February 12, 2019 30 acres once owned by Abraham Lincoln in Illinois sold for $300,000 A 30-acre plot of farmland once owned by President Abraham Lincoln in rural Illinois was sold at auction Tuesday for $300,000.
February 11, 2019 Attorney General, prosecutors seek harsher sentence in Laquan McDonald case Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Monday asked the state's highest court to re-sentence Jason Van Dyke, the white Chicago police officer found guilty last month in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald
February 10, 2019 Chicago task force recommends $1,000 a month for struggling families Would a universal basic income help to alleviate poverty in Chicago?
February 9, 2019 Chicago teacher allowed friend to beat 9-year-old boy in school restroom: lawsuit A Chicago public school teacher allowed a fourth-grade student to be beaten by her friend in a bathroom, according to a lawsuit filed by the child’s mother.
February 8, 2019 Illinois Dems introduce bill requiring gun buyers to reveal social media accounts before getting firearm license Illinois Democrats is introducing a bill forcing gun buyers to reveal their public social media accounts to police before they are given permission to get a firearm license.
February 7, 2019 Polar vortex ‘boiling water challenge’ sends 8 people to hospital in Chicago-area The “boiling water challenge” was the polar opposite of fun for some people.
February 6, 2019 Burnt body found in car of missing Wisconsin woman: report A body burnt beyond recognition was found inside a missing Wisconsin teacher’s car, a report said Tuesday.
February 5, 2019 Postal worker killed in one of two interstate shootings in Chicago A longtime postal worker was shot and killed along an interstate in a suburb of Chicago. just a few miles away from an early shooting that left three wounded, police said.
February 3, 2019 Chicago drive-by shooting outside bar leaves 2 dead, 5 wounded Two people were killed and five others were wounded when a drive-by shooter opened fire on a crowd of people outside a bar on Chicago's far South Side early Sunday, officials said.
February 3, 2019 YouTube star Austin Jones pleads guilty to soliciting lewd photos from teen girls YouTube musician Austin Jones pleaded guilty to coercing six teenage girls into sending him sexually explicit photos, according to reports.