February 6, 2018 Billionaire Dem running for Illinois governor is caught making insensitive remarks about black politicians Democratic Illinois governor candidate J.B. Pritzker is apologizing for racially insensitive comments captured on a FBI wiretap between him and then-Gov.
February 6, 2018 The 'curse' of winning the lottery? The New Hampshire woman who won the $559.7 million Powerball jackpot last month is refusing to claim her prize until she's assured anonymity. And she may have a compelling reason to seek the guarantee.
February 4, 2018 Chicago police teaming up with feds once more to fight shocking rise in violent carjackings Chicago cops are calling in the feds--again--to help combat violent carjackings.
February 2, 2018 Police release 3-D sketch of man who killed 5 at Illinois Lane Bryant in 2008 Ten years to the day five women were fatally shot during a botched robbery at a suburban Chicago Lane Bryant clothing store, police on Friday released an updated sketch of the braided-hair suspect.
February 1, 2018 Chicago anti-gang cops may have robbed drug dealers: report Multiple members of a Chicago Police Department anti-gang unit have been stripped of their authority following a federal probe into allegations that they robbed drug dealers.
January 31, 2018 Illinois Dem mocks Trump's SOTU: 'Whoever translated it for him from Russian did a good job' U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez mockingly praised President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, saying in a statement that it was “clear and well-delivered,” and that “[w]hoever translated it for him from Russian did a good job.”
January 30, 2018 Illinois professor on paid leave amid accusations of filming students in bathroom University of Illinois Professor Jay Rosenstein, a documentary filmmaker and vocal opponent of Native American sports mascots, was recently arrested -- but not charged with a crime -- for allegedly following and filming members of a pro-Chief Illiniwek group into a bathroom during a basketball game.
January 28, 2018 Dramatic video of girl being kidnapped off Illinois street released by FBI Dramatic video of a child being kidnapped off a street last month in a suburb of Chicago was released Friday by the FBI as charges were filed against an Indiana man.
January 28, 2018 'Serial Stowaway' woman arrested again at Chicago O'Hare airport days after being released from jail A woman known as the “serial stowaway” was arrested again on Sunday at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, just three days after she was released from jail after being nabbed for flying ticketless from the Illinois city to London last week.
January 28, 2018 Illinois Democrat's retaliation case cost taxpayers $500G: report Records of a 2010 retaliation lawsuit involving an Illinois Democrat running for governor have resurfaced after he called for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and touted an 80 percent female staff.
