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October 8, 2018

Hunt for Chicago masked gunman wanted for ‘execution-style’ shootings now has $18,000 reward

The reward for information leading to the arrest of a gunman wanted for two "execution-style" shootings that have left a Chicago neighborhood shaken has now swelled to $18,000.

October 6, 2018

Police union leader blasts Van Dyke verdict, says it resulted from 'sham trial'

The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) on Friday blasted the guilty verdict of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke in the 2014 fatal shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald, reports said. 

October 3, 2018

Illinois congressmen want Pritzker under federal investigation over 'improper' tax breaks he received

October 3, 2018

Masked gunman targeting victims in Chicago neighborhood, 2 men killed over 2 days, police say

Two seemingly random "execution-style" shootings in a Chicago neighborhood appear to have been committed by a mysterious masked gunman using the same firearm, officials said Tuesday.

October 2, 2018

Illinois governor hopeful JB Pritzker 'defrauded' taxpayers with 'improper' property tax breaks, watchdog says

October 2, 2018

Illinois Republican party office vandalized with 'rape,' 'shame' graffiti on building, police say

A local Republican party office in Illinois was vandalized over the weekend with the words “rape” and “shame” painted across the building.

October 1, 2018

76-year-old retiree with Parkinson's fights off attacker while jogging in Chicago

A 76-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease fought off an attacker who jumped him while he was jogging at a Chicago park early Saturday.

September 30, 2018

Tiebreak games needed to settle NL Central, NL West races

For the first time in Major League Baseball history, a pair of tiebreaking games will settle two National League division titles after all four tied teams won on Sunday.

September 29, 2018

Otis Rush, legendary Chicago blues guitarist, dead at 84

Legendary Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush, whose passionate, jazz-tinged music influenced artists from Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton to the rock band Led Zeppelin, died Saturday at the age of 84, his longtime manager said.

September 28, 2018

Chicago mom tried to drown son, 3, days after posting online that he had died: police

Authorities in Chicago this week said a South Side mother falsely wrote on social media that her 3-year-old son had died, then tried to drown him in a bathtub days later.