Irene Donoshaytis, 65, of Northfield, now faces a felony hate crime charge. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Police in Kenosha bash out van window, arrest members of group that serves food at protests
The nine taken into custody in the SWAT-style operation Wednesday were among dozens of people arrested this week in southern Wisconsin. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Chicago’s Tamale Guy, Claudio Velez, hospitalized with COVID-19 and placed on ventilator
Cladio Velez’s newly opened tamale restaurant, with opening lines 10 blocks long, is currently closed. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Judge refuses to release full report on handling of Jussie Smollett case by State’s Attorney Kim Foxx
A Cook County judge is to hear arguments Friday morning on whether to release a special prosecutor’s full findings from an investigation into State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Kyle Rittenhouse, charged with murder in Kenosha shootings, to stay in Illinois another 30 days as his family seeks private lawyer
Kyle Rittenhouse, who’s charged with murder in fatal shootings during this week’s unrest in Kenosha, will remain in Lake County in Illinois for another month after a judge allowed a delay in his extradition proceedings. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
With many struggling to buy food during the pandemic, grassroots efforts have stepped up. ‘It’s my motivation to get up in the morning.’
As food insecurity soars, dozens of small, grassroots initiatives that have stepped up to tackle surging food insecurity. The efforts are marshaling people and resources that sometimes go overlooked, with a spirit of collaboration and long-term vision that seek to leave battered communities stronger than they were before. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press…
High-ranking Chicago Public Schools official charged with lying to FBI in contract probe
A top aide to Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson been charged with lying to the FBI about whether he passed secret bid information about a massive $1 billion custodial contract to a lobbyist working for one of the bidders. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Private Wisconsin college cancels Mike Pence commencement speech, citing Kenosha unrest, though many students objected to visit
Wisconsin Lutheran College said Thursday that “after further review with careful consideration of the escalating events in Kenosha,” it decided to not have Pence deliver the speech. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
McCormick Place loses 30,000-person convention as coronavirus cancellations start to creep into 2021
The Chicago Dental Society has canceled its annual meeting at McCormick Place next year and will instead hold the event online, a sign that the toll the coronavirus is taking on the city’s tourism industry will stretch into next year Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Chicago FOP president says he’s heading to White House for President Trump’s GOP nomination acceptance speech
Chicago’s controversial police union boss John Catanzara says he will be on the South Lawn of the White House Thursday when President Donald Trump formally accepts the Republican Party’s nomination for reelection. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
