April 1, 2021 Former Obama Cabinet member hid $50G loan he got from foreign Clinton crony: DOJ Ray LaHood, who served as transportation secretary under former President Barack Obama, has admitted to federal prosecutors that he intentionally did not report a $50,000 loan he received from a Lebanese-Nigerian businessman, according to reports.
March 31, 2021 Republicans want Democrats to stop probing Iowa race, but don't talk as much about similar Illinois challenge House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has been vocal about what he calls Democratic efforts to overturn the election of Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, in favor of Democrat Rita Hart.
March 31, 2021 Chicago-area sales executive dies in Florida saving children from dangerous rip current, report says A sales executive at a suburban Chicago newspaper died after rescuing children from a rip current in the Gulf of Mexico while on vacation in Florida earlier this week, according to a report.
March 30, 2021 Chicago man, 18, killed after shooting police officer, security worker, investigators say An 18-year-old Chicago man has died after he was fatally shot while firing at a police officer and security worker near a Home Depot.
March 30, 2021 Chicagoland prep school Loyola shames White privilege in student assignment Students at a top Chicagoland Jesuit college preparatory school were forced to answer questions about how they have benefitted from White privilege and how they "wield this privilege."
March 30, 2021 Supermarket employee in Illinois saves baby in runaway shopping cart Ben Mazur, a courtesy clerk at a Schnucks supermarket in Alton, was wrangling shopping carts on March 17 when he heard a car horn “repeatedly and frantically honking" to alert of the runaway shopping cart.
March 27, 2021 Fatal Friday shooting adds to spate of Chicago homicides Two people opened fire at a Chicago gathering early Friday, killing one person and wounding seven others in the second such attack on the city's South Side in the past two weeks.
March 26, 2021 Chicago shooting on South Side leaves at least 1 dead, 7 wounded: report At least one person was killed and another seven wounded Thursday night when shots rang out during a gathering in Chicago’s Ashburn neighborhood on the city's South Side.
March 26, 2021 Chicago shooting leaves cop, security guard wounded; 4th cop shot in 2 weeks, CPD leader says A Chicago police officer and a security guard were both shot Thursday evening during an altercation with an accused shoplifter outside a Home Depot store on the city's South Side, according to reports.
March 23, 2021 Evanston, Illinois first in US to pay reparations to Black residents The City Council in Evanston, Ill., voted 8-1 late Monday in favor of making reparations available to Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery.
