August 22, 2016 6 Illinois prison workers treated after inmate attack Illinois prisons officials say six employees who were assaulted by five inmates have been released from the hospital.
August 22, 2016 The Latest: Illinois prison spokeswoman says rules ignored The Latest on six Illinois prison workers assaulted by inmates (all times local): 2:15 p.m.
August 22, 2016 Minor league baseball player hits grand slam, smashes his own truck The good news is, outfielder Brandon Thomas' blast left the park and traveled a long way, but his truck is going to need to spend some time in the shop.
August 22, 2016 Official: 6 officers hurt by inmates at Illinois prison An Illinois Department of Corrections spokeswoman says six officers have been injured by inmates at a maximum-security prison.
August 21, 2016 Prosecutors seek 30-year sentence for ex-Illinois guardsman Prosecutors want a judge to impose a maximum 30-year prison sentence on a former Illinois National Guard soldier, calling his plot to attack a U.S. military facility "a contemptible betrayal of both the Nation's trust and his fellow soldiers." A government filing Friday in Chicago federal court says 23-year-old Hasan Edmonds deserves the sentence for two counts of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization because "betraying one's country while in its service is a particularly grave crime." Prosecutors say the Aurora man and his cousin, 30-year-old Jonas Edmonds, devised a plan for Hasan to join Islamic State fighters overseas while Jonas attacked a National Guard armory in Joliet.
August 21, 2016 Illinois state trooper shoots, wounds carjacking suspect Illinois State Police officials say a trooper shot and wounded a teenage boy who was inside a fleeing stolen vehicle on Chicago's South Side.
August 20, 2016 Illinois terrorism suspect says he's mentally fit for trial A suburban Chicago man facing terrorism charges for allegedly trying to set off a bomb in 2012 told a judge Friday he is sane, although he giggled and did impersonations on the witness stand.
August 18, 2016 Groups press Walgreens on religious restrictions in clinics Four groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union are asking Walgreens for reassurance that the drugstore's partnership with a Catholic system to run in-store clinics in the St. Louis area won't limit access to birth control.
August 18, 2016 Chicago police recommend firing of 7 cops for false reports Chicago's police superintendent said Thursday that he will recommend the firing of seven officers who filed false reports in the fatal police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
August 17, 2016 Autopsy: Chicago teen died from 1 shot by police to back The 18-year-old shot and killed last month by a Chicago police officer during a chase was hit on the right side of his back, an autopsy showed.