Politics
Illinois Republicans on Tuesday will choose a nominee to take on Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire who has spent millions trying to get the rival he wants and increase his already sizable advantage in the state this fall.
Crime
Charles McKnight Jr., 27, was arraigned Sunday on charges of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder and ordered held on $5 million bond. It wasn't clear Monday whether McKnight has an attorney and jail records didn't list one for him.
Crime
According to police, Charles C. McKnight Jr. had been working for WeatherTech in Bolingbrook for about two weeks when he was confronted by other employees after he robbed two of them at gunpoint. He fired on the employees who confronted him.
Crime
The suspected shooter fled the WeatherTech building, but was found and taken into custody, police said. The victims were taken to hospitals where one later died, police said. Another was in critical condition and the third was treated and released.
Chicagoland News
Thomas Cullerton, a Democrat from the Chicago suburb of Villa Park, was sentenced on a federal embezzlement charge for fraudulently receiving salary and benefits from the Teamsters union.
Crime
A suburban Chicago man charged in the drowning deaths of his three young children left a note for his estranged wife saying, “If I can’t have them neither can you,” prosecutors said Wednesday.
Crime
The Naperville Police Department released bodycam and dashcam footage yesterday of an officer involved shooting earlier this month in which an officer fatally shot a man who came at the officer with a hatchet during an unrelated traffic stop.
Crime
The bodies of Bryant Karels, 5, Cassidy Karels, 3, and Gideon Karels, 2, were found by their mother in a north suburban Round Lake Beach residence. Their father, Jason E. Karels, 35, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder.
Weather
In Chicago, the May deaths of three women when temperatures climbed into the 90s served as a fresh reminder of the dangers of such heat — particularly for people who live alone or are dealing with certain health issues.
Crime
Authorities said the person arrested is being called a person of interest in the case and was taken into custody following a police chase that ended on Interstate 80 in Joliet.
Chicagoland News
A U.S. District Judge dismissed a charge of wire fraud on Friday against Debra Fazio as part of an alleged $700,000 kickback scheme with the highway commissioner of Bloomingdale Township, near Chicago.
Chicago News
Rumors swirled about the incident all last week but was confirmed after multiple outlets obtained the police report via Freedom of Information Act requests to south suburban Flossmoor Police.