September 12, 2022 Mother, former police officer who lost daughter to fentanyl says 'our children are being poisoned' Former Chicago police officer Terry Almanza, who lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning, is fighting to bring justice to families who lost loved ones to the lethal drug.
September 12, 2022 Illinois mayor fires back at Lightfoot, Pritzker after migrants were secretly bussed to his town Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso called out Lightfoot's hypocrisy, nothing that she previously criticized the secretive relocation of migrants into Chicago.
September 11, 2022 Illinois officials send 90 migrants to another suburban Chicago town with little notice Another Chicagoland town received a busload of migrants with little notification from city or state officials on Saturday morning, according to town officials.
September 10, 2022 Illinois mayor reacts to governor's 'ill-advised' comment inferring 'xenophobia' amid Chicago migrant crisis The Republican mayor of a suburban Chicago town says that the governor's office is calling him “xenophobic" for questioning why a busload of 64 migrants were shipped into his town.
September 10, 2022 Illinois mayor blasts Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 'hypocrisy' after migrants shipped to 'Republican suburb' The Republican mayor of a suburban Chicago town is calling out Lori Lightfoot for her "hypocrisy" after 64 migrants were bused to a Hampton Inn in his town.
September 10, 2022 Chicago attempted kidnapper offered mother money for girl, 5, before trying to pull child away by her hair A suspect in Chicago allegedly tried to kidnap her 5-year-old daughter and then pulled her by the hair after her mother would not to accept money for the child.
September 9, 2022 Illinois mayor 'unhappy,' says Chicago officials failed to inform him about migrants sent to town A mayor in the Chicago suburbs wasn't told that his town would be receiving over 60 migrants, who were taken to a local Hampton Inn hotel.
September 9, 2022 Illinois police officer fatally shoots man who fired at officers A Zion police officer fatally shot a man after the man shot at the officers. The officers were responding to an attempted break-in. No officers were injured.
September 9, 2022 Durbin rips Texas Gov. Abbott, says migrant bus arrivals in Chicago are 'cruel and inhumane' Sen. Dick Durbin has become the latest Illinois Democrat to speak out against the bussing of undocumented migrants from Texas to prominent American cities.
September 9, 2022 Migrants bussed to sanctuary city Chicago are promptly shipped off to suburbs Migrants from the Southern border were reportedly bussed to suburban Illinois hotels after being welcomed in Chicago, a move that the mayor of Burr Ridge called frustrating.