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9-year-old boy — feet barely touching floor from his chair — hears judge explain murder charges brought against him in central Illinois fire that killed 5

October 22, 2019 at 11:31 a.m.

A 9-year-old boy accused of murder and arson in the deaths of five people sat Monday morning in Woodford County juvenile court as a judge tried to explain the charges...

The site of an April mobile home fire that killed five near the central Illinois town of Goodfield is seen on Oct. 10, 2019.

9-year-old central Illinois boy charged with murder in fatal fire that killed 5 ‘made a terrible mistake,’ but he’s ‘not a monster,’ mom says

October 11, 2019 at 1:58 p.m.

The mother of a 9-year-old boy charged with murder in a fire that killed four of his relatives and the mother's fiance said her son is "not a monster." "He...

Chicago firefighters will be retrained to work in special airport rigs, like this one at Midway, amid a federal probe into staffing of the airfield crews.

Fire Department chief at Chicago airports out, and firefighters to be retrained amid FAA investigation

September 24, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.

The Chicago Fire Department chief responsible for the city's airports was relieved of command, and about 300 firefighters will be retrained amid a federal investigation into how firefighters are certified...

Trauma during early childhood can have long-term negative effects on mental and physical health, studies have shown. A new Little Village clinic aims to address the problem by working with very young children.

Even infants need mental health care, so new Chicago clinic caters to those 5 and under

September 20, 2019 at 10:33 a.m.

In and around Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, long-standing causes of friction like gun violence and poverty have for some families combined with newer fears of immigration crackdowns and deportation of...

Officials reviewing use of force by DeKalb police after video of weekend arrest

August 30, 2019 at 2:29 p.m.

A DeKalb police officer has been assigned to administrative duties as social media picked up the Facebook video of a weekend arrest that appeared to show an officer holding a...

The Education Justice Project runs a college-in-prison program for inmates at Danville Correctional Center. Prison officials recently removed from the program's library or denied entry to more than 200 books, including those shown here, many dealing with race.

‘It’s the racial stuff’: Illinois prison banned, removed books on black history and empowerment from inmate education program

August 15, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

Officials at an Illinois prison suspended an educational program for inmates, launched two internal investigations and removed 200 books from a prison library because many had "racial" content or addressed...

A man is detained by police outside of Jesse Brown VA Medical Center after reports of possible shots fired inside the hospital on Aug. 12, 2019.

No injuries reported when man with assault rifle opens fire at VA hospital on Near West Side: ‘We avoided tragedy’

August 13, 2019 at 6:51 a.m.

No one was injured when a man fired an assault rifle at a Veterans Affairs hospital on the Near West Side Monday afternoon, then ran inside where he was arrested...

Un hombre armado con un rifle fue arrestado en hospital de Chicago

August 12, 2019 at 6:22 p.m.

Nadie resultó herido cuando un hombre disparó un rifle afuera de un hospital Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, en el oeste de la ciudad, el lunes por la tarde, luego...

A special airport firefighting vehicle sometimes called a crash tender is used to extinguish flames from an American Airlines plane after it caught fire on a runway at O'Hare International Airport in 2016.

FAA investigating whether ‘unqualified’ Chicago firefighters were allowed to operate special airport rigs at O’Hare, Midway

August 8, 2019 at 6:36 p.m.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the Chicago Fire Department and the city's Department of Aviation over allegations of unqualified firefighters staffing specialized fire equipment used at O'Hare and Midway...

Office workers embrace after police responded to a building in the 200 block of West Randolph for reports of an active shooter July 18, 2019. It turned out to be a drill.

Panic as police respond to Loop building for reports of active shooter that turned out to be false alarm: ‘It went terribly wrong’

July 19, 2019 at 6:57 a.m.

Stephanie Johnson was at her desk in the Loop Thursday afternoon when she and co-workers received a text message alert warning of "ongoing police activity" in their building. The message...

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