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March 30, 2021

Supermarket employee in Illinois saves baby in runaway shopping cart

Ben Mazur, a courtesy clerk at a Schnucks supermarket in Alton, was wrangling shopping carts on March 17 when he heard a car horn “repeatedly and frantically honking" to alert of the runaway shopping cart.

March 27, 2021

Fatal Friday shooting adds to spate of Chicago homicides

Two people opened fire at a Chicago gathering early Friday, killing one person and wounding seven others in the second such attack on the city's South Side in the past two weeks.

March 26, 2021

Chicago shooting on South Side leaves at least 1 dead, 7 wounded: report

At least one person was killed and another seven wounded Thursday night when shots rang out during a gathering in Chicago’s Ashburn neighborhood on the city's South Side.

March 26, 2021

Chicago shooting leaves cop, security guard wounded; 4th cop shot in 2 weeks, CPD leader says

A Chicago police officer and a security guard were both shot Thursday evening during an altercation with an accused shoplifter outside a Home Depot store on the city's South Side, according to reports.

March 23, 2021

Evanston, Illinois first in US to pay reparations to Black residents

The City Council in Evanston, Ill., voted 8-1 late Monday in favor of making reparations available to Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery.

March 22, 2021

Illinois school district agreed to pay anti-racism speaker $10,500 for 1-hour talk: report

Newly released documents show that an Illinois school district agreed to pay an anti-racism speaker $10,500 for an hour-long event for faculty and staff earlier this year.

March 17, 2021

Chicago lawmakers weighing proposal that would ban overnight search warrants

Chicago police officers would be prohibited from conducting residential search warrants overnight under the proposals of an ordinance now being considered by city officials.

March 17, 2021

Illinois college student's body found in rural field, homicide investigation underway

A homicide investigation is underway after a missing 19-year-old college student's body was found in a field in a rural part of southern Illinois Sunday, FKVS reports. 

March 16, 2021

Schools weigh whether to seat students closer together amid pandemic

U.S. guidelines that say students should be kept 6 feet apart in schools are receiving new scrutiny from federal health experts, state governments and education officials working to return as many children as possible to the classroom.

March 15, 2021

Chicago church rallies around priest after sexual abuse allegations

A White priest’s job, his reputation in a Black community that's long respected him, and his parish’s future are in jeopardy because three men — two who are Black and the third whose race hasn't been made public — have accused him of sexually abusing them decades ago.