Patriarch gets probation, home detention, in sports gambling scheme allegedly involving Casey Urlacher

Eugene “Geno” Del Giudice, 85, was sentenced to probation with three months of home detention Monday for his role in an illegal sports betting operation that allegedly included the brother of Chicago Bears legend Brian Urlacher. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Round Lake man killed in crash

Authorities have not identified the man, who was 39 years old. Police say he was ejected from his Ford Taurus after crashing around 4:05 p.m. while trying to pass another vehicle on northbound Route 45, north of Illinois Route 173. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Baby of Stacey Jones — who was pregnant when she was fatally shot last week — has died, officials say

The infant child of Stacey Jones, who was fatally shot Tuesday, died Saturday, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Teens found dead in Calumet Township home

When she arrived at his home in the 3900 block of W. 51st Avenue, she found her him and another friend unresponsive before calling 911, Martinez said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 3,629 new known COVID-19 cases and 27 additional deaths reported Saturday

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

President Trump returns to Wisconsin for large campaign rally as coronavirus cases hit record levels

Just five days removed from his White House coronavirus quarantine, President Donald Trump is set to visit Wisconsin this weekend as the state suffers from a record-high surge in coronavirus cases. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Teen charged in sexual assault of girl, 7, during remote learning to appear at bail hearing Saturday

A teenage man was charged with sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl during a remote learning forum, Chicago police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

2021 pandemic budget plan from Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle includes dipping into reserve fund, no tax hikes

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is scheduled to unveil a $6.9 billion plan for next year’s budget on Thursday that would not raise or introduce taxes but would dip into reserves in order to help plug an overall projected $409 million hole amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press…

Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Officials report new highest one-day COVID-19 case total — 4,554 — and 38 additional deaths as statewide positivity rate rises above 5%

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

State’s attorney: Deputies who killed Beach Park suspect during shootout acted ‘reasonably and appropriately’

Two white law enforcement officers who returned fire and killed a Black Beach Park man in June while trying to arrest him on a murder warrant acted “reasonably and appropriately,” the Lake County state’s attorney said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

CPS will phase students back into buildings starting with preschool and special education; union calls the plan ‘reckless’ and ‘illegal’

Pre-kindergartners and some special education students will be the first to return to school, but CPS hasn’t said when. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Santa will still meet kids at malls this holiday season — but from a distance

Santa won’t be self-quarantining at the North Pole to escape the coronavirus pandemic. But that doesn’t mean he’s ready to let thousands of kids hop on his lap. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Six Flags Great America reopening for holiday lights event

Six Flags Great America has announced the third season of Holiday in the Park will open as a lights experience on Nov. 27. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Man killed by speeding hit-and-run driver in East Garfield Park

Chicago police are looking for the hit-and-run driver of a black SUV whose vehicle hit and killed a 54-year-old man. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

County Board President Toni Preckwinkle outlines $6.9 billion budget plan: ‘This pandemic has dealt Cook County and its residents a catastrophic blow’

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle outlined her plans Thursday for a $6.9 billion 2021 budget that would plug an overall projected $409 million coronavirus-driven shortfall through layoff, tapping reserve funds and new revenue from online sales, weed and gambling taxes. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Man with legal handgun shot during Far South Side robbery, misses when firing back at thieves

A man carrying a legally concealed handgun was robbed, shot in the thigh and shot back at the thieves as they fled Wednesday night, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Police arrest 3 men who used rock to break into Near West Side sporting goods store

Police arrested three men Thursday morning who broke into a Near West Side retail store to steal merchandise. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Bourbon County beer release migrates online due to COVID-19 — signup begins Friday

Binny’s moves sales of Bourbon County beers online. Registration opens Friday for a drawing to be allowed to buy the beers. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

At least five officers, including a commander, face suspension after probe of former police boss Eddie Johnson’s conduct

At least five Chicago police officers — including a commander — face suspension after city Inspector General Joseph Ferguson’s investigation into the October 2019 incident where then-police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was found asleep at the wheel of his city-issued SUV Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

McHenry County man gets 7 years for 7th DUI

A man in McHenry County was sentenced to seven years in prison for his seventh conviction of driving under the influence, attorneys said Tuesday. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Wisconsin absentee ballot case may be headed to US Supreme Court

Democrats said they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin that are received up to six days after the election can be counted. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Notre Dame president ends quarantine after COVID diagnosis

Jenkins began his self-isolation period Sept. 28, two days after he attended the Rose Garden ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett, a judge and Notre Dame law professor who is President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Supreme Court justice. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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