Angelica Sanchez

2 days ago | wgntv.com | Angelica Sanchez |Alonzo Small

CHICAGO (WGN) — Jury deliberations continued Tuesday in the federal bribery trial of Illinois State Senator Emil Jones III, though jurors didn’t reach a verdict. The jury raised more than one question on the most serious counts facing the sitting state senator who is on trial for bribery. Federal prosecutors accuse Jones of making false statements to the FBI as well as using emails in aid of racketeering.

3 days ago | wgntv.com | Angelica Sanchez |Ethan Illers

DES PLAINES, Ill. – In the northwest suburbs, Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe hosted a Holy Hour and Requiem Mass in remembrance of Pope Francis. A mountain of flowers from Easter Sunday was being made bigger by people stopping by to bring flowers in memory of the pontiff. Several people WGN-TV spoke with said they felt a special connection to the Pope, not just because he was the leader of the Catholic Church, but because he was the first Pope to share their culture. Rev.

4 days ago | wgntv.com | Angelica Sanchez |Ethan Illers

CHICAGO – On Saturday, over three-dozen members of the public participated in the second Community Training Observation Day. Participants got to sample classroom instruction and scenario-based training officers receive as part of a mandatory 40 hours of annual in-service training. “This is not an easy job. I’ve said this before, this is very difficult work. At any given second, an officer can find himself/herself in a volatile situation,” Chicago Police Department Supt. Larry Snelling said.

5 days ago | wgntv.com | Gabriel Castillo |Angelica Sanchez

CHICAGO (WGN) — Three people were hospitalized after an argument led to a shooting in the front yard of a home on the city’s West Side late Friday night. Chicago police say just after 11:30 p.m., officers were called to the scene of a shooting with three reported victims in the 5000 block of West West End Avenue, in Austin. According to police, a preliminary investigation indicates that an altercation broke out between a group of people in the front yard of a home in the area.

1 week ago | wgntv.com | Angelica Sanchez

CHICAGO (WGN) — Illinois State Senator Emil Jones III, who faces federal bribery and racketeering charges, took the stand in his defense Wednesday. It’s the second consecutive day that Jones took the stand in an effort to clear his name. At the center of the bribery trial are FBI recordings accusing the sitting state senator of making false statements to the federal agency, as well as the use of email in aid of racketeering.