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200 People Deliver Jars of Gummy Bears To Illinois State Capital To Fight Mass Incarceration

200 People Deliver Jars of Gummy Bears To Illinois State Capital To Fight Mass Incarceration

Over 200 people swarmed the Illinois State Capital on Tuesday to deliver jars of gummy bears to state representatives in symbolic protest against mass incarceration, USA Today reports. Their goal? To see an end to the controversial practice of cash bail, a practice often seen as needlessly regressive by critics and as a necessary detention […]

4y ago

Chicago Toddler Shot In The Head, Hospitalized After Parents Allegedly Fought Over Gun

Chicago Toddler Shot In The Head, Hospitalized After Parents Allegedly Fought Over Gun

A 1-year-old baby has been hospitalized in Chicago, Illinois, after he was shot in the head allegedly during an argument. According to ABC News, the toddler, whose name hasn’t been revealed, was in the same room as his parents when the quarreling couple had a physical altercation. The couple, who were also in possession of […]

4y ago

Facebook To Pay $550 Million For Alleged Facial Recognition Tool Misuse

Facebook To Pay $550 Million For Alleged Facial Recognition Tool Misuse

Facebook is set to pay $550 million in damages to users in Illinois who won a lawsuit against the social media giant’s use of facial recognition tools, the BBC reported. The users argued that Facebook violated the state’s privacy laws. Their lawyer, Jay Edelson, told The New York Times that anonymity is something that must […]

4y ago

Buffalo Wild Wings Fires Employees For Making A Black Group Change Tables After White Customer Complained

Buffalo Wild Wings Fires Employees For Making A Black Group Change Tables After White Customer Complained

Buffalo Wild Wings has fired several employees at an Illinois location following an incident in which a group of black customers was moved to a different table because a white customer complained that he didn’t “want black people sitting near him,” The Chicago Tribune reports. Back on October 26, Justin Vahl and Marcus Riley visited […]

4y ago

Martin Sandoval Apologizes For Photos Of A Mock Assassination Of Donald Trump At His Fundraiser

Martin Sandoval Apologizes For Photos Of A Mock Assassination Of Donald Trump At His Fundraiser

Martin Sandoval, an Illinois Democrat, has apologized after photos emerged that appear to show a mock assassination of Donald Trump at a recent fundraiser, MSN reports. On Friday, Sandoval, an Illinois State Senator from Chicago, held a fundraiser at a golf club in suburban Chicago. According to Champaign’s WCIA-TV, donors paid $250 per plate to […]

4y ago

Donald Trump Banners, Yard Signs, Other Paraphernalia Stolen From Republican Booth At Illinois State Fair

Donald Trump Banners, Yard Signs, Other Paraphernalia Stolen From Republican Booth At Illinois State Fair

A Donald Trump banner, as well as Donald Trump yard signs and other Trump-related paraphernalia was stolen from the Illinois Republican Party booth at the Illinois State Fair, Springfield’s State Journal-Register reports. It’s State Fair season in Springfield, which means that all of Central Illinois is abuzz with corn dogs, carnival rides, livestock exhibitions, and […]

4y ago

Illinois Republicans Apologize After Group Calls Trump-Targeted Congresswomen The ‘Jihad Squad’

Illinois Republicans Apologize After Group Calls Trump-Targeted Congresswomen The ‘Jihad Squad’

Republicans in Illinois are apologizing after a Facebook post calling four members of Congress the “Jihad Squad” was shared on the Republican County Chairmen’s Association of Illinois Facebook page, per a report from RollCall. The post targeted the same four freshman congresswoman who have been the subject of attacks from President Trump, which include Reps. […]

4y ago

Lovie Smith’s Beard Breaks The Internet

Lovie Smith’s Beard Breaks The Internet

Lovie Smith has been a football coach at various levels of the game since 1980, including a long stint as head coach of the Chicago Bears, a shorter one as coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and various assistant jobs. Ever since 2016, right after he was fired by Tampa Bay, Smith has been the […]

4y ago

Confederate Railroad Mysteriously Dropped From Illinois Fair’s Concert Lineup, Fans Are Furious

Confederate Railroad Mysteriously Dropped From Illinois Fair’s Concert Lineup, Fans Are Furious

The country band Confederate Railroad has been inexplicably removed from the lineup of an Illinois state fair, and fans and members of the band think it was because of their name, The Southern Illinoisan reports. Some fans are calling for a boycott of the DuQuoin State Fair in response. The DuQuoin State Fair takes place […]

4y ago

Illinois Food Stamp Recipients Can Use Benefits At Select Restaurants If Legislation Passes

Illinois Food Stamp Recipients Can Use Benefits At Select Restaurants If Legislation Passes

Illinois may become the next state to join the federal Restaurant Meals Program (RMP), as lawmakers recently approved legislation that permits Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to use EBT cards to eat at select restaurants. On Friday, the state senate approved the measure by a landslide vote of 48 to 1. The House previously […]

