Opioid Crisis Puts County Coroner Over Budget
His office has performed a record number of autopsies this year. Some days he's had so many bodies he had to send some to DuPage County for storage.
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His office has performed a record number of autopsies this year. Some days he's had so many bodies he had to send some to DuPage County for storage.
"I'm saying she's trying to capitalize off this, man. I'm saying she's wrong. She's only doing this because she's in hot water with that (Ald. Ed) Burke situation. That's the only reason she's doing that."
Omar Cano, 41, has been charged after, police say, almost 50 kilograms of suspected marijuana was discovered in his possession.
An 18-year-old student at Portage High School was shot and killed Wednesday night in Griffith, Indiana.
Donut Fest is returning to Chicago later this month for the sixth year.
One to three inches of snow is coming to the Chicago area late Friday night, likely after midnight, and will last through most of the day on Saturday. It should taper off Saturday evening.
A woman with autism who was reported missing Wednesday night has died, after she was found five hours later in a creek in southwest suburban Bristol, authorities said.
Police are asking for the public's help finding a 69-year-old woman who has been missing since late November.
Chicago police are searching for Andre "Dre" Gatson, 28, who was last seen Jan. 6 on the South Side.
Former Illinois State Rep. Nick Sauer turned himself in to Lake County authorities on Thursday afternoon, a day after he was indicted on "revenge porn" charges.
A 31-year-old Plano man wearing a Bears jersey the night Chicago lost to Philadelphia was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, resisting arrest and aggravated assault of a police officer after an incident on Jan. 7.
According to the Poke Poké Facebook site, the restaurant apologized to John "Kyle"Johnson for what happened. It said after finishing an internal investigation, the company fired Matthew Fezzey.
Instead of returning to class at Walnut Elementary School in southwest suburban Shorewood with her third grade classmates this week, 8-year-old Avery Gladkowski was preparing for her third round of chemotherapy.
The lawsuit contends Jordan Hankins was "subjected to physical abuse including paddling, verbal abuse, mental abuse, financial exploitation, sleep deprivation, items being thrown and dumped on her, and other forms of hazing intended to humiliate and demean her."
The $50 million renovation project included architectural features that were inspired by Chicago artist Nick Cave.
