May 6, 2019 Chicago 'car bomber' sentenced to 16 years for detonating fake bomb near crowded bar A man in Chicago was sentenced Monday to 16 years in prison for detonating what he apparently thought was a 1,000-pound car bomb outside a crowded bar that was designed to level the block and kill hundreds of people in 2012.
May 5, 2019 Death toll in Illinois plant explosion raised to 3 as another body found Search and recovery personnel found the body of another worker Sunday in the rubble of a northern Illinois silicone factory that exploded and burst into flames two days earlier, bringing the death toll to three employees with one more body believed to be in the debris, a fire official said.
May 5, 2019 Illinois football prodigy, 14, recently featured in Sports Illustrated, is shot dead A 14-year-old recently featured in Sports Illustrated as one of six teens “who will rule the future in sports,” died after he was shot at a party in Illinois on Saturday night, according to police.
May 5, 2019 Expecting plea deal, Latin King facing shooting charges admits to second murder A gang member facing charges for a fatal drive-by shooting in Chicago admitted to another murder, expecting a plea deal for cooperating as a witness, the Chicago Sun-Times according.
May 4, 2019 Second death reported after Chicago-area plant explosion One of the four employees hospitalized after Friday night’s plant explosion in northern Illinois has died, authorities said Saturday.
May 4, 2019 90-year-old man to receive college degree, become oldest Northeastern Illinois University graduate on record: report A 90-year-old man in Illinois reportedly chose to return to college following the death of his wife and is days away from quite the momentous graduation.
May 4, 2019 Explosion at Illinois factory kills one person, two more presumed dead, officials say At least one person was killed and two more are presumed dead after a massive explosion took place at an Illinois silicone factory Friday night, officials said.
May 4, 2019 Worker found dead after Illinois plant explosion; 2 others believed dead as rescuers suspend search Authorities searching for three missing workers after an explosion and fire at an Illinois silicone plant have recovered one body, according to reports.
May 4, 2019 Building 'leveled' in explosion that rocks Chicago suburb; 3 missing, 4 hospitalized, reports say At least four people were reportedly transported to hospitals Friday night when a massive, ground-shaking explosion occurred in the suburbs north of Chicago.
May 3, 2019 Thousands turn out for 5-year-old boy's funeral as parents sit in jail, accused of murder Thousands of mourners on Friday gathered at a Chicago funeral home to pay their last respects to a 5-year-old boy whose badly beaten body was found in a shallow grave covered with straw late last month.
