July 10, 2018 Authorities catch last 2 of 3 men who escaped Illinois jail Authorities in southeastern Illinois say they've captured the last two of three men who allegedly broke out of a county jail in mid-June.
July 8, 2018 Medical helicopter crashes in Chicago, injuring 3 crew members, 1 patient A medical helicopter transporting a patient crashed Saturday night in Chicago's South Side, resulting in four injuries, with the original patient in critical condition, fire officials said.
July 6, 2018 Chicago ringleader of Facebook Live beating of disabled teen gets 8 years in prison A Chicago man who was the alleged ringleader involved in the beating of a mentally disabled teenager that was broadcast on Facebook Live pled guilty Friday to a hate crime and was sentenced to eight years in prison.
July 4, 2018 2 suspects dead in separate police-involved shootings in Illinois A man was fatally shot by Chicago police Tuesday night and another man was killed in a standoff with police in suburban South Elgin early Wednesday morning.
July 3, 2018 Illinois boy, 10, breaks into aquatic center, drowns in pool An Illinois boy drowned Tuesday after apparently swimming in a pool facility that was closed.
July 3, 2018 Illinois man says he used serrated bread knife to stab sleeping parents of girl who called him 'ugly' A man from Chicago, Illinois pleaded guilty on Friday to stabbing the parents of a girl who called him "ugly" at a party three years ago.
July 3, 2018 Lawyer accused of murdering his wife in 1973, staging car crash to cover it up, is convicted A lawyer in Illinois who was accused of murdering his young wife in 1973 and staging a car crash to make her death look like an accident was found guilty on Monday of killing her.
June 26, 2018 Mind-boggling new tech instantly identifies opioids and drugs hidden in USPS packages Some of the frontlines in preventing lethal opioids and fentanyl from getting into American communities happens to be at the United States Postal Service.
June 25, 2018 Chicago police find 1,500 pounds of pot during traffic stop Authorities in Chicago discovered more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop on Saturday that's to the keen nose of a police dog.
June 24, 2018 Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popular books Laura Ingalls Wilder's name is set to be removed from a major children's book award after concerns were raised about the "Little House on the Prairie" author's depiction of certain races in the early-to-mid 20th century.