April 20, 2019 FBI, police conduct frantic search for missing boy, 5, in suburban Chicago The FBI and local detectives are frantically searching for a suburban Chicago 5-year-old boy who was last seen Wednesday when his parents put him to bed.
April 18, 2019 Kim Foxx's chief ethics officer, integrity unit director resign following Smollett controversy Two ranking executives inside the Cook County State’s Attorney's Office have submitted their resignations — including State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s chief ethics officer, April Perry, whom Foxx cited as the person who advised her to “recuse” herself from the Jussie Smollett case that has rocked the Chicago office, ӣƵ learned Thursday.
April 17, 2019 Police release footage of Aurora, Illinois warehouse shooting Police in Aurora, Illinois released surveillance video on Wednesday of the mass shooting that left five people dead and five officers injured at a manufacturing warehouse in February.
April 17, 2019 R. Kelly protegee says she's ready to testify against him again as new alleged underage sex tape surfaces A newly discovered videotape that allegedly shows R&B singer R. Kelly sexually assaulting an underage girl is the same teen who was at the center of a 2001 video that led to child porn charges against the Chicago native, the girl’s aunt claims.
April 15, 2019 Brother involved in Jussie Smollett hoax attack wins amateur boxing title One of the two brothers who claim they were paid by “Empire” star Jussie Smollett to help him stage a racist, anti-gay attack against himself has won an amateur boxing title, a report says.
April 14, 2019 Smollett ‘attacker’ wins Chicago boxing competition Hopefully this beatdown wasn’t staged too. One of the Nigerian brothers that “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett allegedly paid to fake a racist homophobic attack on him has won the Chicago Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament.
April 14, 2019 Politicians look to separate Chicago from Illinois to create 51st state The so-called "Second City" may eventually become the next state, after frustration over Chicago's influence over politics in Illinois.
April 11, 2019 Father, son charged with selling infected body parts on black market A father and son have been federally charged in Michigan for allegedly selling body parts infected with diseases on the black market.
April 10, 2019 Chicago police union wants Rep. Rush to retract claim that it's the 'sworn enemy of black people' The head of Chicago's police union demanded Wednesday that Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., retract his weekend assertion that it's "the sworn enemy of black people."
April 9, 2019 Butcher knife-wielding man sexually assaults student, stabs brother during Illinois home invasion, police say A butcher knife-wielding man is accused by police of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman before stabbing she and her brother and then threatening a neighbor to drive him out of the area during a reign of terror that has left an Illinois village on edge.