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March 11, 2018

As bullets fly, Chicago police boss blasts civilian oversight plans

Chicago's police superintendent on Saturday blasted efforts for greater civilian oversight of the department, citing "real progress" in fighting crime -- just hours after at least eight people were reportedly wounded in overnight shootings.

March 8, 2018

Chicago bus crash caught in crazy surveillance video, 6 injured

Six people were injured after a Chicago Transit Authority bus and SUV collided before the vehicle then veered into a bus shelter early Wednesday in a dramatic crash captured in surveillance video.

March 8, 2018

Chicago Mayor Emanuel ordered to give deposition in police-involved fatal shootings

A Cook County judge has ordered Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the city's police superintendent to provide sworn depositions within the next 30 days in the wrongful death lawsuits brought by the families of Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones.

March 8, 2018

Dem 'cannabis candidate' accused of abusing women, overstating 'Iraq veteran' claim

A Democrat seeking a U.S. House seat in Illinois – who attracted attention for a campaign ad showing him smoking pot – now faces accusations that he has abused women and misleadingly described himself as an “Iraq veteran" and "former FBI agent."

March 7, 2018

Animal shelters request armchairs for homeless dogs after video goes viral

Homeless pets being held at a no-kill shelter in Illinois will be sleeping comfortably tonight as donations of chairs continue to pour in for the furry friends.

March 7, 2018

Illinois couple drives to hospital after being shot in home invasion

A married couple who were both shot in the legs during a suspected targeted home invasion Tuesday outside of Chicago managed to drive to a hospital afterwards to seek treatment, an official says.

March 7, 2018

Democratic Rep. Danny Davis confirms Farrakhan relationship despite his view on 'the Jewish question'

Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., described his personal relationship with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in an interview Sunday -- saying, in his own words, “The world is so much bigger than Farrakhan and the Jewish question and his position on that and so forth.”

March 6, 2018

Illinois day care workers gave melatonin gummies to kids before naptime, police say

Three employees of a day care facility in suburban Chicago were arrested Friday after they gave children gummy bears with sleep aid melatonin without parental consent, according to police.

March 5, 2018

Shootings at Chicago gang members' funerals getting 'out of control', police say

Chicago-area officials trying to prevent funerals for gang members from turning into shootouts say the issue has gotten so far “out of control” that one cemetery has started hiring off-duty police officers.

March 3, 2018

CMU student's friends, neighbors react to news of parents' deaths

Friends and neighbors expressed shock and sadness Friday when they learned that Central Michigan University student James Eric Davis Jr. was suspected of fatally shooting his parents.