July 8, 2024 On this day in history, July 8, 1918, American Red Cross driver Ernest Hemingway is wounded in World War I Novelist Ernest Hemingway, at just 18 years old, was wounded on the Italian front while driving an ambulance for the American Red Cross on this day in history, July 8, 1918.
July 5, 2024 Several groups seek protest permits at Dem Convention, as parallels drawn to violent 1968 confab Chicago is primed to see massive protests during the Democratic National Convention, in what some observers are calling a potential redux of the violence seen at the 1968 DNC.
July 2, 2024 Supreme Court staying away from Illinois gun ban cases as Thomas seeks 'more guidance' on protected weapons The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will not hear challenges to an assault weapons ban in Illinois, effectively leaving the law in place for now.
July 2, 2024 Anti-Israel agitators gather overnight outside home of Jewish Dem lawmaker Roughly 40 anti-Israel agitators showed up at the home of Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., in the middle of the night in the predominately Jewish city of Highland Park north of Chicago.
July 2, 2024 Chicago's mayor plans reparations task force. I'm on the South Side and I've got loads of questions It’s almost like the last 60 years did not exist for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. But they did for us. I know because I'm in a neighborhood on the South Side.
July 2, 2024 Chicago Pride parade chaos: police attacked and 53 arrested More than 50 people were arrested and multiple police officers were injured following Chicago's Pride parade Sunday with reports of people jumping on vehicles and throwing bottles.
July 2, 2024 Taylor Casey case: FBI expert breaks down search for American woman missing in Bahamas A retired FBI agent told Fox News Digital that new details surrounding the disappearance of the American woman who has been missing in Bahamas since June 19 is giving some "red flags."
June 27, 2024 Freight train derails in Illinois; officials determine no immediate danger to public: report A freight train derailed in Matteson, Illinois on Thursday, with nearly 20 cars carrying various materials leaving the track and forcing residents to evacuate.
June 27, 2024 Taylor Casey Bahamas search: Missing American's phone found in ocean, police say Police in the Bahamas say they have found a phone belonging to missing Taylor Casey in the ocean, but her current whereabouts remain unknown.
June 27, 2024 Massive sinkhole collapses soccer field at Illinois park A collapse at an underground mine in Alton, Illinois, on Wednesday morning caused a massive sinkhole to open at a nearby soccer field in Gordon Moore Park.