The city of Waukegan has released dashcam and bodycam videos of the deadly encounter between a police officer and a young Black couple. But there is no footage taken from the officer at the time he shot and killed Marcellis Stinnette and seriously injured Tafara Williams.
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Republicans, Democrats in 2 closely watched state House races debate indoor dining ban
Republican incumbents in two hotly contested Northwest suburban state House district races are decrying Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s recent ban on indoor dining, while their Democratic opponents largely defend the effort as a way to control a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Read MoreThis weekend, just before the election, is nuts. How do we cope?
This week is a kind of Hell Week, figuratively and literally.
Read MoreConstable: Warm memories, dark mysteries fuel Hawthorn Woods, the novel
Growing up in Hawthorn Woods provided great memories of open spaces and lots of fun, says author Patrick Canning. But his newest novel, “Hawthorn Woods,” envisions lots of dark secrets in the bucolic suburb.
Read MoreAfter long wait, Itasca reconvenes Haymarket Center hearings, and opponents quickly rally
A long-delayed public hearing Wednesday night renewed a dispute over plans to turn a former Itasca hotel into a 240-bed treatment center for people with substance-use disorders.
Read MoreThis single issue could decide how Western Pennsylvania votes
In Western Pennsylvania, it’s not hard to see why the fracking industry is central to the local economy. In parts of Washington County, just 30 miles west of Pittsburgh, the rolling hills are dotted with quaint, rustic farmhouses — and fracking rigs.
Read MoreNew limits in Lake, McHenry start Saturday amid 6,110 new state COVID-19 cases, 51 deaths
New cases of COVID-19 totaled 6,110 Wednesday as Lake and McHenry counties now join the rest of the suburbs and Chicago in facing virus-related restrictions that include a temporary ban on indoor dining.
Read MoreA Long Island country club was fined $17,000 for hosting a wedding where 30 guests contracted Covid-19
Officials in one New York county have fined a Long Island country club $17,000 for hosting a wedding in which a third of guests later tested positive for Covid-19.
Read MoreIHSA says basketball season will go on as expected
Defying an order issued Tuesday by Gov J.B. Pritzker that the basketball season be put on hold due to growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the Illinois High School Association’s board of directors Wednesday said the season will go on as scheduled.
Read MoreLibertyville mayor: We won't enforce state ban on indoor dining
Libertyville Mayor Terry Weppler said the village won’t take action against restaurants that remain open in defiance of a pending state ban on indoor dining.
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