July 4, 2019 Two families suing after disfigured patient is mis-ID'd, taken off life support Two Chicago families filed a lawsuit against both the Chicago Police Department and Mercy Hospital Wednesday after an unconscious, facially disfigured man was misidentified by the agencies and eventually taken off life support by a family that was not his own, reports said.
July 3, 2019 Chicago Fourth of July plan features 1,500 extra cops on duty One of the most dangerous cities in America is beefing up its security as Chicago, Illinois, residents get ready to celebrate the nation's birthday.
July 3, 2019 Chicago cops have ‘deep mistrust’ of state’s attorney’s office, police union says in letter Citing what it described as a “deep mistrust,” the union representing Chicago police officers called this week for a special prosecutor for any Cook County, Ill., case in which a police officer is a victim of a crime or has been charged with misconduct.
July 2, 2019 'The Bean' in Chicago's Millennium Park vandalized with gang graffiti, 7 arrested Seven people were arrested after an iconic Chicago tourist destination was defaced with gang graffiti as part of a vandalization spree early Tuesday, according to police.
July 2, 2019 New video places Jussie Smollett, 'attackers' at scene of alleged hoax New video obtained by ӣƵ appears to show Jussie Smollett and the two Osundairo brothers –whom police insist the actor paid to pretend to beat him – walking around the vicinity of the alleged attack perhaps just minutes before it happened.
July 1, 2019 Black hospital patient claims police arrested him for allegedly trying to steal IV that was in his arm A black hospital patient in Illinois says he was arrested while on a walk last month after police claimed he was trying to steal the IV that was hooked up to his arm to sell it online.
June 30, 2019 Illinois husband, wife die while diving in Lake Michigan off Wisconsin, officials say A husband and wife from Illinois both died after a diving incident on Lake Michigan off the coast of Wisconsin on Friday, according to officials.
June 29, 2019 Chicago's oldest pipeline extracted in historic moment Crowds cheered as a Chicago pipeline in operation since before the Civil War was honored and excavated as the last of its kind on Friday morning.
June 28, 2019 Acclaimed prep basketball coach Gene Pingatore dies at 83 Gene Pingatore, the winningest boys' basketball coach in Illinois history who gained national attention when he appeared in the 1994 documentary "Hoop Dreams," has died. He was 83.
June 26, 2019 Lara Trump: Nasty spitting attack on Eric would never happen to Chelsea Clinton, Obama daughters The reported incident involving a Chicago waitress spitting in Eric Trump's face would be unlikely to happen to previous presidents' children like Chelsea Clinton, according to Lara Trump.