February 9, 2022 Chicago man allegedly led high-end smash-and-grab crew that dumped cash registers on Gov. Pritzker's block Tacarre Harper, 27, was charged with nine felony counts of burglary in connection to a series of organized retail thefts that occurred throughout Chicago between November 2021 and January 6, police said.
February 9, 2022 Illinois student says she was threatened with knife by classmate for not wearing mask at school An Illinois high school student was reportedly threatened with a knife over not wearing a mask, despite the district's optional mask policy.
February 9, 2022 2 Chicago teens dead after shot on street; 2 persons of interest in custody: police Two suspects were in custody Tuesday following the shootings deaths of two students, ages 15 and 16, who were struck while walking home from school in different areas of Chicago’s South Side neighborhood, less than an hour apart, officials said.
February 8, 2022 Most homicide victims in many US cities are Black, key data shows New York, Chicago and Los Angeles saw notable homicide spikes in 2021, while many other U.S. cities saw record-high homicide rates.
February 8, 2022 Chicago Mayor Lightfoot: Carjacking ‘crisis’ is linked to remote learning Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is suggesting that her city’s dramatic rise in carjackings since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is linked to students being kept away from classrooms with remote learning.
February 8, 2022 Damari Perry: Brother pleads not guilty to murder of 6-year-old Chicago boy, seeks to represent self in court Jeremiah Perry, 20, has pleaded not guilty to all charges in the murder of his 6-year-old brother Damari Perry, whose body was found near at abandoned home in Gary, Indiana, last month.
February 7, 2022 Chicago-area high school students stage walkout after principal tells them to mask up for class or leave A group of high school students in the Chicago area walked out of class Monday after being told they had to wear masks to attend class.
February 7, 2022 Shooting on Chicago expressway less than an hour after Pritzker’s vows to reduce expressway violence One person was wounded in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago less than an hour after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced an effort to reduce violence on the city's freeways.
February 7, 2022 Drew Peterson asks judge to vacate murder conviction A judge was scheduled Monday to consider former Chicago-area police Sgt. Drew Peterson's motion to vacate his 2012 conviction in the murder of his third wife.
February 7, 2022 First responders in Illinois trying to break free from unions Some paramedics and EMTs at the Galesburg Hospitals Ambulance Service in Galesburg, Illinois, are trying to assert their right to vote out the Teamsters Local 627.
