April 9, 2018 Senate baby: Duckworth first senator to have a baby while in office Sen. Tammy Duckworth has become the first sitting member of the “world’s greatest deliberative body” to give birth while in office.
April 8, 2018 Russian 'hack' of 2016 voter rolls leaves Galesburg, Illinois, reeling The FBI and Department of Homeland Security say hackers from the GRU, the Russian intelligence service, successfully attacked the computers of the Illinois Board of Elections -- and information on thousands of Galesburg residents may have been compromised.
April 8, 2018 Chicago man slashed woman's cheek and jaw at bus station A Chicago man accused of slashing a middle-aged woman’s face with a knife last week was ordered held without bail Saturday.
April 7, 2018 Shooting on 'adult-themed' party bus in Illinois kills 3; suspect sought Police in Illinois said they’re on the lookout for a suspect believed to have shot and killed three people early Saturday morning while they were all on a rented charter bus.
April 6, 2018 Ex-social worker facing 14 felony counts made patient her 'sex slave,' lawsuit alleges A 53-year-old female social worker in northeastern Illinois was arrested Thursday, accused of sexual misconduct with at least two patients. One patient, a 24-year-old man, says the suspect used him as her personal "sex slave" for nearly three years.
April 5, 2018 Video shows Chicago student yelling 'f--k you all!' after being shot by cops A disturbing video has emerged where a University of Chicago student can be heard screaming in pain and repeatedly yelling “f—k you all!” after being shot in the shoulder by one of the school’s officers for refusing to drop a metal pipe he was wielding.
April 5, 2018 Driver in burning vehicle rescued by two Good Samaritans, police say If two Good Samaritans had not taken action to save a driver from a burning vehicle last week, “the driver would not have lived,” police in Aurora, Ill., said.
April 5, 2018 'One of the worst DUI offenders in the US' arrested with liquor bottle in passenger seat: cops A woman police described as “one of the worst DUI offenders in the United States” was arrested again in Illinois on Monday and found with a liquor bottle in the passenger seat.
April 5, 2018 GRAPHIC VIDEO: Pipe-wielding student shot by cop at University of Chicago A police officer at the University of Chicago shot and seriously wounded a 21-year-old student who was wielding a metal pipe Tuesday evening, according to media reports.
April 4, 2018 Illinois man faces DUI charge after allegedly leaving crash scene and girlfriend in vehicle, police say A 29-year-old man in Illinois faces several charges including driving under the influence after he allegedly crashed a vehicle early Monday morning and abandoned the scene, leaving his girlfriend “semi-unconscious” in the front passenger seat, police said Wednesday.