Law
Illinois Supreme Court halts elimination of cash bail
The high court said in Saturday's order that the stay was needed to “maintain consistent pretrial procedures throughout Illinois” as the court prepares to hear arguments on the matter.
Chicago News
Crime
1 dead, 1 wounded in New Year's Day hookah lounge shootout
A shootout in a hookah lounge in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood early New Year's Day left one man dead and another wounded, authorities said. The shootout marks the city's first homicide of the 2023 year.
Crime
Man fatally stabbed in domestic dispute in West Pullman
The 64-year-old's stabbing death marks the final homicide of 2022. Unofficial results from HeyJackass.com are 734 homicides for the year, but that number is subject to change.
Crime
55-year-old man stabbed to death in West Chatham
Police were called to the 300 block of W. 87th Street in the West Chatham neighborhood on the city's south side in response to witness calls of a brutal stabbing.
Law
SAFE-T Act among 200 Illinois laws to debut in 2023
The SAFE-T Act isn't the only new law starting tomorrow in Illinois, there's a lot of new laws (surprise, surprise) ...
Crime
Police seek public's help identifying hit-and-run driver that killed man pushing another in a wheelchair
Additional details that were not reported in our original story, the 63-year-old man who died was dragged beneath the SUV for six city blocks before he was dislodged from underneath.
Illinois Politics
Prosecutors file emergency motion to suspend SAFE-T Act statewide until ILSC can rule on pretrial release
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser filed an emergency motion to the Illinois Supreme Court on Friday asking for a statewide suspension of the enforcement of the controversial SAFE-T Act legislation set to go into effect on Sunday.
Education
South Dakota extends in-state tuition to Illinois students
South Dakota’s six public universities plan to offer in-state tuition rates to students from Illinois by next fall.
Illinois Politics
Critics expect chaos under Illinois bail ban despite ruling
House Republicans on Thursday urged Democrats who approved the plan nearly two years ago to halt and fix the so-called Pretrial Fairness Act that's part of an expansive criminal justice overhaul, after Kankakee County Judge Thomas Cunnington overturned the law.
Crime
Hit-and-run driver kills man pushing another in a wheelchair
A 56-year-old man in a wheelchair and an as-yet-unidentified man who was pushing him were struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run late Thursday. The man pushing the man in the wheelchair was killed.
Crime
Theft costs Chicago church thousands of dollars in donations
Chicago police said a window was pried open late Monday or early Tuesday at Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. The intruder used a crowbar to break through several doors before reaching the parish safe and a donation bin in the church in the city's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Illinois Politics
Kankakee County Judge rules portions of Illinois SAFE-T Act unconstitutional
Illinois' controversial SAFE-T Act was scheduled to go into effect statewide on January 1, 2023, but now will be suspended in the 65 Illinois counties who participated in the consolidated lawsuit against Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration and the other legislative leaders named in the suit.