February 13, 2018 Chicago teen boy accidentally shoots friend and then himself trying to run away, cops say Two 14-year-old Chicago boys who were “hanging out” ended up with gunshot wounds – one in the arm, the other in the leg – on the city's South Side, cops said.
February 11, 2018 Chicago train passenger sets fire during arrest in dramatic video A dramatic video of the moment a passenger on a Chicago train subway train set the car on fire while being arrested last month was released by authorities on Friday.
February 8, 2018 Army veteran facing deportation denied pardon by Illinois governor An Army veteran, who is a green card holder with a felony drug conviction, was denied clemency by Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, his lawyer and family revealed Wednesday.
February 6, 2018 Billionaire Dem running for Illinois governor is caught making insensitive remarks about black politicians Democratic Illinois governor candidate J.B. Pritzker is apologizing for racially insensitive comments captured on a FBI wiretap between him and then-Gov.
February 6, 2018 The 'curse' of winning the lottery? The New Hampshire woman who won the $559.7 million Powerball jackpot last month is refusing to claim her prize until she's assured anonymity. And she may have a compelling reason to seek the guarantee.
February 4, 2018 Chicago police teaming up with feds once more to fight shocking rise in violent carjackings Chicago cops are calling in the feds--again--to help combat violent carjackings.
February 2, 2018 Police release 3-D sketch of man who killed 5 at Illinois Lane Bryant in 2008 Ten years to the day five women were fatally shot during a botched robbery at a suburban Chicago Lane Bryant clothing store, police on Friday released an updated sketch of the braided-hair suspect.
February 1, 2018 Chicago anti-gang cops may have robbed drug dealers: report Multiple members of a Chicago Police Department anti-gang unit have been stripped of their authority following a federal probe into allegations that they robbed drug dealers.
January 31, 2018 Illinois Dem mocks Trump's SOTU: 'Whoever translated it for him from Russian did a good job' U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez mockingly praised President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, saying in a statement that it was “clear and well-delivered,” and that “[w]hoever translated it for him from Russian did a good job.”
January 30, 2018 Illinois professor on paid leave amid accusations of filming students in bathroom University of Illinois Professor Jay Rosenstein, a documentary filmmaker and vocal opponent of Native American sports mascots, was recently arrested -- but not charged with a crime -- for allegedly following and filming members of a pro-Chief Illiniwek group into a bathroom during a basketball game.