June 10, 2019 Illinois man with stage 4 cancer sentenced for ordering THC chocolates An Illinois cancer patient has been sentenced to prison for ordering 42 pounds of THC-infused chocolates that he claims he bought to self-medicate.
June 8, 2019 Chicago woman mysteriously dies after flight to Dubai A Chicago woman people say was extremly healthy has died mysteriously minutes after he plane landed in Dubai.
June 7, 2019 Illinois bishop: No communion for lawmakers who backed ‘abominable’ abortion bill An Illinois bishop who calls the abortion bill passed in the state legislature "extreme" issued a decree that no lawmakers who supported it will be able to receive communion for "promoting the abominable crime and very grave sin of abortion."
June 6, 2019 Care home resident dons 'demonic mask,' stabs staffer more than 30 times, authorities say A developmentally disabled man allegedly put on a “demonic mask,” played the theme song from the horror film “Halloween” on his iPod, and stabbed his caretaker more than 30 times with a kitchen knife in a group home near Chicago on Saturday, authorities said.
June 3, 2019 Illinois newlywed charged in wife's deadly fall from St. Louis parking garage An Illinois corrections officer is accused of assaulting his new wife after the woman was found dead outside a St. Louis parking garage.
June 1, 2019 Illinois poised to legalize recreational marijuana Illinois is poised to become the 11th state in the US to legalize marijuana for recreational use, after lawmakers voted to legalize the drug on Friday afternoon.
June 1, 2019 Illinois abortion bill establishing woman’s ‘fundamental right’ to procedure wins Senate approval The Illinois Senate late Friday sent to the governor legislation that establishes a woman’s “fundamental right” to an abortion.
June 1, 2019 Smollett documents show prosecutors debated how to explain dropping of charges Prosecutors struggled over how to describe their reasoning for dropping all charges against actor Jussie Smollett, according to documents released Friday.
May 31, 2019 Chicago police told not to 'investigate' Jussie Smollett weeks before charges dropped, documents reveal Weeks before charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett were dropped, the Chicago Police Department was reportedly told by Cook County prosecutors to end the criminal investigation into allegations Smollett orchestrated a hate crime hoax, newly released documents show.
