Mom takes aim at drug dealers
September 19, 2023First in a series looking at drug-induced homicides Terry Almanza, a 28-year Chicago police officer, admits that she was a hovering mom after her daughter experimented with drugs. She…
First in a series looking at drug-induced homicides Terry Almanza, a 28-year Chicago police officer, admits that she was a hovering mom after her daughter experimented with drugs. She…
Teens have been charged in several Chicago crimes, including a murder, vehicle hijackings and armed robberies. In the recent Chicago arrests involving juveniles: A 16-year-old boy was…
Chicago man has been charged in connection with the murder of an 18-year-old in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Steven Goodman, 37, a resident of the 4800 block of West Ferdinand,…
Two Chicago police officers were recovering at an area hospital after being injured in an incident in the city’s South Lawndale neighborhood. Shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, Sept….
The Chicago Police Department will be conducting a DUI Saturation Patrol in the Gresham (6th) Police District from 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 to 2 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 17. The purpose…
A group of businesses filed a complaint with state regulators last week alleging that Chicago electric company Commonwealth Edison improperly raised customer bills this summer. The…
Fourteen Chicago Public Schools employees — 13 of whom had six-figure salaries — have lost or are in the process of losing their jobs because of fraudulent participation in the…
First in a series looking at black-owned start-up businesses in the Far South Community Development Corp. Marketplace in Chicago Being a health care worker and having a varied schedule,…
Two teens were killed in separate Chicago shootings during the Labor Day weekend. A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3 on the 2900 block of West Walnut…
Chicago police Mass Transit detectives are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying offenders responsible for damaging CTA Green Line trains. Detectives said the offenders were…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinoisans who own weapons that can no longer be purchased or sold in the state under its new assault weapons ban will soon be able to register those weapons so they…
In courtrooms around the state early this week, judges conducted the first hearings under a new system that determines whether a defendant will be jailed while awaiting trial based…
An impressive array of musical styles from Illinois artists were celebrated on Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Illinois Rock ’n’ Roll Museum on Route 66’s third annual induction ceremony…
SPRINGFIELD — The state has paused a new policy requiring certain noncitizens enrolled in a Medicaid-like health insurance plan to pay copayments for certain services, instructing…
The Illinois State Fair — a multi-million annual agriculture festival in Springfield — reported a nine-year attendance record this year. The state Department of Agriculture, which…
A new battery manufacturing plant is set to open in northern Illinois next year after the state offered more than $330 million in tax incentives to make it happen. Gotion, a Chinese…
Illinois on Monday, Sept. 18, became the first state to fully abolish cash bail through an act of the legislature — a major criminal justice overhaul spurred by the advocacy of a…