March 6, 2018 Illinois day care workers gave melatonin gummies to kids before naptime, police say Three employees of a day care facility in suburban Chicago were arrested Friday after they gave children gummy bears with sleep aid melatonin without parental consent, according to police.
March 5, 2018 Shootings at Chicago gang members' funerals getting 'out of control', police say Chicago-area officials trying to prevent funerals for gang members from turning into shootouts say the issue has gotten so far “out of control” that one cemetery has started hiring off-duty police officers.
March 3, 2018 CMU student's friends, neighbors react to news of parents' deaths Friends and neighbors expressed shock and sadness Friday when they learned that Central Michigan University student James Eric Davis Jr. was suspected of fatally shooting his parents.
March 2, 2018 Jesse Jackson Jr. seeks to unload $2M house amid unemployed wife's lifestyle: report Embattled former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is asking a judge to allow the sale of the $2 million home where his estranged wife lives, saying he can no longer afford to support her lifestyle.
March 1, 2018 Ex-USA Volleyball coach accused of raping six girls 'hundreds of times,' lawsuit alleges USA Volleyball coach Rick Butler has been accused of raping six girls “hundreds of times” while his wife bullied the victims into keeping quiet, a lawsuit alleged.
February 28, 2018 'Good guy' with AR-15 rifle stops knife attack on neighbor, police say An Illinois man wielding an AR-15 rifle stopped a knife attack on another person on Monday, local police said.
February 28, 2018 Suspect in Chicago cop's death got off easy for major parole violations, records suggest The suspect who allegedly gunned down Chicago police Commander Paul Bauer near City Hall earlier this month received an unusually light sentence for major parole violations in 2007, court records show.
February 28, 2018 Obama makes in-person pitch for presidential center The Obama Foundation held its final public meeting Tuesday in a bid to win support for a planned Barack Obama presidential library on the South Side of Chicago.
February 28, 2018 Police launch probe into mysterious death of Northwestern University student Authorities in Illinois launched an investigation Tuesday into the mysterious death of a Northwestern University student.
February 28, 2018 Mexican national arrested at border linked to 1982 Chicago murder, authorities say A Mexican man arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Arizona on Monday night is a fugitive who has been wanted in connection with a 1982 murder case in Chicago, authorities said.