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WGN Radio’s Jon Hansen (Courtesy of WGN Radio/Iridian Fierro) Former Chicago college student convicted of terrorism charge CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago college student was convicted Monday of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group. Thomas Osadzinski, 22, designed a computer code to help IS bypass programs designed to block the group's propaganda, prosecu...

In a recent edition of her excellent online newsletter, Letters from an American, historian Heather Cox Richardson features the new curriculum requirements in Texas public schools, which requires teachers to “present opposing views on controversial subjects.” Recently, a fourth-grade teacher, who kept an anti-racism book in her classroom, was reprimanded by the Carroll County School Board app...

When Marcia Killingsworth noticed some troubling election plans for the Edison citywide election she checked in with the Georgia Secretary of State’s office after feeling local officials were dragging their feet. This story also appeared in Georgia Recorder Killingworth lives in Calhoun County, where the Edison city of about 1,300 residents in southwest Georgia is one of the 111 local elect...

A man could spend decades in prison for running from local law enforcement. A new release from the Grayson County District Attorney's Office said Scotty Earl Haskins, 54, of Cartwright, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for evading arrest with a motor vehicle. Haskins was also sentenced to 10 years in prison on two separate drug cases. All three sentences will run concurrently. ...

Stock photo Ashville – Law Enforcement in Pickaway County is warning the public of a rash of break-ins that have occurred over the last 24 hours that has resulted in lost items and a stolen car. “Due to a number of vehicle break-ins in Circleville and South Bloomfield last night, the Ashville Police Department is requesting all of our residents to please remember to remove all of their valuab...

Free speech, abortion rights, gun rights and religious freedom are on the docket this term of the country’s highest court. GW Law faculty members Alan Morrison and Sonia Suter spoke to an audience gathered virtually and in the Jacob Burns Moot Court Room. Three other panelists (Elie Mystal, Mark Joseph Stern and GW Law professor Catherine J. Ross) participated virtually. By Greg Varner Legal ...

Community leader Richard Habersham presented the Distinguished Service Award to SELC on behalf of the Phillips Community Association. (@SELC) This fall, SELC received the Distinguished Service Award from the Phillips Community Association. Presented by community leader Richard Habersham at a family day cookout, the award follows SELC’s work representing Phillips community residents challengin...

Senator James Sanders Jr. had three of his bills signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul on October 8, 2021. The legislation pertains to child health, nursing homes and preservation of parkland. S577 - Relates to the coverage of ostomy supplies in the child health plus program This bill would require the child health plus program to include ostomy equipment and supplies as a covered health c...

Between fever-pitch anticipation over the impending approval of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s $42-million-plus settlement with Tether and Bitfinex, and Vladimir Putin brooding over cryptocurrency’s capacity to transfer value, this past week has been saturated with major policy news. While all the above are instances of state figures’ and institutio...

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