December 15, 2021 Chicago neighborhood hires private security to ‘help deter the rash of crime’, reports say A Chicago neighborhood group is deploying an armed private security patrol starting Wednesday in a bid to “help deter the rash of crime” happening there, according to reports.
December 14, 2021 Missouri girl, pictured 15 minutes before tornado hit, found dead in field dozens of yards away Missouri tornado victim Annistyn Rackley, a third-grader who loved swimming, dancing and cheerleading, was one of dozens killed in five states during severe weather.
December 13, 2021 Amazon warehouse collapse in Illinois: All missing people now 'accounted for,' police say The community of Edwardsville, Illinois, is picking up the pieces after a tornado ripped through an Amazon warehouse Friday night, killing six employees.
December 13, 2021 Amazon warehouse collapse in Illinois: All missing people now 'accounted for,' police say The community of Edwardsville, Illinois, is picking up the pieces after a tornado ripped through an Amazon warehouse Friday night, killing six employees.
December 13, 2021 Durbin cuts off witness from conservative group during Chicago gun violence hearing Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., attempted multiple times to cut off testimony from a conservative group's witness during a hearing on violence in Chicago.
December 13, 2021 Chicago weekend gun violence includes 25 shootings, 4 murders Chicago police recorded another 25 shootings, including four murders, over the past weekend alone as the city’s police superintendent and other testified Monday before a Senate committee on gun violence.
December 13, 2021 Illinois homeless man crushed to death inside garbage truck, some blame cold weather Lee Roy Stewart, a 58-year-old homeless man, was accidentally crushed to death inside a garbage truck in Springfield, Illinois, last week after he was believed to have been trying to keep warm inside a dumpster, according to local reports.
December 13, 2021 Amazon employee says she almost picked up shift on night of tornado that killed 6 at Illinois warehouse Amazon employee Emily Epperson lost her best friend, Austin McEwan, when a tornado ripped through the Illinois warehouse Friday. McEwan is one of six identified victims who have been confirmed dead after the building collapsed.
December 12, 2021 FEMA administrator blames climate change for deadly tornado outbreak Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell laid blame on climate change for the deadly tornado outbreak over the weekend, claiming such disasters will be the "new normal" from now on.
December 12, 2021 Chicago police officer charged with murder of mother of his child in shooting A Chicago police officer was arrested and charged with murder after the mother of one of his children was found shot dead inside the door of her home last week, according to reports.