US soldiers killed in Afghanistan roadside bomb blast from Virginia, Illinois
Both soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
Police search for Illinois girl missing since 2017 in Georgia
Authorities believe a girl that went missing nearly three years ago could be in Georgia.
Legal weed sales in Illinois total nearly $11-million in just 5 days
Dispensaries across the state have rendered 271,169 transactions since cannabis was legalized on January 1, 2020 – totaling exactly $10,830,667.91 in sales.
Mother opens ‘Special Kneads Bakery’ to employ son with cerebral palsy
Margaret Cortes said she hopes to employ others with disabilities at the Illinois bakery in the future.
13 wounded in shooting at Chicago memorial for slain person
A shooting early Sunday at a house party held in honor of someone who was killed in April left 13 people wounded, four of them critically, Chicago police said.
13 people shot at house party in Chicago; 4 critical
Chicago police say 13 people were shot at a house party on the city's South Side and four are critically injured
Baby stolen from Chicago hospital in 1964 is found living in Michigan, report says
A baby named Paul Fronczak who famously was kidnapped one day after he was born at a Chicago hospital in 1964 reportedly has been found living in rural Michigan under another identity.
Baby born at 12:12 a.m. on Dec. 12 during last full moon of the decade
Both mom and baby were doing “wonderfully,” according to the Illinois hospital.
Video shows school bus driver drinking beer during pickups
A school bus driver in Illinois was arrested and charged after surveillance footage filmed her purchasing and then drinking beer while transporting elementary school children on Friday morning, November 15.
Chicago police officer and teen wounded, suspect killed in shootout
A suspected bank robber shot a Chicago police officer in the head, badly wounding him, before another officer killed the suspect in a shootout in which a teenage bystander was wounded.
Boy, 15, charged with attempted murder in shooting of trick-or-treating 7-year-old
A 15-year-old boy is facing attempted murder charges in the shooting that critically wounded a 7-year-old girl who was trick-or-treating Thursday in Little Village.
Special needs school bus aide charged with striking child, knocking out 2 teeth
A former Burlington Central School District bus aide has been charged with striking a young child and knocking out two teeth in the northwest suburbs.
Driver who plowed through Woodfield Mall is 22-year-old suburban man, police say
A 22-year-old northwest suburban man drove an SUV into a Chicago-area mall on Friday, sending frightened shoppers scurrying and plowing over a kiosk before he crashed into a clothing store and was arrested.
2-year-old girl dies after suffering head injury at AKIRA store in suburban Chicago
A 2-year-old girl died Tuesday in Orland Park after suffering a serious head injury at a clothing store, according to the Orland Park Police Department.
Illinois patient dies of respiratory illness after vaping; may be first in US
An Illinois resident hospitalized for breathing problems after using an electronic cigarette has died, state health officials said.
Governor Pritzker defends his decision to cancel 'Confederate' band show
Country rock band Confederate Railroad has been barred from performing at an Illinois state fair because of its use of the Confederate flag, setting off a firestorm by southern Illinois fans who believe they're under Chicago liberals' thumb of political correctness.
Two families suing after disfigured patient is mis-ID'd, taken off life support
Two Chicago families filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department and Mercy Hospital on Wednesday after an unconscious, facially disfigured man was misidentified by the agencies and eventually taken off life support by a family that was not his own, reports said.
Chicago to sue Jussie Smollett after his refusal to pay for police investigation costs
Chicago says city will file civil lawsuit against actor Jussie Smollett after he refuses to pay for investigation costs.