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

Suspects accused in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also discussed kidnapping Virginia’s governor, FBI agent says

Members of anti-government paramilitary groups discussed kidnapping Virginia’s governor during a June meeting in Ohio, an FBI agent testified Tuesday during a court hearing in Michigan. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Wisconsin judge upholds Gov. Tony Evers’ order requiring masks to be worn in enclosed spaces

A Wisconsin judge on Monday allowed the state’s mask mandate to stand. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

St. Charles man charged in connection with hit-and-run crash that killed 88-year-old woman in wheelchair

A St. Charles man has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman in a wheelchair in downtown St. Charles Friday afternoon, officials said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

SWAT called to home in Chatham where man was holding four children

SWAT officers were called Monday morning to a home in Chatham where a man was holding four children, according to preliminary information from the police. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 2,707 new known COVID-19 cases and 9 additional deaths reported 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

Aurora couple charged with child labor trafficking

A couple from Aurora have been charged with child labor trafficking for allegedly forcing an undocumented Guatemalan teenager to work and keeping her earnings, federal authorities said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

1 killed, 3 injured in West Side shooting

One person is dead and three others are injured, including a 17-year-old girl, in a shooting on the West Side Saturday evening, according to officials. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Chicago woman kept off Southwest flight from LaGuardia to Midway until covering ‘lewd’ halter top

A Chicago woman was not allowed to board a Southwest Airlines flight from LaGuardia to Midway this week after airline personnel determined her black halter top was too revealing. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

$4,000 reward offered for information about shooting that seriously wounded 10-year-old girl in Far South Side park

A $4,000 reward has been offered for information about a shooting that seriously wounded a 10-year-old girl who was in a Far South Side Park with her older sister and friends. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The ‘Shoebox Scandal,’ 50 years later: That time when the Illinois secretary of state died with $750,000 in cash in a hotel suite….

The “Shoebox Scandal” shocked the state 50 years ago. There was $750,000 in a hotel and at least $50,000 in Secretary of State Paul Powell’s Capitol office. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Metro East region outside St. Louis to return to Phase 4 reopening rules; 3 Chicago businesses ordered to shut down long-term after alleged COVID-19 violations

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

Cicero teachers criticize plan to bring them back into schools to deliver remote lessons in empty classrooms

“Our community is full of essential workers,” one teacher said, adding she “afraid of what will happen” if 1,300 staff members return to school buildings. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Illinois U.S. Rep. Mike Bost of Murphysboro says he’s tested positive for the coronavirus

In a statement posted Friday morning on Facebook, U.S. Rep. Mike Bost announced he has contracted COVID-19. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 3,059 new known COVID-19 cases and 32 additional deaths reported Thursday

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

Businessman named in federal corruption probe accused of fraud in bankruptcy court

The owner of a clout-heavy fuel distribution firm embroiled in an ongoing federal corruption probe has been accused in bankruptcy court of lying under oath, hiding assets and secretly cutting tens of thousands of dollars in checks to himself and family members. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Planning to vote in person this year? What Illinois voters should know before heading to the polls.

Early voting in Illinois is underway. While a record-setting number of people have applied for a mail-in ballot in Illinois, scores of voters across the state have ventured out of their homes to cast an in-person ballot for the Nov. 3 general election.From Cairo to Galena, nearly 120,000 voters across Illinois have cast an in-person…

900 children in suburban Cook County public housing to get free laptops as remote learning continues to present digital barriers

Hundreds of school-age children in suburban Cook County public housing will get free laptops paid for by federal coronavirus stimulus money starting Wednesday, as part of an ongoing effort to ensure digital access after the COVID-19 pandemic upended in-person learning. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Girlfriend of alleged River North hotel rape mastermind accused of intimidating victim and a witness

Prosecutors allege the friend who invited the victim to the hotel called the victim’s mother and asked her to pass along a message: Recant your rape claims and tell police that you lied. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

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