CHICAGO, Illinois, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A former paralegal for a Chicago law firm has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for embezzling more than $600,000 from bankruptcy estate accounts. BECKY LOUISE SUTTON fraudulently embezzled the funds from 2009 to 2018 while working on bankruptcy matters for the law firm. Sutton embezzled money from more than 40 bankruptcy estate accounts and several  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A man has been sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison for violently carjacking two vehicles in Chicago. KASHIF DUKES, 29, of Chicago, took the vehicles at gunpoint in 2017 and 2018. In the first carjacking, Dukes took a Mercedes-Benz sedan in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on Sept. 10, 2017. Dukes pressed a gun to the driver's chest and said word  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 3, 2024, entitled "Chicago Area Employment - February 2024": * * * Total nonfarm employment for the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, metropolitan area stood at 4,704,800 in February 2024 compared to 4,694,100 a year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner J  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: * * * Using advanced research to establish a resilient and innovative economy for the future * * * Using cutting-edge scientific research to realize a cleaner and more resilient Michigan economy is the aim of a newly formed partnership between the state and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory. "Today's MOU will h  more