Here are the stories trending across Illinois on Friday night.
Following discharge from the hospital, Jeffery Darting was placed into custody and charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault.
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The Joliet woman provided officers with videos of the defendant on her driveway and walking within 25 feet of her through the tree line.
Bridgeview police confirmed that 8-year-old Jad Debiy died of injuries a week after being struck by a car while riding an electric scooter.
According to the Wilmette Police Department, the semi-trailer struck a bridge over I-94 Thursday evening.
Nahom T. Abraha, 40, is being held at DuPage County Jail in connection with the Sept. 13 arson.
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