After the death of an Illinois resident hospitalized for an unknown respiratory illness linked to vaping — the first in the country since a rash of hospitalizations across many states — public health officials say they still are trying to identify what ingredients or products are responsible. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Friday […]
Pentagon’s Next Dystopian Surveillance Exercise Will Launch Spy Balloons over These States…
The Guardian reported Friday that the US military is conducting a surveillance exercise across six midwest states using surveillance radars attached to high-altitude balloons. Sierra Nevada Corporation, an aerospace and defense company, filed for a Special Temporary Authorization (through July 12 to Sept. 01) with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to fly 25 solar-powered spy […]
WAT?: Wealthy Illinois Parents Are Giving Up Custody of Their Children to ‘Exploit a Legal Loophole Which Allows the Teens to Qualify for College Financial Aid’…
Well-to-do Illinois parents, including lawyers, doctors and realtors, are reportedly giving up custody of their high school-aged children in order to help them secure scholarships and financial aid reserved for low-income students. Separate investigations conducted by ProPublica Illinois and The Wall Street Journal have uncovered dozens of cases in the wealthy suburbs of Chicago involving […]
Cancer Patient Who Bought Marijuana to Self-Medicate Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison…
A cancer patient from Montgomery, Illinois, has been sentenced to four years in prison for ordering a 42-pound package of chocolate marijuana edibles to self-medicate. The day after he pleaded guilty, the state legalized recreational marijuana. Thomas J. Franzen ordered 430 marijuana-infused chocolate bars from a California dispensary in 2014 in order to abate some […]
Chicago’s Last Stand May Screw Jussie Smollett Anyway…
Dueling Protests Held in Response to Kim Foxx and Jussie Smollett…
Hundreds of opposing protesters converged in front of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s downtown office Monday, continuing the fierce and divisive reaction to prosecutors’ decision to drop all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett. Members of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police rallied outside the Cook County Administration Building, many wearing buttons that read […]
Retired Justice Seeks Special Prosecutor Probe of Foxx in Smollett Case…
Cop Gerald Ellis Sacrificed Himself, Saved Lives by Driving Head on into Wrong-Way Motorist…
A police officer in Illinois sacrificed himself to protect the lives of innocent commuters on a freeway early Saturday morning. Illinois State Police (ISP) Trooper Gerald Ellis, 36, used his squad car to intercept a wrong-way driver on Interstate 94 in Lake County. Officials say Ellis was on his way home at the time of […]
Jussie Smollett Pleads Not Guilty…
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Thursday in Cook County court to 16 counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly staging a phony attack and claiming he was the victim of a hate crime. The plea of not guilty to charges of filing a phony police report came after Judge Steven Watkins was randomly assigned […]
Illinois State’s Attorney Asked Chicago’s Top Cop to Turn Jussie Smollett Probe Over to FBI…
After being approached by a politically connected lawyer, State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx asked Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson to turn over the investigation of Jussie Smollett’s reported attack to the FBI, according to communications provided to the Tribune. Foxx reached out to Johnson after Tina Tchen, former chief of staff to first lady Michelle Obama, […]
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