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CRESTWOOD, IL -- Cook County Animals and Rabies Control has issued a rabid bat alert for the Crestwood area after several bats were found inside a residence. The bats were submitted for a rabies examination to the Illinois State Public Health Laboratory . One of the bats was determined to be rabid. Animal control officials were called to a residential complex in the 14000 block of Dori Lane in Crestwood sometime after 10 p.m. Aug. 15. The homeowner reported finding several bats inside the home. The state public health lab returned the positive result for the sick bat the next day. Sixteen bats have tested positive for rabies so far in 2017. Those who believe they or a family member was exposed to or bitten by a bat should contact a doctor immediately. Residents should not handle any bats, skunks, raccoons or other wild animals. Residents are advised to keep dogs, cats and ferrets on a leash when outside their homes. If your pet does not have a current rabies vaccination , make ...

SIERRA VISTA — A man has been arrested for murder after admitting to police he strangled his roommate and hid his body in a suitcase in the bedroom closet. Keith Allen White , 50, was charged with second-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence after police responded to Garden Plaza Apartments at 100 E. Golf Links Rd. on Monday night. Sierra Vista Police received a call at 9:13 p.m. Monday from a resident of the apartment, who reported that White had admitted to killing his roommate, Brian Cook, who is also a relative of the caller. Officers responded to the scene and spoke with the caller before making their way to White’s apartment on the north side of the complex. When they arrived, “he’s got the windows down and a fan blowing the odor of human decomposition out of the apartment,” said Sierra Vista Sgt . Sean Brownson, a detective with the Special Operations Bureau . Through the open windows of the apartment, officers could see multiple empty liquor bottles , White sitt...

Follow KDKA-TV : Facebook | Twitter HOUSTON (AP) — The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Harvey had strengthened to a Category 2 storm early Friday morning as it nears the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12- foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a “life-threatening storm” that posed a “grave risk.” Millions of people braced for a prolonged battering that could swamp dozens of counties more than 100 miles inland. Landfall was predicted for late Friday or early Saturday between Port O’Connor and Matagorda Bay, a 30-mile (48-kilometer) stretch of coastline about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi Expected to make landfall as Category 3 storm , residents along Texas coast prepare for Hurricane Harvey https ://t.co/4tw14JTkyM pic.twitter.com/UKwjYrbq1f — CBS News (@CBSNews) August 25, 2017 Fueled by warm Gulf of Mexico w...

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Published: Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 6:23 AM Updated: Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 6:21 AM Miami — Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12- foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a "life-threatening storm" that posed a "grave risk." Millions of people braced for a prolonged battering that could swamp dozens of counties more than 100 miles inland. Landfall was predicted for late Friday or early Saturday between Port O'Connor and Matagorda Bay, a 30-mile (48-kilometer) stretch of coastline about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi Harvey grew quickly Thursday from a tropical depression into a Category 1 hurricane . Fueled by warm Gulf of Mexico waters, it was projected to become a major Category 3 hurricane . The last storm of that category to h...

CHICAGO -- At least 33 people were wounded, 6 fatally, within 13 hours from Saturday to Sunday across the city in separate shootings, which includes an attack in the West Pullman neighborhood that left one man dead and wounded six other people. In the West Pullman neighborhood on the city's Far South Side, a man was killed and six other people were wounded in a single attack about 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the parking lot of a banquet hall used as a nightclub, police said. They were all in a large parking lot in the 11900 block of South Loomis Street when a man inside a black SUV opened fire at the crowd, police said. The shooter then drove off. A man, whose age and identity was not yet known, was pronounced dead at the scene. A white sheet covered the man's body on the pavement near the entrance of the hall's door. A white BMW sports car , with one of its door still open, was next to the body. Six other people were shot during the attack. Police did not immediately have in...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A car with a Lucas County license plate plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town , killing one person, hurting at least two dozen more and ratcheting up tension in an increasingly violent confrontation . Multiple media outlets are reporting the car is registered to 20-year-old James Alex Fields of Maumee, based on vehicle registration records . Albemarle- Charlottesville Regional Jail Superintendent Martin Kumer told The Post that a man with the same name and age was booked Saturday on suspicion of second-degree murder, malicious wounding, failure to stop for an accident involving a death, and hit and run. Mr. Fields is being held without bail, and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Charlottesville General District Court , Mr. Kumer told the Washington Post. ...