Police did not want to reveal all of the training and scenarios that officers are preparing to deal with during the DNC, but the exercises come after questions were raised about how ready the department will be to constitutionally engage with protesters.
STEGER, Ill. (WLS) – A longtime teacher and coach at Bloom Trail High School in Steger is being accused of grooming and sexually assaulting a student in the early 2000s....
CHICAGO – An Illinois judge who sparked outrage by reversing a man’s rape conviction involving a 16-year-old girl has been removed from the bench after a judicial oversight body found he circumvented the law and engaged in misconduct....
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The Civil Engineering Society gave the country’s drinking water infrastructure a C- rating in 2021...
Harvey apartments were boarded up amid concerns over unfit living conditions and ongoing crime. Some residents say they were home when the work began, and are now fighting for a place to stay.
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WLS) – Eight migrant buses were in route to Chicago Sunday morning after a plane from Texas carrying over 300 asylum seekers landed in Rockford overnight....
SAN FRANCISCO – Bill Granger, the Australian chef, food writer and restaurant owner who brought Aussie-style food to international capitals from London to Seoul, has died. He was 54....
Respiratory virus season is well underway in the United States, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that the peak is still to come. Low vaccination rates leave many people at risk for severe disease and health care systems vulnerable to increased strain....
CHICAGO – A former Chicago police sergeant on Monday pleaded guilty to a federal charge alleging he kidnapped and sexually abused someone in a squad car on the West Side in 2019....
Building belonged to Israelite School of Universal and Practical Knowledge, classified as anti-Israel extremist group by ADL...
CHICAGO (WLS) – A retired priest with the Archdiocese of Chicago is under investigation for alleged child sexual abuse....
As the questioning of witnesses continued this morning at former President Donald Trump trial in New York where he is accused of “numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation” to inflate Trump’s net worth while lowering his tax burden, Judge Arthur Engoron issued an order outlining the next steps to dissolve Trump’s...
The driver of a a shuttle bus that crashed at O’Hare Airport Friday morning has died, the Cook County coroner confirmed....
It’s been just over a month since an Applebee’s employee captured Jermella English being forcibly detained and violently beaten by Kenosha police while holding his 1-year-old baby, Taquarius, in his arms.
CHICAGO (WLS) – More felony charges have been filed against a Chicago police officer for child pornography and sexually abusing a minor....
