Chicago Journal
Drug overdoses now surpass deaths from car crashes, guns, and even flu and pneumonia. The total is close to that for diabetes, the nation's No. 7 cause of death.
Chicago Journal
The incidents bring the total number of expressway shootings thus far this year in the Chicago area to 213 — more than double the 101 expressway shootings that the state police investigated during the same period in 2020.
Chicago Journal
Neither mall security nor Louis Vuitton store employees were able to provide an estimate of the dollar amount of the merchandise that was stolen, as a full inventory count had yet to be completed.
Chicago Journal
A suspicious red Mazda SUV carrying a trio of offenders robbed two young women and a man in a pair of separate armed incidents Wednesday night, with an unconfirmed third incident also possibly involving the red Mazda SUV.
Chicago Journal
Just as the title says, here are the 2021 Illinois high school football All-State players.
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Kane and DeBrincat scored, Seth Jones also scored to extend his points streak to seven games, and Jake McCabe added an empty-netter for the Blackhawks to seal the win. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 31 shots, including 16 in the second period.
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The Bulls had won 4 of 5 and lead 63-48 at the half, but Portland rallied in the 3rd and the teams battled in the final minutes.
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An investigation found that 3 hours after the ILETSB accepted a donation from Howard Buffett in 2019 for a canine training program, Fischer issued a waiver to allow Buffett to serve as a part-time undersheriff and a certificate to become a part-time law enforcement officer.
Illinois Business
The new contract covers 12 plants in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas where the Moline, Illinois-based company’s iconic John Deere green agricultural and construction equipment is made.
Crime
Authorities said that shortly after the attempted robbery of the armored truck on Monday that left 47-year-old security guard Lashonda Hearts dead and her partner in critical condition, the two men robbed a cell phone store, and killed their accomplices.
Crime
The boy and two other juveniles were arrested shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday after a shooting in nearby Waukegan, police said. No injuries were reported in that shooting.
Chicago Journal
He was identified as the offender who, around 5:45 p.m. Sunday evening, stabbed a 44-year-old CTA employee on the train platform in the 300 block of S. Dearborn.