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Three people were killed by gunshots outside of their homes this week in Phoenix, Harvey and Riverdale, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and the county sheriiff. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Prosecutors have asked for a sentence of more than five years in prison for James Weiss for his conviction earlier this year on bribery charges. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Ex-Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald, who was fired this year amid a hazing scandal, has sued the university and school president Michael Schill, alleging breach of contract and “callous and outrageous misconduct in destroying his career.” Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Marc Smith, the head of Illinois’ embattled child welfare agency announced that he will be stepping down at the end of the year. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A downstate man was sentenced Wednesday to 4 1/2 years in federal prison for his actions during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A cold front will bring cooler temperatures to Chicago later this week, according to the National Weather Service. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed in connection with the 2017 death of Kenneka Jenkins, the 19-year-old Chicago woman who died of hypothermia inside a Rosemont hotel’s walk-in freezer. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Lopez, alderman of the 15th Ward on the Southwest Side, says he will run in the March Democratic primary against progressive Garcia in the 4th Congressional District. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Five people died from exposure to a chemical that spilled after a semitruck overturned in central Illinois, according to autopsies conducted Monday. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The triggerman in an execution-style slaying in Naperville has been convicted of first-degree murder following a four-day DuPage County jury trial. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Police said an occupant in an SUV fired shots in the 3600 block of South Archer Avenue at about 10:44 p.m. A 21-year-old man was shot in the chest and a 19-year-old woman was shot in the face. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The first robbery happened at about 12:56 a.m. in Chicago’s Greektown. Police said a man and woman took a 28-year-old woman’s purse and cellphone at gunpoint. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Five people were killed and five were seriously injured after a truck overturned in central Illinois, causing a toxic substance to leak from its cargo and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of area residents, authorities said Saturday. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open with little time to spare after Congress rushed to approve the bipartisan deal. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Before Chicago police can even respond to one robbery scene, more have popped up, leaving dozens upon dozens of victims in their wake. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

About 4:15 a.m., the victims were stabbed b a group of people they were fighting in the 900 block of South Plymouth Court Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

At least seven businesses were burglarized in the overnight hours from Sept. 17 through Sept. 29 on Ashland and Racine avenues, and Marquette Road. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Shortly before 5 a.m., the victim was shot in the 6200 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Details were few, but police responded to the 5900 block of North Broadway and found three people unresponsive. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

After two months of investigation and no victim nor corroborating witnesses were found, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability closed its investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct involving a CPD officer and a female migrant. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

Congress is facing a deadline of 12:01 a.m. Sunday and if a shutdown happens it will have ripples across Illinois, including impacts on an estimated 42,637 federal workers in the state. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service

A controversial program that allows the Chicago Housing Authority and other public housing agencies to use federal funding designated for housing vouchers and public housing for other purposes is up for a 15-year extension as part of Senate budget negotiations. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service