Officer accused of sexual assaults prior to becoming cop
CHICAGO (AP) – A police officer is free on bond after being accused of sexually assaulting a high school student and a woman prior to being hired by the Chicago Police Department.
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Rittenhouse has preliminary hearing on Wisconsin charges
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) – A 17-year-old Illinois man accused of killing two men during an August protest in Wisconsin faces a preliminary hearing in the case.
Illinois records single-day record of 238 coronavirus deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic in Illinois have topped 200 for the first time.
COVID-19 cases jump again, deaths top 100 on Monday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Coronavirus cases shot up again Tuesday to 12,542, the highest in 11 days, and there were 125 deaths, Illinois public health officials reported.
Homicides spike in Cook County, top 900 mark in 2020
CHICAGO (AP) – The county that includes Chicago has seen more than 900 homicides thus far this year compared to 675 in all of last year.