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A McHenry County sheriff's deputy puts a burglary suspect into an apparent chokehold during an arrest on June 17, 2020, according to video footage captured by a Woodstock police officer's body camera.

McHenry County deputy placed woman in an apparent chokehold during arrest, video shows

August 4, 2020 at 3:31 p.m.

A McHenry County sheriff's deputy put a burglary suspect in an apparent chokehold during an arrest, according to video footage captured by a Woodstock police officer's body camera. Woodstock sent...

Thad Reuter, brother of Rhoni Reuter, hugs assistant states attorney Patricia Fix after a verdict was reached in the Marni Yang trial at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan.

Book publisher who served 30 years for murder is trying to prove the innocence of convicted killer Marni Yang

August 3, 2020 at 7:06 a.m.

Criminal defense attorney Jed Stone was on his fifth subpoena request of the morning when his command of the massive Marni Yang case file faltered. He wanted the judge to...

Special education teacher Ashley Eighner, right, holds a sign along with other protesting teachers outside of the district building on July 30, 2020, in Clarendon Hills.

Online education was a mess in the spring. As COVID-19 prompts schools to stay virtual, will it get better this fall?

July 31, 2020 at 4:43 p.m.

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Chicago Public Schools to make a hurried switch to remote instruction earlier this year, Lidia Muro said it didn't work out so well for her...

Protesters calling for the abolishment of ICE and for the Chicago Police Department to be defunded march North on Clark Street in downtown Chicago on Saturday, July 25, 2020.

Demonstrators for opposing causes rally and protest in the Loop Saturday

July 26, 2020 at 8:43 p.m.

Demonstrators with competing causes came to downtown Chicago Saturday afternoon for protests and rallies planned amid concerns that federal agents could try to quell unrest and commit civil rights violations...

Sheriff’s deputy in McHenry County placed on leave amid allegation excessive force was used during arrest of suspected lawn mower thieves

July 24, 2020 at 7:39 p.m.

The McHenry County sheriff's office has placed a deputy on administrative leave while an outside agency investigates an allegation of inappropriate use of force during the arrest last month of...

Outreach workers Nikki Carter, left, and Lydia Karch work aboard the Chicago Recovery Alliance van parked on Cermak at Washtenaw in Chicago on July 16, 2020.

Opioid overdoses skyrocket in the face of COVID-19 pandemic; stronger drugs, scarce treatment blamed

July 22, 2020 at 1:35 p.m.

Sweating in the heat of a late afternoon sun, Brandi biked up to a mobile drug treatment van in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood and asked for an assortment of needles....

Stray soccer nets go unused on a practice field at Lake Zurich High School on April 21, 2020, after the Illinois High School Association canceled all spring sports for the 2020 season.

Lawsuit aims to lift IHSA’s pandemic-related restrictions on high school sports

July 13, 2020 at 9:55 p.m.

A southern Illinois lawyer who has tangled with Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration over pandemic-related shutdown measures is suing the Illinois High School Association, claiming the group exceeded its authority by...

Ex-state’s attorney of LaSalle County sues successor for ‘malicious prosecution’ after case accusing him of official misconduct fizzles

July 13, 2020 at 3:02 p.m.

A long-running legal soap opera in LaSalle County added another chapter Monday, when an ex-state's attorney filed a lawsuit saying his successor violated his rights through a "malicious prosecution" that...

Many of the victims of the 1995 heat wave left no family or were indigent. Of the 68 unclaimed bodies that county workers are shown burying here, 41 died of heat-related causes.

25 years after deadly heat wave, COVID-19 gives Chicago a new summer foe

July 13, 2020 at 2:39 p.m.

Dr. Cory Franklin was the head of medical intensive care at Cook County Hospital during an unforgettable five days in July 1995, when a "crisis in slow motion" swamped the...

Tammy Koelling, shown Feb. 5, 2020, met Marni Yang in prison while serving time and has been heavily involved in Yang's exoneration effort.

Prosecutors question credibility of publishing CEO bankrolling Marni Yang exoneration effort

July 7, 2020 at 7:46 a.m.

The Lake County state's attorney's office is seeking to subpoena a southern Illinois book publisher with an unusual tie to the Marni Yang case — its proprietor, a woman named...

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