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Cops Say They Arrested Man Who Posted Flag-Burning Photo for Safety Reasons
Hudson Hongo · 07/05/16 09:46PMIllinois Cops File Lawsuit Claiming Invasion of Privacy By Their Own Body Cameras
Hannah Gold · 06/26/16 03:25PMUline, Where the Boss Wishes Employees Watched More Fox News
Hamilton Nolan · 06/15/16 12:15PMDennis Hastert Will Not Appeal His 15-Month Prison Sentence
Jordan Sargent · 05/12/16 05:35PMFormer Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who was sentenced to 15 months in prison after being convicted on one count of violating banking laws related to hush-money he was paying to a man he sexually abused while working as a high school wrestling coach, will not appeal his sentence, his attorney told the AP this afternoon:
Cops: Reported "Active Shooter" at Target Was Man Protesting Bathroom Policy
Hudson Hongo · 05/02/16 09:00PMWho Else Knew About Dennis Hastert’s Sexual Abuse of Children?
J.K. Trotter · 04/27/16 03:05PMToday, in a federal court in Illinois, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert confessed for the first time to sexually abusing high school students in the 1970s, when he worked as a teacher and wrestling coach in Yorkville, Illinois. The extent of the related charges (for which Hastert received a 15-month prison sentence), the sum of money—$1.7 million—Hastert paid to silence one of his accusers, and the length of time all of his deeds remained hidden made it all but inevitable that third parties knew about what happened, yet said or did nothing. But who?
500 Days of Kristin, Day 394: Extremely Strict Rules at Kristin's Naperville, IL Book Signing
Allie Jones · 02/22/16 03:56PMFlooding Leaves At Least 18 Dead in Illinois and Missouri
Brendan O'Connor · 12/29/15 08:29PMFlooding in the Midwest Tuesday shut down portions of two interstates and threatened hundreds of homes, the Associated Press reports. At least 18 people have been killed. South of St. Louis, the Mississippi river, swollen after days of torrential rain, is expected to crest at record levels later this week.
Police: Hit-Man Seeking Cop Who Staged Suicide Also Groped Women at Christmas Party
Taylor Berman · 11/06/15 11:55AMThe disgraced Illinois cop who killed himself after allegedly embezzling thousands of dollars from a police youth group and attempting to hire a hit man to kill a town administrator was also accused of repeatedly grabbing women’s breasts at multiple Christmas parties, being a drunken nuisance at local bars, and using a donated gift certificate to get a free tattoo while on duty.
Illinois Cop's Mysterious Shooting Death Ruled a Suicide
Brendan O'Connor · 11/04/15 12:07AMCops: Child's Head, Hands and Feet Discovered in Chicago Park
Hudson Hongo · 09/07/15 01:30PMMayor Who Tried to Prosecute Parody Twitter Account Settles in Free Speech Lawsuit
Brendan O'Connor · 09/05/15 09:35AMLast year, Peoria resident Jon Daniel, 29, started a Twitter account satirizing (loosely) his city’s mayor, Jim Ardis, portraying the mayor as a hard-partying strip club patron. Ardis did not take kindly to this caricature, ordering a police raid on Daniel’s house; Daniel sued in federal court claiming civil rights violations. This week, the city of Peoria announced that it had agreed to settle the case out of court, paying Daniel and his lawyers $125,000.
Job Seeker Accidentally Sends Naked Selfies to HR Manager
Hudson Hongo · 09/02/15 11:45PMAlleged Vibrator Thief to Cops: Obama Is a Crook, Wanna See My Dick?
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"Everyone Is Very Bummed Out": 54 Stingrays Killed in Zoo Accident
Hudson Hongo · 07/12/15 08:00PMVulture Gang Attracted by "Foul Death" Smell Refuses to Leave Man's Home
Andy Cush · 06/03/15 05:08PMImagine it’s Saturday morning, and you’re about to enjoy a book and a cup of coffee on your back porch, and you’re greeted by four two-foot tall winged eaters of dead meat. They’re staring you down through the glass sliding door, as if to say Do you feel lucky, punk? Oh god, not the vultures again. Welcome to Rick Mize’s world.