Katie Smith
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Rittenhouse attorneys say they'll challenge teen's extradition to Wisconsin
Attorneys representing the Antioch teenager charged in the fatal shooting of two people at a Kenosha protest said Friday that they plan to challenge the 17-year-old’s extradition to Wisconsin. → Read More
Acosta pleads not guilty to child endangerment, reckless conduct in case tied to 5-year-old AJ Freund
A former Department of Children and Family services employee pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges stemming from a 2018 investigation involving Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund, who died at the hands of his parents four months later. → Read More
UDPATED: Federal lawsuit accuses Facebook of enabling militia tied to Antioch teenager, Kyle Rittenhouse
A group of Kenosha protesters say Facebook empowered and enabled a Wisconsin-based militia and the Antioch teenager accused of shooting and killing two people at an August protest in Wisconsin. → Read More
Federal lawsuit accuses Facebook of enabling militia tied to Antioch teenager, Kyle Rittenhouse
A federal lawsuit has accused Facebook Inc. of empowering and enabling the Wisconsin-based militia tied to Antioch gunman Kyle Rittenhouse, who prosecutors say shot and killed two people at a protest in Kenosha. → Read More
UPDATED: Attorney for AJ Freund estate calls arrests of DCFS employees overdue
Two former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services employees have posted bond following their arrests Thursday in connection with a 2018 investigation involving Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund. → Read More
DCFS employees released from jail after making bond late Thursday
Two former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services employees have posted bond following their arrests Thursday in connection with a 2018 investigation involving Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund. → Read More
UPDATED: DCFS employees released from jail after making bond late Thursday
Two former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services employees have posted bond following their arrests Thursday in connection with a 2018 investigation involving Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund. → Read More
Online fundraiser for Rittenhouse legal defense raises more than $200,000
Donors on a Christian crowdfunding website have raised more than $200,000 intended for the legal defense of an Antioch teen accused of killing two people last week in Kenosha, Wisconsin. → Read More
Tentative December trial set for Andrew Freund as attorneys anticipate September resolution
The criminal case against the father of slain Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund could reach a conclusion on Sept. 16, when attorneys anticipate a potential plea deal. → Read More
Court documents detail fatal shootings Antioch teenager is charged with
Documents filed Thursday in the Kenosha County Circuit Clerk’s Office provided additional details about the fatal shootings an Antioch teen is being charged with committing. → Read More
Antioch teen charged in fatal Kenosha protest shooting, local police warn of possible unrest
An Antioch teenager has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in connection with the fatal shooting of two people during the third night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake. → Read More
Antioch teen charged in fatal Kenosha protest shooting
An Antioch teenager has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in connection with the fatal shooting of two people during the third night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake. → Read More
Strokes, heart, neurological issues arise in 'serious' COVID cases, doctors say
Coughing, fever, sore throat – these are the symptoms we’ve come to associate with COVID-19. → Read More
Child endangerment charges against DCFS staff in AJ Freund case being investigated
Prosecutors are investigating whether they should charge a former Department of Children and Family Services worker with child endangerment related to his actions after a 2018 report of injury to Crystal Lake’s AJ Freund, who later was killed. → Read More
Pritzker withdraws emergency rule that would penalize businesses for defying stay-at-home order
Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday withdrew an emergency rule that threatened a misdemeanor charge against businesses that reopened against his stay-at-home order. → Read More
McSweeney sends letter to attorney general to investigate Pritzker's "unconstitutional" stay-at-home order
State Rep. David McSweeney is asking the United States Attorney General to review the governor's stay-at-home guidelines, which McSweeney called "overreaching and unconstitutional directives." → Read More
DCFS investigator's death, 500-plus hours of overtime, haunt child-protection system
Don Knight can't wait any longer. → Read More
"I've never seen anything like this"
Questions still linger in abortion doctor Ulrich George Klopfer case → Read More