5y ago

Illinois School District Removes Stall Doors From Bathrooms, Girls Are Bringing Blankets For Privacy

Illinois School District Removes Stall Doors From Bathrooms, Girls Are Bringing Blankets For Privacy

A Central Illinois school district has removed the doors from restroom stalls, angering parents and students alike, Yahoo News is reporting. Some girls are reportedly bringing blankets from home so they can have privacy. Officials, however, insist it’s necessary after someone wrote a note threatening a school shooting on a stall wall. School officials in […]

5y ago

Nurses Bail Out Illinois Father Who Was Arrested After Speeding Daughter To Hospital

Nurses Bail Out Illinois Father Who Was Arrested After Speeding Daughter To Hospital

Every parents’ worst nightmare became a reality on Thursday for an Illinois father named Darius Hinkle when he realized his 1-year-old daughter was choking on a penny. Unable to save his toddler, Hinkle admitted to local reporters the only thing on his mind was getting her to a hospital and saving her life. According to […]

5y ago

John P. Rivera, An Off-Duty Chicago Cop, Was Randomly Shot Dead In His Car In ‘Devastating Incident’

John P. Rivera, An Off-Duty Chicago Cop, Was Randomly Shot Dead In His Car In ‘Devastating Incident’

An off-duty Chicago police officer was gunned down while he, a female civilian, another off-duty Chicago cop, and another police officer from a different department sat in a parked car, The Chicago Tribune is reporting. The officer’s name has been revealed as John P. Rivera. According to Police Deputy Superintendent Anthony Riccio, Rivera and his […]

5y ago

Eric Huska Accused Of Drowning His Wife In A Hot Tub, Closing The Lid on Her While She Tried To Get Out

Eric Huska Accused Of Drowning His Wife In A Hot Tub, Closing The Lid on Her While She Tried To Get Out

An Illinois man is accused of drunkenly drowning his wife in a hot tub — allegedly closing the lid on her as she “desperately” tried to climb out — and then leaving her to die, NBC News is reporting. Eric Huska, 58, of the Chicago suburb of Wheeling, Illinois, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. […]

5y ago

Transgender Inmate In An Illinois Prison Is Granted Rare Transfer To A Women’s Prison After Abuse Allegations

Transgender Inmate In An Illinois Prison Is Granted Rare Transfer To A Women’s Prison After Abuse Allegations

A transgender woman who is currently serving a 10-year sentence for burglary in an Illinois prison has been granted a rare transfer to a female prison after she alleged abuse against her person. Deon “Strawberry” Hampton, 27, was only granted the move after a yearlong legal battle with the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). According […]

5y ago

Satanic Statue On Display At Statehouse In Illinois

Satanic Statue On Display At Statehouse In Illinois

The Satanic Temple has been known for their statues and publicity stunts over the years. Recently, they seem to have won the upper hand in Illinois, both figuratively and literally. According to BBC, the Satanic Temple has placed a statue of a hand clutching an apple with a snake wrapped around the arm. The statue […]

5y ago

Chicago Elevator Plunges 84 Floors Followed By A Dramatic Rescue Of Six Passengers Inside

Chicago Elevator Plunges 84 Floors Followed By A Dramatic Rescue Of Six Passengers Inside

An elevator at an iconic Chicago skyscraper plunged 84 floors with six people inside followed by a dramatic rescue that took nearly three hours, The Chicago Tribune is reporting. In the wee hours of Friday morning, a handful of tourists left the Signature Room lounge atop the building formerly known as the John Hancock Tower. […]

5y ago

Chicago Sues Trump Administration For Withholding Federal Grant Money

Chicago Sues Trump Administration For Withholding Federal Grant Money

The city of Chicago is suing the Trump administration for withholding federal grant money for police departments, The Hill reports. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a Democrat, filed what is now the city’s second lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration Friday. Chicago, a so-called sanctuary city, has refused to cooperate with the administration’s strict immigration policies. […]

5y ago

Illinois Family Forced To Remove Halloween Decorations That Appeared To Depict Lynching Of An African American

Illinois Family Forced To Remove Halloween Decorations That Appeared To Depict Lynching Of An African American

An Illinois family’s Halloween decorations that appeared to depict the lynching of an African American family, and the police made them take them down, Northwest Indiana Times is reporting. Halloween is coming up in a few weeks, and every year, stories like this make the rounds of the media. One family’s decorations may be graphic […]

5y ago

Illinois Mom Corey Widen Had The Cops Called On Her Because She Let Her 8-Year-Old Daughter Go For A Walk

Illinois Mom Corey Widen Had The Cops Called On Her Because She Let Her 8-Year-Old Daughter Go For A Walk

An Illinois mom is “shocked” and “outraged” after she had the cops called on her for letting her 8-year-old daughter go for a walk around the block, Yahoo News is reporting. It’s a story that seems to hit the news with alarming regularity: a parent gives their child a little bit of freedom – perhaps […]

5y ago

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