March 11, 2022 Jussie Smollett sentencing: Legal experts weigh in after actor learns fate The former "Empire" star, 39, was sentenced to 150 days in jail, 30 months of felony probation and was ordered to pay $120,106 in restitution to the city of Chicago.
March 10, 2022 Samuel L. Jackson, wife LaTanya Richardson, offered support for Smollett in letter read at sentencing Hollywood couple Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson were among those to offer support for Jussie Smollett ahead of his sentencing on Thursday.
March 10, 2022 Jussie Smollett shouts he's 'innocent,' 'not suicidal' after being sentenced to jail Actor Jussie Smollett loudly declared himself "innocent" at a Chicago courthouse Thursday after he was sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying to police in a staged hate crime.
March 10, 2022 Chicago man accused of fatally beating elderly woman allegedly confessed to killing, report says A Chicago man allegedly fatally beat a woman and then confessed to the killing.
March 10, 2022 Thieves steal luxury cars worth nearly $1M from suburban Chicago dealership An overnight heist at high-end car dealer Autobarn Collection in Evanston, Illinois, saw a group of thieves drive off with 14 luxury vehicles worth nearly $1 million.
March 9, 2022 Inmate at large after escaping custody at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, authorities say An inmate being returned to Wisconsin to face drug charges escaped a transportation officer at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday after the officer turned away to get the inmate some food, authorities said.
March 9, 2022 4 dead in Chicago suburb after SUV hits freight train Four people died early Wednesday in a south Chicago suburb when an SUV hit a moving freight train at a crossing and caught fire, an official said.
March 8, 2022 Philadelphia approaching 100 homicides so far this year, on pace with Chicago for murders in 2022 Philadelphia, known as the City of Brotherly Love, has had 96 homicides so far this year, falling one murder short of the notoriously violent Chicago three months into 2022.
March 8, 2022 Chicago teachers vow to fight order to drop mask mandates, Puerto Rico lifts restrictions With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continuing to fall significantly across the U.S., local, state and territory governments and schools have begun to remove mask mandates.
March 7, 2022 Chicago-area mayor running for Congress rips Kim Foxx: 'Putting rest of us at risk' Keith Pekau, the mayor of Chicago suburb Orland Park, is criticizing Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and the court system for nearly letting a federal attempted murder and armed robbery parolee out on bond.
