in the city of Chicago so far – with four this week. The new suburban cases – which stem from the Chicago outbreak – have been detected in Will County and Lake County. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The Pilsen migrant shelter at 2248 S. Halsted St. is the origin point for the majority of the measles cases in Chicago, and now health officials say the cases confirmed in Lake and Will counties are both connected to this outbreak.
Health officials tied the case to a rise in measles infections in Chicago.
Health officials tied the case to a rise in measles infections in Chicago.
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Thompsen was involved in a crash on East Leverett Road at County Road 1300E in Champaign County. The details of the crash are still under investigation.
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The body of Yolanda Howell, 78, who was missing for over a week, has been found, 11 days after she was last seen, police said.
Police say the 49-year-old victim got into a verbal fight with a woman on the bus, and that's when she took out a knife and stabbed him in the chest.
Video captured the moments when crowds and vehicles overtook a section of North Avenue near the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago overnight.
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Police say the 49-year-old victim got into a verbal fight with a woman on the bus, and that's when she took out a knife and stabbed him in the chest.
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Police said, around 3:45 p.m., a 45-year-old man was sitting in a parked car in the McDonald's parking lot near Sheridan Road and Wilson Avenue, when two people approached, and one of them started shooting.