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Crime
7 months ago
UPDATE: Man dead after being shot prior to car crash

Body of Leslie Broomfield, 19, was found in a crashed car Friday night.

Crime
7 months ago
Springfield man arrested on child porn charges

A 351-year prison term is possible.

Andrea Melendez cuts a piece of cake for a customer at Pink Flores Bakery and Cafe, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
IL State News
7 months ago
Aftermath of Chicago’s intense immigration crackdown leaves lawsuits, investigations and anxiety

Authorities are investigating agents’ actions, including a fatal shooting.

FILE - Morgan Geyser appears in a Waukesha County courtroom Jan. 9, 2025, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
Crime
7 months ago
Wisconsin woman in 2014 Slender Man stabbing is found a day after walking away from group home

The department issued an update late Sunday that Geyser was taken into custody in Illinois.

Adam Corbin
Crime
7 months ago
Police: Man arrested for death of woman found in shed’s waste container

The relationship between Adam Corbin and Nancy Corbin isn’t clear.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Feb. 12 after a jury convicted him on 10 corruption counts, including bribery. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Crime
7 months ago
9 months after federal bribery conviction, former Speaker Madigan disbarred

Longtime Illinois Democratic power broker now in a West Virginia prison.

Rafael Hernandez, originally from Mexico, sells food from his family's food truck, Nov. 6, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
IL State News
7 months ago
A Chicago street vendor couple has a defiant response to immigration arrests: Stick to the routine

The couple says working not only pays the bills but helps avoid depression, making them stand out from others gripped by fear in Chicago’s immigrant communities.

This still image taken from Chicago Transit Authority surveillance footage and included in a federal court record shows a man who federal authorities identified as Lawrence Reed holding a flaming bottle and approaching a passenger, far left, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, on a Chicago Blue Line train. (Chicago Transit Authority/U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois via AP) Screenshot
Crime
7 months ago
Federal judge orders man held on federal terrorism charge in Chicago train attack

The attack Monday night on Chicago’s Blue Line L train has drawn national attention, primarily because the victim appeared to be targeted at random.

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