An off-duty suburban Chicago police officer has shot and wounded three men after they allegedly beat him with a baseball bat and tried to rob him on Chicago's South Side.
Two local Black funeral directors, along with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, were among those who testified Thursday before a state task force that is analyzing how to better regulate cemeteries.
Four casinos want the judge presiding over Rod Blagojevich's corruption case to take control of a lawsuit that accuses the former governor of making deals to get campaign money for signing two bills to help racetracks.
The first meeting is planned for an Illinois task force formed after allegations of grave desecration at a historic Black graveyard in suburban Chicago.
