Illinois

Illinois 1 day ago

Zion, Illinois, mom fatally shot while reading Bible to youngest daughter

An Illinois mother in Zion was fatally shot Sunday night while she was preparing her 7-month-old daughter for bed and reading the baby the Bible.

Chicago 2 days ago

Suburban Chicago police chiefs back bill to 'override' Kim Foxx's lax charging decisions

Illinois Republicans and suburban Chicago-area police chiefs are backing a new bill that would allow officers to override relaxed charging decisions by Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx.

Illinois 3 days ago

FBI search for Drew Peterson's missing 4th wife turns up empty, sister continues hunt with sonar

Another law enforcement search for the body of Stacy Peterson, a Chicago-area mother of two who remains missing since her disappearance 14 years ago, turned up empty Tuesday after the woman’s sister said she submitted a tip back in May about supposed skeletal remains located in a canal.

Parenting 3 days ago

5 NICU nurses give birth within 1 month of each other: ‘Simultaneous joy’

Five nurses who work in the same neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at an Illinois hospital all delivered babies within one month of each other.

Media 3 days ago

Nurse practitioner calls vaccine mandates 'disheartening' after fighting COVID on the front lines

Neelie Panozzo details what the consequences could be if hospitals don't allow medical professionals religious exemptions for vaccine mandates.

Police and Law Enforcement 3 days ago

Sen. Braun welcomes Chicago police officers refusing vaccine mandate to Indiana: ‘You deserve respect’

Illinois police officers who may soon be out of a job due to COVID-19 vaccine mandates, specifically those in Chicago, can look to their eastern neighbor state of Indiana for less stringent job opportunities in law enforcement.

Democrats 3 days ago

West Virginia House speaker fires back after Illinois Dem calls state 'irrelevant' to US economy

West Virginia House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, a Republican, spoke to Fox News about Rep. Sean Casten’s, D-Ill., recent comment disparaging the economic role of the state in the national economy.

TERRORISM 4 days ago

Illinois man pleads guilty to funding Brooklyn residents’ trips to Syria to join ISIS, al-Nusra Front

An Uzbekistan-born Illinois man pleaded guilty Thursday to helping fund overseas trips for people joining the Islamic State (ISIS) and al-Nusra Front (ANF).

Chicago 5 days ago

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot posts maskless photo at WNBA game, apparently violating indoor mask mandates

After the Chicago Sky took the WNBA title, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot posted a picture online of her celebrating without a mask among legions of masked fans — going against her own city’s mask mandate.

J.B. Pritzker 6 days ago

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker delays COVID vaccine deadline for some state workers

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has pushed back a deadline for some state employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as his office negotiates with the workers' labor unions.