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How two detectives and a podcast helped solve decades-old suburban cold case
The 1983 case of Karen Schepers was solved 42 years later. Elgin detectives share how their podcast 'Somebody Knows Something' helped crack the case.
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Things to do April 18-24: Cirque Italia, Easter events, Riverdance 30 and more
Moulin Rouge the Musical”: 1 and 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 16; 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17; 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 18; 2 and ...
For decades, an Elgin cold case grew colder. Then two detectives started a podcast.
Elgin detectives were dubious when their chief suggested starting a true crime podcast to help find Karen Schepers. But it ...
Along the 46th parallel: How the Washington constitution swung a hunting case near the Washington-Oregon border
Shawn Humphrey had always wanted to kill a big bull elk in the Wenaha unit in northeastern Oregon. The unit on the Washington-Oregon border in the Blue Mountains offers some of the state's most ...
Letters to the Editor: Moeller invites residents to join river cleanup event in Elgin
For the 10th year in a row, I am proud to join the Friends of the Fox River in hosting a river cleanup event, which this year ...
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Elgin to continue housing Tent City residents at Lexington Inn until fall
Elgin will continue housing former residents of the Tent City homeless encampment at the Lexington Inn & Suites through the ...