Illinois News

CHICAGO, IL – Chicago’s progressive liberal mayor Lori Lightfoot is now blaming retailers in her city for the uptick in organized smash and grab thefts that have been happening. “Some …

DuPage County, IL – A higher up in the DuPage County Democrat party has been forced to resign after saying last night’s deadly rampage that killed 5 and maimed many …

Pontoon Beach, Ill. (via VCSD) – On Tuesday, Illinois police officer Tyler Timmins, 36, was shot and killed while investigating a stolen vehicle in a gas station parking lot in …

The Illinois Senate voted to repeal a 1995 law Tuesday which required parents to be notified when their under-18 children seek out abortions. The notification requirement does not require parents …

An Illinois woman with three children was charged with first-degree murder after shooting a man who refused to kiss her, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Claudia Resendiz-Flores, 28, recently moved in …

CHICAGO, IL – It was a packed house at Wintrust Arena as the home team Chicago Sky defeated the Phoenix Mercury in game four of the WNBA championship. The Sky …

Democrats in Illinois’ state legislature Friday released a new map that would shore up all of their party’s incumbents in Congress and likely eliminate two of the state’s five Republicans. …

On Friday, October 1st, 2021, at 9:43 A.M., Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the area of Levee Rd. near Mitchie Rd. rural Monroe County for a report of …

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – Six Maryland Lottery winners traveled to Chicago last weekend to participate in the long-anticipated Warehouse Dash. The second-chance prize, awarded in 2019 and 2020, gave each of …

CHICAGO— For the second time in September, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the International Mail Facility at Chicago O’Hare once again seized counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards. …

EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS – An Effingham man was sentenced yesterday to four years and ten months in prison and a $1,000 fine for manufacturing counterfeit money. According to court documents, counterfeit …

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the International Mail Facility at Chicago O’Hare recently seized 19 counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards arriving from China. The parcel …

A 4-year-old boy shot on Friday died two days later during a violent Labor Day weekend in Chicago, Fox 32 reported. Mychal Moultry was shot twice in the head on …

An Illinois mother says a judge stripped her of custody of her son earlier this month because she is not vaccinated against COVID-19. During a child support hearing on Aug. …

Two people were killed and another was injured in a shooting near an Illinois county courthouse on Thursday, multiple sources confirmed. Mayor Christopher Curtis of Kankakee, Illinois, a town of 26,000 …

CHICAGO—Another Illinois Lottery player recently became a millionaire overnight when their Powerball ticket snagged a $1 million dollar prize in the Saturday July 24 draw. The winning ticket was purchased at …

A Chicago pharmacist was arrested Tuesday for allegedly selling COVID-19 vaccination cards online. Federal agents arrested pharmacist Tangtang Zhao on Tuesday, alleging he sold 125 authentic Centers for Disease Control …

JERSEY CITY, NJ – On July 30, 2021, the North Hudson Catalytic Converter Task Force apprehended and arrested a Chicago man attempting to remove a catalytic converter from a vehicle …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently completed a study that analyzed serum samples from free-ranging white-tailed deer for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 (the virus …

Bloomington, IL – Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ is taking over the BBQ and Hot Dog sector one state at a time.  This past week, Crave announced their newest franchisee in …

PORT ST. LUCIE, FL -Two known criminals who have been traveling around the region stealing credit cards and burglarizing victims have been caught. Their dyed blue poodle was also apprehended …

CHICAGO, IL – There’s nothing to see here. Crime is not on the rise. That’s the message Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is pushing today after 100 people were shot and …

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS – A federal jury convicted a Springfield, Ill., man, Rafael Mercado Berrios, aka Jose Berrios, 42, of the 1200 block of N. 4th St., on June 4, of …

PEORIA, ILLINOIS  – A Bloomington, Ill., man, Jacob R. Schultz, 36, of the 500 block of W. Seminary St., was sentenced on June 3, 2021, to serve 20 years in …

Chicago police this week were on twerk patrol as women rode on top of the hood and roof of a patrol car and police had to just accept is the …