The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Burr Ridge, Illinois, businessman to nearly five years in federal prison for swindling $2.6 million from hospitals seeking coveted protective gear in the traumatic early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and blowing much of it on credit cards and luxury cars.

Waiting, while doing nothing, is a lost opportunity in the fight for cleaner air.

A judge set bond at $50,000 for the father of an Illinois man charged with killing seven people in a mass shooting at a July 4 parade near Chicago who faces charges himself for allegedly helping his son get a gun license

Eleven candidates are running for mayor of Chicago, Illinois, in the February 28, 2023, general election. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, a runoff election will take place on April 4, 2023. The filing deadline for this election was November 28, 2022.

Matthew Capsel was arrested just weeks after the Capitol riot for fighting with members of the National Guard. He later wrote on social media that “on the 6 good men had to do a bad thing.”

The mayor, who said she was asymptomatic, also came down with the virus in January.

Prosecutors say the father of an Illinois man charged with killing seven people in a mass shooting at a July 4 parade has been charged with seven felony counts of reckless conduct

His family sold their home in Channahon and might not stay in Illinois: “That’s something we’ll figure out.”

Christopher Weber’s parents initially thought their son’s deadly plunge off a highway bridge was a freak accident. Now, they say more should be done to prevent “snow-ramp” crashes.