A suburban Chicago man who admitted throwing an explosive at police during a violent demonstration in June 2020 was sentenced Wednesday to one year in federal prison.
IOWA CITY — The state education budget lawmakers finalized early Wednesday includes a fraction of the $22.1 million increase Iowa’s public universities sought for the upcoming budget year.
DES MOINES — The differences among Iowa lawmakers was on display during this session of the Iowa Legislature — and not just differences between Republicans and Democrats.
In the wake of a Texas school shooting that has claimed at least 21 lives, Iowa’s U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is calling for expanding the Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center with a greater focus on school violence prevention.
Billy became a local celebrity following her escape from captivity Sept. 18, while she and her sister were being delivered to Milk & Honey Farmstead in Wauconda. The two bison were purchased for breeding purposes.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s curfew expansion for young people received final approval in City Council Wednesday, making permanent a controversial restriction on how late children can stay out in Chicago.
As has often happened following mass shootings in the past decade, Republicans sought to shift the conversation away from stricter gun laws and emphasize mental health and enhanced school security.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s curfew expansion for young people received final approval in City Council Wednesday, making permanent a controversial restriction on how late children can stay out in Chicago.
A suburban Chicago man who admitted throwing an explosive at police during a violent demonstration in June 2020 has been sentenced to one year in federal prison. Twenty-one-year-old Christian Rea of Aurora pleaded guilty last year to obstructing law enforcement when he threw a lit incendiary…
As has often happened following mass shootings in the past decade, Republicans sought to shift the conversation away from stricter gun laws and emphasize mental health and enhanced school security.
A former southern Indiana police chief has been arrested on charges alleging he took more than $35,000 from an evidence vault. Indiana State Police say former Vincennes Police Chief Dustin Luking was arrested Wednesday at a business in his nearby hometown of Lawrenceville, Illinois, and awai…
Nearly 100 residents attended the Evanston/Skokie District 65 School Board meeting Monday night to speak out against racism after three nooses were found in a tree between Haven Middle School and Kingsley Elementary School this month.
Iowa lawmakers ended their legislative session, about five weeks behind schedule because of a dispute over education spending. The Senate and House adjourned early Wednesday without reaching agreement on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to divert $55 million from public schools toward taxpayer-fu…
With Chicago office vacancy rates at an all-time high and companies tentatively beginning to herd employees back into communal settings, co-working spaces — hard hit during the pandemic — are making a comeback.
The six Republican candidates for Illinois governor faced off Tuesday night in Chicago, albeit on two separate debate stages, hours after a shooting at a Texas elementary school that dominated a large portion of the debates.
Mark Batinick, who has served in the General Assembly since 2015, is retiring at the end of his term.
A Chicago fire official say a young girl died Wednesday morning after firefighters responding to a fire at an apartment building found her in a bedroom. Larry Langford, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department, says firefighters who responded to calls about a heavy fire and someone possib…
For a second consecutive year, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal for taxpayer-funded private school tuition assistance stalled, as did Republican proposals to pass so-called school transparency legislation.
Gun violence and Chicago crime became the dominant issues Tuesday in dueling televised debates among the six men seeking Illinois’ Republican governor nomination.
At Idyllwild Academy, 16-year-old bassoonist Preston Atkins is getting ready to take a residency at Purchase College in New York, followed by a live show in Carnegie Hall. After that, it’s a tour of Europe.
Nostalgia will mingle with exhaust fumes as muscle cars, hot rods, coupes, convertibles, roadsters and other vehicles cruise the loop in downtown Waterloo.
DES MOINES — Iowa’s judicial branch was center stage Tuesday as state lawmakers continued their push to adjournment for the 2022 legislative session.
Authorities say one person has died and seven others also have been injured in a pileup crash involving at least seven vehicles on the Tri-State Tollway around Chicago. Illinois State Police say the crash that occurred about 6 a.m. Tuesday near northwest suburban Glenview shut down all south…
DES MOINES — Workers ages 16 and 17 will be allowed to operate pizza dough rollers under legislation signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Deer hunters will be able to use semi-automatic rifles during a newly created antlerless season in January under a bill approved by lawmakers and sent to the governor. The measure given final approval Tuesday by the House is designed to help control the deer population and respond to complai…