Crime
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Airsoft BB gun prompted school lockdownOct 05, 2022 1:00 am - The weapon that prompted a lockdown at a Wheeling middle school Tuesday was an airsoft BB gun, Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 officials said. Holmes Middle Sch...
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Officer shoots armed man inside Chicago police station
Oct 05, 2022 1:00 am - A Chicago police officer shot an armed man who entered a police station on the city's West Side "ranting" anti-law enforcement statements on Wednesday, just days after a...
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More charges in deadly Fort Sheridan confrontation? Officials not ready to sayOct 05, 2022 1:00 am - Officials won't yet say whether the two young men involved in a confrontation that led to the death of a 45-year-old Highland Park man last month in Lake County's Fort S...
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Official defends Mississippi Capitol Police pursuits
Oct 04, 2022 7:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Amid backlash over the fatal shooting of a Mississippi man, the state's top law enforcement official said officers of a special police unit in the ...
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In 1st speech as Prince of Wales, William champions wildlife
Oct 04, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Prince William delivered his first speech as heir to the British throne at a wildlife protection summit Tuesday, signaling that the royal family will conti...
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Publishing executive charged in Tokyo Olympic bribes scandal
Oct 04, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - A top executive at a major Japanese publisher was charged Tuesday with bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. The charges against Ts...
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The Onion and the Supreme Court. Not a parody
Oct 04, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Onion has some serious things to say in defense of parody. The satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd has filed a S...
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Victim in Waukegan shooting identified as Beach Park manOct 04, 2022 1:00 am - A man who was found shot to death early Monday in a car in Waukegan has been identified. The Lake County coroner's office on Tuesday said Sergio Berrios, 42, of Beach Pa...
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Holmes Middle School put on lockdown after reports of gunOct 04, 2022 1:00 am - A Wheeling middle school went into lockdown Tuesday after reports of a student on campus with a handgun, according to the Wheeling Police Department. At 11:52 a.m., Whe...
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Bail set at $250,000 for 73-year-old Aurora woman accused of attempted murder via arsonOct 04, 2022 1:00 am - Bail was set at $250,000 Tuesday for Joanne J. Burgess, an Aurora woman charged with attempted murder and aggravated arson. Burgess, 73, is accused of setting her house...