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Crime
7 months ago
Crime of the Week: Help needed identifying suspect in recent string of thefts

Woman allegedly used credit cards that weren’t hers.

Illinois Department of Corrections Director Latoya Hughes listens during a public hearing Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, on a proposed administrative rule allowing the agency to scan inmates’ incoming mail to reduce the flow of drugs and other contraband entering state prisons. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
IL State News
7 months ago
Inmate families, advocates speak against mail scanning program

IDOC says program is intended to reduce drugs, contraband from entering prisons.

Maria Guzman, left, and Sergio Rocha, parents of young children, comfort each other outside of Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center after federal immigration agents took a daycare teacher Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
IL State News
7 months ago
Chicago day care worker detained by immigration agents at drop-off time for children

It was unusual even under “Operation Midway Blitz,” which has resulted in more than 3,000 immigration arrests in the Chicago area since early September. 

Law enforcement officers line up as protesters gather outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
IL State News
7 months ago
Judge orders improvements at a Chicago-area immigration facility after claims of inhumane conditions

“People shouldn’t be sleeping next to overflowing toilets,” U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman said. “They should not be sleeping on top of each other.”

State Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford, speaks on the House floor on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
IL State News
7 months ago
Illinois lawmakers approve state-specific vaccine guidelines, punt on gambling bill

Two dozen bills passed during the recently ended fall veto session.

The house on right, behind the excavator, was hit by the excavator Tuesday evening.
Local
7 months ago
UPDATE: Police investigating after person uses excavator to knock down half a house in Petersburg

An excavator parked at the home was used to tear down half the home.

FILE - Workers collect debris on March 12, 2019 at the scene where an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 on board, near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)
Business
7 months ago
Jury is picked in Boeing’s first civil trial over payouts to families of Ethiopia crash victims

Boeing is now headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, but it was based in Chicago when the first lawsuits were filed in 2019.

Horace Mann sign at Springfield, IL headquarters
Business
7 months ago
Horace Mann reports earnings

The provider of auto and homeowners’ insurance for teachers and other educators posted revenue of $438.5 million in the period.

Law enforcement standoff with protesters outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
IL State News
7 months ago
Excessive force allegations will be the focus of a Chicago court hearing

The preliminary injunction hearing stems from a lawsuit filed by news outlets and protesters who say agents have used too much force, including tear gas, during demonstrations.

Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions in his Capitol office on Thursday, Oct. 30. (CNI photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
7 months ago
Illinois bill ‘decouples’ state, federal taxes, raising revenue and angering businesses

State level changes are in response to revenue-reducing federal tax policies