November 30, 2015 13 Chicago-area deaths stemmed from shoveling snow after record blizzard At least 13 people died over a three day stretch from shoveling snow that blanketed Illinois over the weekend, officials say.
November 29, 2015 City of Chicago announces expansion of police body-camera program Chicago says it's expanding a program to provide police officers with body cameras.
November 29, 2015 Hundreds of police officers attend funeral for slain Illinois lieutenant Several hundred police officers from around the country attended a funeral Monday for a suburban Chicago lieutenant shot and killed last week, and residents of the area turned out by the thousands to watch the hearse go by.
November 28, 2015 Feds charge Illinois man with trying to join ISIS Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a 19-year-old suburban Chicago man with attempting to support terrorism, after he told his parents he was going to Syria to join the Islamic State because he was upset about what he considered “immoral” western society, authorities said.
November 25, 2015 Protesters march in Chicago after video showing police officer shooting black teen released Protesters largely honored calls for restraint Tuesday after the release of a dash-cam video showing a a white Chicago police officer shooting and killing a black teenager, with few arrests reported and only brief disruptions to city traffic.
November 25, 2015 Protesters to target Chicago shopping area on Black Friday after video of cop shooting black teen released Small groups of demonstrators gathered again Wednesday to protest the death of a black teen shot by a white police officer, and they urged supporters to join them in trying to shut down Chicago's famous Michigan Avenue shopping district during the Black Friday shopping bonanza.
November 25, 2015 Study finds stretch of Chicago's Kennedy Expressway is nation's worst bottleneck A study by an advocacy group found the nation's worst traffic bottleneck in terms of hours of delay is a stretch of Chicago's Kennedy Expressway.
November 23, 2015 Former Chicago Public Schools CEO to plead guilty to corruption charges The former CEO of Chicago Public Schools plans to plead guilty to corruption charges announced Thursday that allege she helped steer more than $23 million worth of no-bid contracts to education companies in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.
November 21, 2015 Lincoln's handwriting found on book about race in small Illinois library On Tuesday, state historians announced Lincoln's handwriting had been found inside the cover of the 700-page text
November 6, 2015 Crooked Illinois cop allegedly harassed staffers, arranged sham marriage for Army son An Illinois police lieutenant who investigators say killed himself out of fear he'd be exposed as an embezzler had a checkered personnel record during his 30 years on the job, which included complaints of sexual harassment, inappropriate use of police resources, and belligerent behavior.