Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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State Supreme Court halts abolition of cash bailDec 31, 2022 12:00 am - The Illinois Supreme Court halted the abolition of the cash bail system in the state on Saturday, just a day before that landmark criminal justice reform was poised to t...
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Lincoln Park Zoo giraffe dies at 24Dec 30, 2022 12:00 am - For the full story, visit chicago.suntimes.com. ...
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Kankakee judge: SAFE-T Act's ending of cash bail is unconstitutionalDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - A Kankakee County judge has ruled that the portion of the state's controversial SAFE-T Act ending cash bail is unconstitutional. The judge's ruling late Wednesday comes ...
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Frustration and baggage mount at Midway in post-Christmas Southwest Airlines chaosDec 26, 2022 12:00 am - Frustrated families spent hours in check-in lines and searching through a sea of baggage Monday at Chicago's Midway International Airport in a post-Christmas travel mess...
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Cook County sheriff's squad car hits person after crash on I-94Dec 25, 2022 12:00 am - A Cook County sheriff's squad car driven by a deputy trying to control traffic after a crash early Sunday morning on I-94 struck a driver who was out of his vehicle. St...
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Jury awards $2.6 million to workers fired by Lake County circuit clerkDec 06, 2022 12:00 am - A jury awarded more than $2.6 million to three former Lake County employees who claimed they were fired by Circuit Court Clerk Erin Cartwright Weinstein because they sup...
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Legislation would create safe spaces for using opioidsDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - A proposal in Springfield would allow state-licensed drug injection sites to open across Illinois in an effort to reduce fatal overdoses amid a nationwide opioid crisis ...
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Suburban woman sentenced to 18 months probation for Jan. 6 riot at CapitolNov 30, 2022 12:00 am - A federal judge sentenced another suburban resident Wednesday to 18 months of probation and 100 hours of community service for entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. ...
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Tim Degnan, former state senator and Daley adviser, dies at 82Nov 28, 2022 12:00 am - Tim Degnan, a former state senator and longtime top adviser to former Mayor Richard M. Daley, died last week at his home in Oak Brook. He was 82. In a 1995 Sun-Times pro...
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Indicted Chicago Alderman Edward Burke won't run againNov 28, 2022 12:00 am - An extraordinary era in Chicago politics ended quietly on Monday - and not in the way the city council dean once predicted. Indicted Alderman Edward Burke chose not to s...