Homewood police and a South Suburban Emergency Response Team unit discovered a deceased person in a home in the 17600 block of Dixie Highway on Monday evening, June 8, while serving a search warrant. HPD officers and members of the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force obtained the warrant as[Read More…]
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Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office preliminary 2024 data shows drop in deaths
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office (MEO) has released preliminary statistics for cases handled in 2024 that show drops in deaths from opioid overdoses, homicides and suicides from pandemic peaks. While the Office’s caseload continued to surpass pre-COVID levels, with 7,202 cases falling under its jurisdiction last year, caseloads continued[Read More…]
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