November 29, 2016 Off-duty officer shoots, kills man outside Illinois Wal-Mart Authorities say a man has died after being shot by an off-duty police officer outside a Wal-Mart store in southern Illinois.
November 27, 2016 Illinois man arrested in killing, sexual assault of 8-year-old girl An 8-year-old girl was apparently lured from her home in Illinois and killed by a man who dumped her body behind a vinegar plant, the Belleview News-Democrat reported Sunday.
November 26, 2016 Chicago officer who fatally shot man loses police powers A Chicago police sergeant who fatally shot a 19-year-old man in the back during a foot chase this week has been stripped of his police powers.
November 25, 2016 Chicago police fatally shoot 2 people in unrelated incidents A Chicago police officer shot and killed a gunman who had killed one person and injured another early Friday, in the second fatal shooting involving the city's police in just over 24 hours.
November 23, 2016 Illinois lawmaker says state's money shouldn't be used for Trump's border wall Rep. Will Guzzardi, who represents Chicago’s heavily-Hispanic northwest side, said that the proposed wall that was a cornerstone of Trump's presidential campaign sends the wrong message and introduced on Tuesday his plan, which proposes divesting Illinois' pension funds from any businesses involved with the wall.
November 23, 2016 'Suicide bomber' squirrel sends anti-squirrel politician to hospital A Chicago politician was seriously injured when he crashed his bike into a squirrel — and he wonders if the smash-up was an act of rodent “revenge.”
November 23, 2016 Repo man pays off elderly couple's car, gives it back An elderly Illinois couple has something to be thankful for after a repo man who took their car had a change of heart and helped them get it paid off.
November 20, 2016 Study: Illinois women's prison treats inmates too harshly Inmates at Illinois' major women's prison have been called "crazy" and "worthless" by corrections officers, are sometimes placed in an unpadded open-bar "crisis cage" and receive harsher discipline than men for similar offenses, a study released Friday says.
November 20, 2016 O'Hare workers who plan strike will announce date Monday O'Hare International Airport workers who voted to strike soon will announce when they plan to take action.
November 20, 2016 List of US students named as Rhodes Scholars for 2017 The 32 American students chosen as Rhodes scholars for 2017, listed by geographic region, as provided by the Office of the American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust: District 1: Joshua B.
