article Jessica A. Logan, 27 DECATUR, Ill. - A central Illinois woman has been convicted of killing her 19-month-old son by smothering him in his bed one day after she did an internet search for "how do you suffocate?"
A Macon County jury found Jessica A. Logan, 27, guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday following a three-day trial in Jayden M. Comage’s October 2019 death. The Decatur woman is scheduled to be sentenced July 21, the Herald & Review reported. Read More...
CHICAGO - Chicago police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who they say slapped a 10-year-old girl on the buttocks at a Northwest Side park.
Around 11:30 a.m. on Monday, police say two 10-year-old girls were riding their bikes northbound on Wolcott Avenue when a man driving a silver/gray vehicle tried to talk to them.
Not long after, the two girls were locking their bikes on a bike rack at Harrison Park when the same man approached one of the girls from behind and slapped her on the buttocks, police said. Read More...
article CICERO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - Metra trains from the western suburbs were operating with severe delays following a temporarily halting of the BNSF line that choked commutes during the beginning of Thursday morning rush hour.
Service for the BNSF lines was suspended shortly before 5 a.m. in both directions due to a freight train getting caught in the downed electrical wires and poles near Cicero, according to a Metra announcement. Read More...