Judge reassigned after placing child in court’s adult lockup
CHICAGO (AP) – Cook County Circuit Court spokesman Pat Milhizer says a judge seen placing a child in a court lock-up that is reserved for adults is no longer presiding over cases.
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Chicago schools drop Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples Day
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago’s public schools will no longer observe Columbus Day, replacing that October school holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day.
5 Chicago cops injured in traffic crash
CHICAGO (AP) – Five Chicago police officers have been taken to a hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries after two vehicles they were riding in crashed into each other.
Program will send veterans on Illinois’ first all-women trip
<CHICAGO (AP) – A program that honors women veterans and their service wants to send those in Illinois to Washington, D.C., where they will tour war monuments for a day and be celebrated for their service upon
House OKs partial red-light camera ban, part of fed probe
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois House approved a ban Wednesday on some Chicago suburbs’ red-light enforcement cameras, an unpopular program with motorists which is now part of a federal bribery investigation.