In Search Of Answers From IDES To About Unemployment Fraud

"It's been made clear to me that the agency is working overtime to stand up new programs and find new ways to reach those that rely on the agency services at this critical time."

• Sep 17, 2020

Driver Arrested After Police Say He Plowed Through Barricade, Slammed Into Officer In Hanson Park Neighborhood

A Chicago Police officer was hit by a car Thursday in the Hanson Park neighborhood, just steps from the Grand Central (25th) District police station.

• Sep 17, 2020

More Parents, Students Rally To Put Pressure On Gov. Pritzker To Resume In-Person School, Sports

Parents and students continue to put pressure on Gov. JB Pritzker to reopen schools and school sports.

• Sep 17, 2020

COPA Defends Itself After Report Saying It's Not Living Up To Police Use-Of-Force Incident Transparency Release Rules

• Sep 17, 2020

Another Former Girlfriend Says She Was Once Held Hostage By Martin Melvin Jr., Man Suspected Of Killing Girlfriend And Hauling Body Parts On Bus

Melvin Martin Jr. is suspected of murdering his girlfriend and hauling her body parts to the Chicago suburbs in a suitcase, and on Thursday, another former girlfriend said she was once held hostage by him.

• Sep 17, 2020

Small Plane Lands In Middle Of Local Street In Palatine

A small plane landed on a local street in Palatine Thursday evening.

• Sep 17, 2020

Chicago Mail Carriers Threaten To Stop Delivering In Some Neighborhoods Following Shooting

Chicago postal workers are threatening to stop delivering in some neighborhoods one week after a mail carrier was shot on her route. 

• Sep 17, 2020

State Senator Calls On Gov. JB Pritzker To Waive Penalty Weeks For Unemployment During COVID-19 Pandemic

Penalty weeks continue to financially cripple thousands of people in the state. Now one lawmaker is putting heat on the governor to change that. 

• Sep 17, 2020

Feds Set Ground Rules For Illinois House Panel Investigating Speaker Madigan's Ties To ComEd Bribery Case

U.S. Attorney John Lausch has given the go-ahead for the Illinois House committee investigating Speaker Michael Madigan to call witnesses and seek documents related to the ComEd bribery case, with some limits.

• Sep 17, 2020

2 Men Shot, Critically Wounded In Auburn Gresham

Two men were shot and critically wounded late Thursday in Auburn Gresham.

• Sep 17, 2020

Women Report Being Grabbed In Wicker Park

A Chicago woman who was attacked on the sidewalk now knows she was not the only one.

• Sep 17, 2020

North Suburban Parents Upset About New COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

The district said you can travel to a high risk spot and come home and learn remotely right away, but you need to stay remote through the trimester.

• Sep 17, 2020

A Loss Of History: Southport Lanes Bowling Alley Going Out Of Business After 98 Years Due To COVID-19

The Southport Lanes bowling alley and its predecessor, the Nook, survived the Great Depression, the Spanish Flu, and some of Chicago's worst weather – but not COVID-19.

• Sep 17, 2020

Shorewood Tortoise Reunited With Owners After 4 Mile Trek From Home

"There is just no way that he made it four or five miles in three hours," Egan said of Gamera the tortoise, who weighs around between 30 and 40 pounds. 

• Sep 17, 2020

Woman Dead After Hit By Metra Train In Evanston, Trains Moving Again With Extensive Delays

Metra Union Pacific-North Line trains are operating with extensive delays, after a 62-year-old woman was struck by a train Thursday afternoon.

• Sep 17, 2020

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