October 12, 2018 DOJ, Sessions announce Chicago will get additional law enforcement resources, filed opposition to consent decree Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday revealed that the Justice Department would be giving Chicago law enforcement additional resources to help combat crime and also filed a brief in opposition to a proposal to reform city policing practices.
October 12, 2018 Chicago restaurant disrupted by activists protesting alleged sexual harassment A group of activists interrupted dinner at a popular Chicago restaurant Wednesday night and rallied outside in protest of employees' alleged sexual harassment.
October 11, 2018 Pregnant Illinois mother killed by alleged drunken driver, kids ask 'Where is mommy?' Aries Cobian, 29, was pushing a disabled vehicle off the road in Streamwood when police said Hinigo Olvera crashed into her with his Toyota pickup truck, WLS-TV reported.
October 8, 2018 Hunt for Chicago masked gunman wanted for ‘execution-style’ shootings now has $18,000 reward The reward for information leading to the arrest of a gunman wanted for two "execution-style" shootings that have left a Chicago neighborhood shaken has now swelled to $18,000.
October 6, 2018 Police union leader blasts Van Dyke verdict, says it resulted from 'sham trial' The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) on Friday blasted the guilty verdict of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke in the 2014 fatal shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald, reports said.
October 3, 2018 Illinois congressmen want Pritzker under federal investigation over 'improper' tax breaks he received
October 3, 2018 Masked gunman targeting victims in Chicago neighborhood, 2 men killed over 2 days, police say Two seemingly random "execution-style" shootings in a Chicago neighborhood appear to have been committed by a mysterious masked gunman using the same firearm, officials said Tuesday.
October 2, 2018 Illinois governor hopeful JB Pritzker 'defrauded' taxpayers with 'improper' property tax breaks, watchdog says
October 2, 2018 Illinois Republican party office vandalized with 'rape,' 'shame' graffiti on building, police say A local Republican party office in Illinois was vandalized over the weekend with the words “rape” and “shame” painted across the building.
October 1, 2018 76-year-old retiree with Parkinson's fights off attacker while jogging in Chicago A 76-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease fought off an attacker who jumped him while he was jogging at a Chicago park early Saturday.