Danny Connolly

3 days ago | ourquadcities.com | Danny Connolly |Brian Weckerly

by: Danny Connolly, Brian Weckerly Posted: Jun 3, 2025 / 09:08 PM CDT Updated: Jun 3, 2025 / 09:08 PM CDT When law enforcement finds a gun while investigating a crime scene, they can track its history on a national database called eTrace. HB1373, a bill advancing in Illinois, would require all law enforcement agencies to use it. Our Quad Cities News correspondent Danny Connolly explains.

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Danny Connolly

When law enforcement finds a gun while investigating a crime scene, they can track its history on a national database called eTrace. HB1373, a bill advancing in Illinois, would require all law enforcement agencies to use it. Our Quad Cities News correspondent Danny Connolly explains. For more information, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

3 days ago | wcia.com | Danny Connolly

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — At-home sexual assault evidence collection kits are a scam sold online. Now a bill on the governor’s desk would ban the sale, marketing and distribution of them. While companies selling those kits claim they offer privacy and control, the Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul warned consumers against these kits since 2019, because they likely would not be able to be used in criminal court proceedings for improper evidence collection and chain of custody.

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Danny Connolly

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — At-home sexual assault evidence collection kits are a scam sold online. Now a bill on the governor’s desk would ban the sale, marketing and distribution of them. While companies selling those kits claim they offer privacy and control, the Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul warned consumers against these kits since 2019, because they likely would not be able to be used in criminal court proceedings for improper evidence collection and chain of custody.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Danny Connolly

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — An Illinois bill strengthening the rules on storing firearms is headed to the Governor’s desk. The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday evening requiring new rules for storing guns in homes where children and at-risk people are present. The proposal would also shorten the time firearm owners have to report a gun as lost or stolen.