7 February 2012, 5:05 am
Tiawanda Moore didn't think she was doing anything wrong when she took out her smartphone and started recording a conversation with two Chicago police officers she says were trying to stop her from filing ...... Read More »
6 February 2012, 9:04 pm
The right to carry a concealed weapon in Illinois suffered a gut-shot on Friday.... Read More »
6 February 2012, 2:33 pm
Tiawanda Moore didn't think she was doing anything wrong. When two Chicago police officers tried to stop her from filing a sexual harassment complaint against one of their colleagues in 2010, she wanted to record her conversation with them on her smartphone.... Read More »
6 February 2012, 10:41 am
Four men are dead after a wrong-way driver crashed with another vehicle on Interstate 80 early Monday near Hazel Crest, Illinois State Police said. Alcohol is suspected to have been a factor in the crash, which resulted in both vehicles being engulfed in flames, police said.Jason Wepsiec, of Sauk Vi... Read More »
6 February 2012, 9:02 am
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Four Chicago-area men were killed Monday in a fiery crash when a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80 smashed into another car. Alcohol is believed to have played a part in the early morning collision near the Chicago suburb of Hazel Crest, according to Illinois State Police spokesw... Read More »
6 February 2012, 6:36 am
One person was killed and two others were injured in an early Sunday crash on Interstate 57 on Chicago’s Southwest Side, authorities said.The three-vehicle wreck happened about 3:20 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate 57 at West 111th Street, Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Timothy Tippet... Read More »
6 February 2012, 4:54 am
Four men are dead after a wrong-way driver crashed with another vehicle on Interstate-80 early Monday near south suburban Hazel Crest. Alcohol is suspected to have been a factor.Illinois State Police Tollway District troopers were notified of a wrong-way driver at 2:18 a.m., according to according t... Read More »
3 February 2012, 10:43 am
CHICAGO — An Illinois Supreme Court ruling that gave one inmate new hope for freedom Thursday also could revive appeals by more than a dozen others who claim they confessed to crimes under torture by Chicago police officers, defense attorneys said.... Read More »
2 February 2012, 11:12 am
The Associated Press The Associated Press CHICAGO The special prosecutors in an Illinois police torture case say they're reviewing their options after a state Supreme Court decision that didn't go their way. And they say one of their options is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case.... Read More »
2 February 2012, 12:25 am
An inmate who says Chicago police officers tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape could learn Thursday whether the Illinois Supreme Court will allow him to present evidence of coercion th...... Read More »