Crime
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State Sen. Emil Jones III hit with federal bribery charges tied to red-light camera investigation
Sep 20, 2022 1:00 am - State Sen. Emil Jones III has been hit with federal bribery charges as part of a yearslong investigation involving the politically connected red-light camera company Saf...
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Sheriff's office: Spring Grove woman charged with felonies after shoving deputySep 20, 2022 1:00 am - A 40-year-old Spring Grove woman was arrested after she twice shoved a Lake County sheriff's deputy last week, authorities said. Jennifer L. Beese is charged with one fe...
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Crespo, Brouillette debate elimination of cash bail, other potential impacts of Safe-T ActSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - Illinois' multifaceted law enforcement reform bill, which includes the elimination of cash bail as of Jan. 1, is a dividing issue for Democratic state Rep. Fred Crespo o...
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Sheriff's office says employees at 6 businesses sold alcohol to minorsSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - Six employees at Lake County businesses have been accused of selling alcohol to minors. The Lake County sheriff's office said Monohar T. Grandham, 60, Justin Defnil, 52,...
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Rockford woman charged in I-90 crash that killed 6-year-old, injured six other childrenSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - Authorities say a Rockford woman was driving impaired on a suburban expressway in June when she lost control of an SUV carrying her seven children, one of whom - a 6-yea...
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Cook County deputy and boyfriend indicted
Sep 20, 2022 1:00 am - A Cook County sheriff's deputy and her boyfriend have been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug charges, officials announced Thursday. Bridgett Massey, 35, and Sean ...
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Trump legal team balks at judge's declassification questions
Sep 20, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's legal team has told a newly appointed independent arbiter that it does not want to answer his questions about the declassification status of ...
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Uvalde children grapple with trauma after school massacre
Sep 19, 2022 7:00 am - UVALDE, Texas (AP) - One girl runs and hides when she sees thin people with long hair similar to the gunman who stormed into her Uvalde school and killed 21 people. One ...
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US court awards $73 million for Venezuelan opponent's death
Sep 19, 2022 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge in Miami has awarded $73 million in damages to the family of a prominent opponent of Venezuela's socialist government who died while in cust...
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'~Serial' case: Adnan Syed released, conviction tossed
Sep 19, 2022 7:00 am - BALTIMORE (AP) - A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee...