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Legionnaires' kills 2 Illinois veterans' home residents
Two residents of an Illinois veterans' home have died of Legionnaires' Disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday.FBI: Bank robber hits second Oak Park bank
A disguised bank robber has hit a second Oak Park bank in less than a month, according to the FBI.Murder of Emmett Till memorialized 60 years later
The Chicago pastor vividly remembers the night 60 years ago when two white men came for his cousin Emmett Till.Illinois fires football coach Tim Beckman over mishandling of injuries
Tim Beckman beamed earlier this week as he stood outside of Memorial Stadium in Champaign, enthusiastically discussing his preparation for the 2015 season as Illinois' head football coach.
Carbon monoxide poisoning cited in 2 suburban hazmat deaths
Police said Friday that they suspect carbon monoxide poisoning was responsible for killing a father and son in their townhouse near Des Plaines and for causing a third family member to become critically ill.Secret recording divulged by defense in shooting of Chicago cop
Attorneys for a man charged with shooting a Chicago police officer in 2012 dropped another potential bombshell Friday: the existence of a recording that could contradict the sworn testimony of a Cook County prosecutor.Hobart officers recount incident with embattled cop
Two Hobart police officers testified Friday that they saw fellow Officer Kirk Homoky give a man Homoky's own $20 bill after the man said a bill for that amount was missing from his car during a traffic stop, but neither officer said they saw Homoky take the missing money.Robbins community mourns family torn apart by drag-racing crash
Just two weekends ago, Cherise Davis-Jones and her husband, Less Jones, brought their children to a church back-to-school celebration, where the family enjoyed hot dogs, horseback rides and turns in a bouncy house in Robbins, the community where the couple grew up themselves.
Local girls caught in 'sextortion' case in Florida
Teen girls from Elgin and the Dundee area were reportedly victimized by a Lakeland, Fla., man who persuaded the girls to send nude photos to him, then blackmailed the girls into sending more, officials said.Coroner: DNA confirms brothers died in Ingleside crash
The identity of the third man killed in a fiery crash early Wednesday in Ingleside was released by authorities Friday afternoon after DNA testing confirmed the man was the brother of one of the other victims.
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