A federal judge in El Paso has sentenced 43-year-old Edgar Omar Martinez of Anthony, New Mexico, to 262 months (over 21 years) in prison for trafficking approximately 1.5 kilograms of fentanyl. Martinez was arrested on March 14, 2025, after FBI agents discovered about 17,000 fentanyl pills in his vehicle. Court records show he obtained the … Read more
A Cook County judge has sentenced 47-year-old Jimmy Smith, a man with more than a dozen prior felony convictions, to 20 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a grocery store clerk during a 2024 robbery. Smith pleaded guilty to murder before Judge Ursula Walowski, who ordered that the full sentence be served. Prosecutors … Read more
The LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash that left two men dead Friday night in Kankakee Township. Deputies responded around 9 p.m. to the intersection of State Road 2 and County Road 500 East, where they found both drivers deceased at the scene. According to investigators, a truck driven by 42-year-old … Read more
A winter storm is closing in on northern Michigan, and parts of the western Upper Peninsula could see nearly 2 feet of snow — or even more — by Friday, Nov. 28, according to the National Weather Service. Winter storm warnings and advisories are active and moving east across the UP and northern Lower Peninsula. … Read more