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September 14, 2022

Illinois pride group touts family-friendly 'coming out' event featuring drag shows for kids as young as 5

Illinois nonprofit announces a "National Coming Out Day Celebration" in Buffalo Grove in October that will feature drag performances and is billed as a family-friendly event.

September 14, 2022

Chicago shooting leaves 1 dead, 6 others injured after 'altercation' at park: police

At least one person was killed and at least six other people were injured in a shooting near a baseball field in a park in Chicago Tuesday night.

September 13, 2022

Chicago man gets 65 years for killing father of five in road rage encounter

A Chicago man was sentenced to 65 years in jail for shooting and killing a father of five during a road rage encounter two years ago, authorities said.

September 13, 2022

Liberal Chicago city councilmember decries intense crime wave: 'A joke'

The liberal deputy floor leader of Chicago City Council blasted the increased crime in the city, saying public safety 'was a joke' and questioned why citizens bother calling the police.

September 12, 2022

Illinois mayor says Gov. Pritzker owes his community an 'apology' for sending 90 migrants with little notice

An Illinois mayor is calling out Governor J.B. Pritzker after he allegedly sent 90 migrants to his town over the weekend with little notice.

September 12, 2022

Chicago armed car thief, 13, shot by licensed gun owner; 29 more wounded in weekend violence, cops say

The Chicago Police Department reported 26 shootings and four murders citywide from Friday evening through Sunday, including two people ages 13 and 14, officials said.

September 12, 2022

Illinois mayor fires back at Lightfoot, Pritzker after migrants were secretly bussed to his town

Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso called out Lightfoot's hypocrisy, nothing that she previously criticized the secretive relocation of migrants into Chicago.

September 11, 2022

Illinois officials send 90 migrants to another suburban Chicago town with little notice

Another Chicagoland town received a busload of migrants with little notification from city or state officials on Saturday morning, according to town officials.

September 11, 2022

Philadelphia braces for possibility migrant buses from Texas will be sent to city

Philadelphia is bracing for buses of migrants from Texas in the event Gov. Abbott directs migrants to Philadelphia as he continues sending buses to Democrat-led cities.

September 11, 2022

Police charge 15-year-old Chicago boy with assaulting 71-year-old man, stealing car

Chicago police charged a 15-year-old boy with assaulting an elderly man and stealing his vehicle. He had stolen another vehicle from an elderly woman earlier in the week.