Today in History
Today is Friday, Aug. 28, the 241st day of 2020. There are 125 days left in the year.
Today is Friday, Aug. 28, the 241st day of 2020. There are 125 days left in the year.
A coroner has identified a father and son as two of the three men who died after becoming trapped in a manhole while working on a sewer project.
A woman who admitted being drunk when she drove off an unfinished bridge onto a highway, seriously injuring a man, has been sentenced to six years in prison.
Chicago’s school board decided to keep a police presence in some of its schools despite the demands of protesters who say school resource officers create an unsafe learning atmosphere.
An Illinois man is dead after being attacked by his stepson’s pet dogs, authorities said Wednesday.
Notre Dame has added security personnel at its COVID-19 quarantine and isolation sites after students were observed leaving the off-campus apartments and hotels in violation of safety protocols, officials said.
A group of elementary school teachers who were struck and injured last year by plastic pellets during an active shooter training drill are suing police, accusing them of using excessive force during what the lawsuit calls the “Execution Style Drill.”
Chicago and three other cities sued the federal government Wednesday to stop the proliferation of what are advertised as easy-to-assemble guns that require no serial numbers or background checks.
A group of current and former employees of the Illinois Department of Transportation are accusing the agency of a history of systemic racism.
A man has been charged with killing his wife, whose severed head was found buried in his cellar, authorities said.