May 8, 2023 Chicago cop murder: 5 in custody after officer's shooting death, source says A 24-year-old Chicago police officer, Areanah Preston, was gunned down outside her South Side home Saturday, according to authorities, just after the end of her night shift.
May 7, 2023 Illinois woman dies after being dragged by vehicle during driving lesson in Chicago: police A 61-year-old woman in Chicago was accidentally hit and dragged by a Toyota Sienna minivan while giving a man a driving lesson in a church parking lot, police said.
May 6, 2023 Illinois student smiles, giggles after killing couple in DUI crash: video A former Bradley University student giggled and smiled after driving drunk and killing a couple in Illinois, according to police body camera footage obtained by Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ Digital.
May 5, 2023 PCP-using Illinois man gets 44 years for beating up state trooper Randy Turner of Danville, Illinois, has been sentenced to 44 years in prison after assaulting a state trooper during a traffic stop near Bloomington.
May 5, 2023 Illinois assault weapons ban back in effect as courts play ping pong with gun control An appellate judge on the 7th Circuit put a hold on a lower court order blocking Illinois from enforcing its "assault weapons" ban, putting the law back into effect.
May 4, 2023 AirTag helps Illinois law enforcement track men accused of stealing over $1 million from armored truck An Apple AirTag helped law enforcement in Illinois find and arrest two people who were allegedly involved in the robbery of an armored truck.
May 4, 2023 Illinois lawmakers greenlight bill requiring libraries in state to adopt anti-book banning policy A bill requiring Illinois libraries to adopt anti-book banning policies to receive state funding has been greenlighted by lawmakers in the state.
May 3, 2023 Danville passes abortion pill ban in alleged defiance of Illinois law The Danville, Illinois, City Council banned shipping and mailing abortion pills, drawing the potential legal ire of the ACLU and the Prairie State's Democratic attorney general.
May 3, 2023 Chicago police stations become unofficial migrant shelters amid crisis Chicago police sources tell Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ that their stations have become unofficial migrant shelters, with families sleeping on the floors of two precincts. The city denies they are shelters.
May 3, 2023 Illinois school backtracks after segregating math classes for Black, 'Latinx' students An Illinois high school has reversed course after it appeared to restrict access to certain Advanced Placement Calculus courses to Black and Latinx students only.