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January 11, 2023

The union loophole that could save police from 'America’s most dangerous law'

Sheriff Jeff Bullard says Illinois police unions are looking into using collective bargaining to nullify SAFE-T Act provisions that target law enforcement.

January 10, 2023

Illinois family of slain teen begs to keep killer locked up: 'Do not release her murderer'

An Illinois family asked the Illinois Prisoner Review Board to keep the killer of their daughter locked up during a clemency hearing on Tuesday.

January 10, 2023

Second Amendment groups warn of Illinois gun control bill heading to governor's desk

Gun rights advocates say a proposed assault weapons ban in Illinois is unconstitutional and have promised to launch legal challenges if the bill becomes law.

January 10, 2023

Indiana man found dead in Lake Michigan identified

Police identified a dead body that washed ashore in Chicago as that of John Puza, Jr., 48, of Gary, Indiana. Puza's cause of death remains undetermined.

January 10, 2023

IL Senate passes semiautomatic weapons ban

The Illinois Senate passed a semiautomatic weapons ban Monday night, with the State House expected to approve the bill and send it to the desk of Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

January 10, 2023

Owner of Chicago facility where 3 seniors died in heat reaches $16 million settlement

The owner operators of a Chicago senior center have reached a $16 million settlement with the families of three women who died in extreme heat in May 2022.

January 9, 2023

Illinois Gov. Pritzker sworn in for 2nd term

Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker was sworn in for his second term in office Monday, and outlined a fiscally left-wing education proposal in his inaugural address.

January 6, 2023

St. Louis man pleads guilty to charges over role in deadly Illinois bank robbery

Jaylan D. Quinn, 23, of St. Louis, one of two men involved in an East St. Louis, Illinois, bank robbery that killed a security guard, entered a guilty plea in federal court Wednesday.

January 5, 2023

Derailing ‘America’s most dangerous law’: Sheriff hopes Illinois Supreme Court upholds SAFE-T Act decision

Southern Illinois sheriff, Jeff Bullard, hopes the no-cash bail ruling will hold, but remains concerned about existing SAFE-T Act provisions affecting police.

January 5, 2023

2 sentenced in Chicago mom's 'gang-related' shooting death

Bryant Mitchell, 27, and Marco Zabala, 28, were each sentenced to over 50 years in prison by a Cook County, Illinois, judge for their roles in the shooting death of Candice Dickerson.