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Illinois seeks new private firm to run troubled lottery

June 11, 2018 at 9:21 p.m.

After a widely criticized first attempt at privatization, the Illinois Lottery has formally begun the process to try it again. Gov. Bruce Rauner announced Thursday that the state was opening...

Heavily redacted police report offers few details on lawmaker’s resignation

May 15, 2019 at 3:48 p.m.

Downers Grove police on Tuesday released a heavily redacted police report that sheds little light on the investigation prompted by a suburban Republican lawmaker who said he quit in part...

Head of Illinois Lottery resigning due to medical reasons, state says

May 22, 2019 at 9:59 p.m.

The head of the Illinois Lottery is resigning for medical reasons, according to a memo from the governor's office. Gov. Bruce Rauner named B.R. Lane acting director in March 2015...

Wayne police attribute the disparity in speeding tickets written to nonresidents vs. residents in part to residents' familiarity with low speed limits there.

Suburban speed traps? See where out-of-towners are most likely to get ticketed

June 10, 2018 at 11:37 a.m.

When out-of-town drivers think of the small western Chicago suburb of Wayne, police Chief Dan Callahan admits the term "speed trap" may come to mind. The speed limit slows to...

The crime scene where a 44-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest near 51st Street and Calumet Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood late on May 30, 2016.

Memorial Day weekend closes with 69 shot in Chicago, many of them on West Side

May 22, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

Just after midnight, in one of the last shootings of the Memorial Day weekend, two people pulled out guns and started firing in East Garfield Park. The first call to...

Man appeals for help in death of girlfriend on Lake Shore Drive: ‘This world’s got to stop killing’

May 22, 2019 at 9:56 p.m.

Eugene Jackson says he and his girlfriend were enjoying a late night stroll along Lake Shore Drive, just like they've done "thousands of times," when they faced a deadly choice.A...

Memorial Day weekend shootings add to a violent May in Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 9:56 p.m.

Four people were killed and at least 53 more wounded in shootings over Memorial Day weekend as Chicago neared the end of a particularly deadly month. The latest homicides, which...

Family seeks answers in woman’s death on Lake Shore Drive

May 22, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

The family of a woman who was killed running across Lake Shore Drive early Sunday is pleading for witnesses to come forward to help explain why she was running. Pamela...

Police promise more patrols as West Side bears brunt of Memorial Day gun violence

May 22, 2019 at 9:55 p.m.

A string of nearly two dozen shootings on the West Side has pushed the number of people shot during the Memorial Day weekend to at least 40, with two more...

Civilian administrator accidentally shoots himself at Harvey police station

May 22, 2019 at 9:54 p.m.

A top civilian administrator with the Harvey Police Department accidentally shot himself in the foot at the police station Thursday in an incident that sent him to the hospital. Harvey...

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