Feds: Militia members face gun charges after traveling to Kenosha to see Trump, witness riots and possibly ‘pick people off’

Missouri men who said they traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin, to see President Donald Trump’s visit and proof of rioting face federal gun charges. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Man fatally shot by a family member at party on Far South Side, police say

A man was pronounced dead after he was shot by a family member Friday night at a party in the Jeffrey Manor neighborhood, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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West Side man charged with looting, accused of attacking 64-year-old

A West Side man was charged with burglary and looting a business in August, and battery for throwing objects at another man in the Loop neighborhood, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Chicago Public Schools announces ‘record-high’ graduation rate despite remote learning challenges as mayor vows district is ‘not sitting this year out’

The dropout rate went down to 5.6% from 6% previous year, CPS officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Best friend remembers Daniel Prude: ’He challenged me and inspired me. … That’s the main reason why I can’t be silent.’

Best friend remembers Daniel Prude. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Working from home or out of work? Here’s what you need to know now for next year’s tax season.

Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, next year’s tax season could bring some unpleasant surprises for Americans whose work-life has been upended by office closures and job loss. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Lightfoot reacts to Trump threat to cut federal funding for Democratic-led cities: If he ’wanted law and order he’d start with the White House’

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday ripped the latest White House threat to cut federal funding for Democrat-run big cities, saying on social media that if President Donald Trump “wanted ‘law and order,’ he’d start with the White House.” Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Video released by family shows details in March death of Black man from Chicago after Rochester police put ‘spit hood’ on him, pressed face into pavement

A Black man who had run naked through the streets in Rochester, N.Y., died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Lack of vitamin D might increase risk for COVID-19, University of Chicago researchers find

A lack of vitamin D may be associated with a higher risk for getting COVID-19, according to newly published research out of the University of Chicago. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Northfield woman now charged with hate crime over confrontation with Black cyclist at Winnetka pier

Irene Donoshaytis, 65, of Northfield, now faces a felony hate crime charge. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Will County sheriff’s office investigates double homicide at liquor store near Joliet

Deputies were investigating a double homicide near Joliet after two men were found shot to death Tuesday night, one inside a liquor store and one in a vehicle outside the store, according to the Will County sheriff’s office. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Joe and Jill Biden to visit Kenosha tomorrow as Wisconsin becomes national focal point

Joe Biden is traveling to Wisconsin on Thursday, as the key swing state becomes the focal point for a political debate over violence at protests. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Big problems for smallest Great Lake: More precipitation, warmer temperatures and controversial regulation plan upend life along Lake Ontario

Residents on Lake Ontario find their homes and businesses at the anxious intersection of climate change, international regulations and COVID-19. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Gary teen faces extra prison time if guilty in Portage woman’s killing; trial date set for February

Shaun Thompson, 17, of Gary, was 16 when he was charged with murder in the perpetration of a robbery and felony robbery in the Nov. 19 death of Adriana Saucedo, 27. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Live updates: President Trump visits Kenosha amid civil unrest over police shooting

President Donald Trump will visit Kenosha Tuesday over the objections of the city’s mayor and Wisconsin’s governor, nine days after the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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One killed, four wounded when gunmen open fire at pancake house on Far Southwest Side: ‘This is senseless.’

Five people were shot, one fatally, Sunday afternoon outside a restaurant in Morgan Park on Chicago’s Far Southwest Side, authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Death of infant found unresponsive at Calumet City home ruled homicide

The death of an infant boy found unresponsive at a Calumet City home earlier this month has been ruled a homicide. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Charges filed against 19-year-old in shooting of 2 Chicago police officers

A 19-year-old Chicago man arrested hours after a shooting that left two Chicago police officers wounded early Sunday has been charged with attempted first-degree murder and other felonies and was expected in court Monday, according to officials and court records. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,992 new known COVID-19 cases and 11 additional fatalities reported on Sunday

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Inspired by a student’s hug, principal on Chicago’s South Side pens children’s book about returning to school during COVID-19

Vanessa Williams Johnson said she hopes the book will help children “go out into the world and feel OK.” Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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7-year-old girl attending birthday party killed in drive-by shooting in South Bend, police say

Shots fired from a vehicle killed a 7-year-old girl attending a birthday party in northern Indiana, according to police. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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Woman, 85, suffers head injury during Near North Side purse-snatching, man charged, police say

A 45-year-old South Side man is accused of shoving an 85-year-old woman to the ground and stealing her purse on Chicago’s Near North Side, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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