In 2015, 17-year-old Chicago resident Connita L. Richardson was found dead inside Emerson High School, 716 E. 7th Ave. She had been strangled and raped, authorities said.

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In 2019, the body of Adriana Saucedo was found in the shuttered Norton Elementary School two days after she was shot and killed by three teenagers in a car in Portage. In June of last year, the ...

A 28-year-old Somers woman is accused of taking part in an elaborate money laundering scheme involving stolen vehicles from numerous states.

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