CHICAGO – What began as a late night traffic stop on Sunday turned into an unlikely situation of a mother giving birth along I-57. The Illinois State Police say they were in the middle of a traffic stop when another vehicle, driven by Roland Watkins, pulled up to the scene asking for ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator High School will be gaining a learning lounge thanks to a donation received on Monday. Over the summer a remodel will take place to add new seating, flat panel televisions and a mix of standing and sitting areas for up to 30 students. The donation of $5,000 from State ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors say a man who fatally shot five co-workers at an Illinois warehouse took the gun and ammunition into the plant when he arrived that morning. The Kane County State’s Attorney’s office said in the report released Monday that it found law enforcement officers ...Read more
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois mother and father charged in their 5-year-old son’s murder have agreed to let the state’s child welfare agency care for their younger son. JoAnn Cunningham and Andrew Freund Sr.’s younger son was taken into Illinois Department of Children and ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A report on the February shooting at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant found that the man who killed five people after he was fired told another employee that if he lost his job he would kill other workers and “blow police up.” The Kane County State’s ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth has returned to Iraq for the first time since the helicopter she was piloting was shot down during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004. The Illinois Democrat said Friday that she led a bipartisan congressional delegation on a “whirlwind” trip ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s top prosecutor has been subpoenaed to appear in court by a retired appellate judge who’s pushing for a special prosecutor to investigate the handling of the case against actor Jussie Smollett. Sheila O’Brien also subpoenaed Cook County State’s ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A man who fatally shot a would-be carjacker in Chicago won’t be charged with any crime after police determined he acted in self-defense. Chicago Police say that an investigation revealed the 41-year-old man was a concealed carry license holder who drew his weapon and fired ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie has been named to the Pollution Control Board by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Currie, who is replacing board member U-Jung Choe, who was appointed by Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2018. Currie’s term ends June 30, ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Officials with Illinois’ child-welfare agency said Friday they are reviewing cases involving the state’s youngest children in which caseworkers found insufficient evidence of abuse or neglect, after the beating death of a 5-year-old boy with a long history of contact ...Read more
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