Illinois

An Indiana teen died in 1866. How did her skull end up in an Illinois house's walls?

11:30am October 25, 2024

DNA tests identified a skull found during home renovations in 1978 as that of an Indiana teen who died after childbirth in 1866. Authorities say Esther Granger was likely the victim of grave robbing.

National

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has a lot riding on the Democratic National Convention

5:41pm August 20, 2024

A billionaire who backs progressive policies, Pritzker remarks tonight could enhance his national recognition and sharpen his critiques of Trump

National

Giant sinkhole swallows the center of a soccer field built on top of a limestone mine

4:19am June 28, 2024

by The Associated Press

A giant sinkhole swallowed the center of a soccer complex that was built over an operating limestone mine in southern Illinois, leaving a gaping chasm where kids often play. No injuries were reported.

Jeffery Christian, right, speaks at a press conference in Chicago, on May 7. Christian and dozens of others claim they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers, as part of a lawsuit recounting decades of allegations of systemic child abuse.

National

Youth detention facilities face increased scrutiny amid a wave of abuse lawsuits

5:05pm May 17, 2024

by Meg Anderson

A new lawsuit alleges widespread sexual abuse of juveniles took place over decades at Illinois youth detention facilities. Similar lawsuits have been filed this year in other states.

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Chantal Panozzo and her husband, who live in the Chicago suburbs, expected their first routine colonoscopies would be free — fully covered by insurance as preventive care under federal law.

Health & Safety

The colonoscopies were free but the 'surgical trays' came with $600 price tags

6:59am January 25, 2024

Health providers may bill however they choose, including in ways that could leave patients with unexpected bills for "free" care. Preventive care left an Illinois couple with "surgical tray" charges.

National

Supreme Court leaves Illinois semiautomatic gun ban in place

2:07pm December 14, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Two lower courts have upheld the law, and Thursday's Supreme Court action marked the second time in six months that the justices have declined to intervene.

In this photo provided by Laura Nirider, Brian Beals, center, who was exonerated on a murder charge and released from a downstate prison after 35 years behind bars, hugs his sister Pattilyn Beals, left, and niece Tamiko Beals outside Robinson Correctional Institution, in Robinson, Ill., on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.

National

Judge vacates murder conviction of Chicago man wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years

2:54am December 13, 2023

by The Associated Press

Brian Beals was convicted in the 1988 murder of a 6-year-old. At the time, Beals, a 22-year-old student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, was home in Chicago during Thanksgiving break.

Robert E. Crimo Jr., left, listens Friday to his attorney George Gomez while he speaks to Judge George D. Strickland during an appearance at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan, Ill.

National

The father of a mass shooting suspect stands trial for helping him get a gun license

11:11am November 06, 2023

by The Associated Press

Robert Crimo Jr. is charged with seven counts of reckless conduct — one for each person his son, Robert Crimo III, is accused of killing in Highland Park, Ill., on Independence Day last year.

Emergency responders work the scene of semitruck crash in Teutopolis, Ill., on Saturday. Federal regulators confirmed they are reviewing the crash of a semitruck carrying a toxic substance in central Illinois, resulting in "multiple fatalities" and dangerous air conditions that prompted the evacuation of area residents.

National

A truck crash in Illinois kills 5, injures 5 and forces evacuation over ammonia leak

9:02pm September 30, 2023

by The Associated Press

The crash caused a large plume of anhydrous ammonia that caused dangerous air conditions in the northeast area of Teutopolis.

A former volleyball player has filed a lawsuit alleging hazing took place within Northwestern University's women's volleyball team. The Weber Arch at Northwestern University is pictured in 2020, in Evanston, Ill.

A former Northwestern volleyball player is suing the university over alleged hazing

8:11pm July 24, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The former volleyball player is the first female athlete from the university to sue over recent hazing. It's the latest lawsuit over alleged hazing in the school's athletic programs.