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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2018

Sheriff Son of Warren Buffett to Donate $1.4M to IL County

Macon County Sheriff Howard Buffett, who runs the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, is giving 13 donations that need approval by the county board.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 30, 2018

Chicago Officers Rush Into Burning Home Looking for Residents

The officers pushed through thick smoke filling the two flats. They checked under beds, on the porch, and in the basement before running to safety themselves.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 25, 2018

IL Officer Seriously Injured in Head-On Fatal Crash

The 45-year-old officer was flown to a St. Louis hospital with serious injuries, while the truck's driver, who reportedly crossed into the oncoming lane and collided head on with the officer's cruiser, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 19, 2018

Video: Family of Slain MO Officer Buys Meal for IL Cops

The family of a St. Louis police officer killed in the line of duty recently paid for the meals of fellow police officers in Troy, Illinois.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 3, 2018

2 IL Cities to Pay Nearly $13 Million Over Pursuit-Related Deaths

Ten months later, and less than 5 miles away, off-duty Chicago police Officer David Harris, 42, was driving home after a late shift at work when he, too, died when a speeding car plowed into his vehicle at a South Side intersection.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 29, 2017

Disciplinary Board Rules Chicago Officer’s Fatal OIS Unjustified

The agency concluded that a “reasonable officer” would not have believed he was in danger of death or serious injury.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 26, 2017

New Chicago PD Policy Discourages Using Tasers on People Who Flee

The Chicago Police Department has tightened its policy on Taser use, rewriting the rules to discourage officers from shocking people who are running away or otherwise vulnerable to injury.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 19, 2017

Off-Duty Chicago Officer Shoots Man Attempting to Carjack Him, Police Say

Police say Hendricks and another person approached the officer as he sat in his personal car around 6:30 p.m. Monday. The other person tapped on the passenger side window to distract the officer while Hendricks went to the driver’s side, pulled a gun and demanded the car, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 19, 2017

Chicago Officer Named CNN Hero of the Year

Maddox started Future Ties, a non-profit after-school program dedicated to helping kids who live in the Parkway Gardens housing complex in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 14, 2017

Widow of Corrupt IL Lieutenant Wants His Pension Despite Her Pending Felony Trial

Gliniewicz, the widow of former Fox Lake police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz, has been charged with participating in her late husband's alleged scheme to siphon money from the Fox Lake Police Explorer youth program for personal expenses.

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