July 10, 2023 Chicago residents outraged over molestation in public beach bathroom: 'Worse than jail washrooms' Chicago residents are outraged that a 4-year-old child was sexually assaulted in a Rainbow Beach bathroom on Tuesday and urged the city to put security cameras in the area.
July 10, 2023 Illinois boy, 9, shot to death at grandmother's birthday party: police 9-year-old Ulysses Campos was shot during his grandmother's 70th birthday party in Franklin Park, Illinois. Village of Franklin Park police are investigating the incident.
July 10, 2023 Tragic end after 'sick individual' randomly attacks 2 young girls playing outside A 10-year-old girl was kidnapped and murdered by a registered sex offender in a suburban Illinois city, according to police, who say she was targeted at random.
July 10, 2023 Teen girl accused of 'hate speech' after protesting transgenders in YMCA locker room: Report A teenage girl on a YMCA swim team in Illinois was accused of 'hate speech' by her head coach after she opposed transgender people in the girls' locker room.
July 9, 2023 Chicago Public Schools under fire for removal of Black principals: 'Pattern and practice of discrimination' Trial attorney Ben Crump held a press conference outside CPS headquarters on Thursday to call out Chicago Public Schools for the removal of three Black principals.
July 7, 2023 Chicago-area man who drowned trying to save kids in Lake Michigan was 9/11 survivor Luke Laidley, 43, of Winnetka, Illinois, who drowned trying to rescue at least one child from Lake Michigan, reportedly survived the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
July 6, 2023 Chicago sex offender pleads guilty to child porn possession, sentenced to 15 years: police Chicago resident Jason Jeffries, 41, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to child porn charges Wednesday. Jeffries was already a registered sex offender.
July 5, 2023 Chicago crime: Man beaten, 5 shot, 1 killed during chaotic 4th of July gathering Chaos erupted Wednesday morning in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood after a 4th of July celebration took a deadly turn. Police said one man was beaten, five people shot and one died.
July 5, 2023 Illinois man drowns in Lake Michigan after rescuing tubing kids in affluent Chicago suburb An Illinois man drowned Tuesday in Lake Michigan while trying to assist some children who were tubing in the water.
July 5, 2023 Illinois trooper fatally shoots man suspected in 2 IA shootings An Illinois state trooper fatally shot a man who was suspected in two different Iowa shootings. The suspect was shot by police following a chase.