Truck driver accused of killing man in Northwest Indiana crash; ICE detainer issued
PORTER COUNTY, Ind. — A suburban man was charged with reckless homicide after a 54-year-old died Wednesday in a Northwest Indiana highway crash. Additionally, an ICE detainer was placed on the driver. Borko Stankovic, 41, of Lyons, is facing reckless homicide and criminal recklessness resulting in death after Portage...
Chicago Housing Authority contractor accused of ‘intimidating’ staff
A contractor with family ties to the Chicago Housing Authority’s board tried to overbill the agency repeatedly, for a total of more than $175,000, according to a new report from the CHA’s inspector general. After being confronted about her “exorbitant proposals,” the contractor turned hostile toward staff at...
13 arrested by Border Patrol at South Side flea market, DHS says
Thirteen people were arrested Thursday in a federal law enforcement operation at a Chicago flea market Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security said.
Body found along canal in Little Village, Chicago police say
An unidentified male body was discovered Friday morning along a canal on the city's Southwest Side, police said.
Thieves steal car from man in front of hotel in the Loop, Chicago police...
Two people stole a car from a man who was taking items out of his trunk in front of the Palmer House downtown on Saturday morning, Chicago police said.
SUV sat in Bridgeport intersection for 20 minutes before cops found two people shot...
A man and woman were found shot to death inside an SUV that apparently sat unnoticed in a Bridgeport intersection for up to 20 minutes before police discovered their bodies Friday evening. Shortly after 7 p.m., officers on patrol stopped to investigate a Ford Explorer that was stopped in the...
‘Mean girls’ mob attacked, robbed CTA passengers in the Loop: police
Chicago police are looking for a group of seven women and a man accused of attacking and robbing CTA passengers on a Blue Line platform in the Loop last month. Investigators released surveillance photos showing the suspects, who allegedly targeted a group of riders on the Jackson Blue Line platform around 1:49 a.m....
Chicago protesters swarm ICE detention facility in chaotic rebuke of mayor’s new rule
Last Friday, about 250 protesters engaged in a tumultuous encounter with local police and ICE agents
New Illinois Campaign Wants To Split State: ‘This Is Not Secession’
A growing number of residents are rallying behind a campaign to carve out a brand-new state — New Illinois.
ICE arrests undocumented immigrant serving as police officer in suburban Chicago
Radule Bojovic had been living on an expired B-2 visa since 2015.
