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Old Second Bancorp: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Apr. 17, 2024 16:53 PM EDT

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Old Second Bancorp Inc. (OSBC) on Wednesday reported first-quarter profit of $21.3 million. The Aurora, Illinois-based bank said it had earnings of 47 cents per share. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The...

Black man pistol-whipped by Colorado officer testifies that he feared for his life

Apr. 02, 2024 19:44 PM EDT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado police officer used excessive and unreasonable force in the 2021 arrest of a Black man, pointing his gun at his head, repeatedly hitting the man with a gun and strangling him for 39 seconds, a prosecutor said Tuesday during opening statements in the...

Paramedic gets 5 years in prison for Elijah McClain’s death in rare case against medical responders

Mar. 01, 2024 22:04 PM EST

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado paramedic was sentenced Friday to five years in prison in a rare prosecution of medical responders following the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020. ...

Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement

Feb. 05, 2024 20:05 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — The four Black girls lay facedown in a parking lot, crying “no” and “mommy” as a police officer who had pointed her gun at them then bent down to handcuff two of their wrists. The youngest wore a pink tiara as she held onto her teenage cousin’s hand. The...

Old Second Bancorp: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Jan. 24, 2024 17:09 PM EST

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Old Second Bancorp Inc. (OSBC) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $18.2 million. The Aurora, Illinois-based bank said it had earnings of 40 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 42 cents per share. ...