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October 25, 2021

Illinois Democrats draw fire for 'gerrymandered' map in redistricting battles

The Illinois Republican Party as well as GOP lawmakers tore into the state Democrats over the newly-proposed redistricting map that is giving Pablo Picasso a run for his money.

October 22, 2021

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.

October 21, 2021

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.

October 20, 2021

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.

October 20, 2021

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.

October 19, 2021

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.

October 19, 2021

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.

October 19, 2021

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.

October 18, 2021

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).

October 18, 2021

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.