Illinois

The LaSalle County Coroner's Office has officially declared that 25-year-old Illinois State University college student Jelani Day died as a result of drowning in the Illinois River where his remains were found on September 4.

Brothers of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. and the Nu Epsilon chapter at Alabama A&M University, an HBCU where Jelani Day attended, launched a petition to demand the FBI investigate the Black man's suspicious death in Illinois.

Jelani Day's family suspects "foul play" and has ordered a third autopsy amid reports that the missing grad student's body was found missing vital organs along with his jaw "sawed out."

After Jelani Day’s body had been identified, his mother, Carmen Bolden Day, was not immediately allowed to view the body, which she discovered was missing virtually all its organs after a second autopsy was performed at the family’s request.

Jelani Day, a graduate student from Illinois who went missing nearly a month ago, was found dead earlier this month before being positively identified on Thursday. The lack of media attention to his disappearance stood in contrast to cause célèbre Gabby Petito.

A Black disabled mother from Illinois is fighting back against the McDonough County Sheriff’s Office and the Macomb Police Department after claiming she was subjected to false accusations and a non-consensual strip search during a DUI arrest.

The Buzz: Darnella Frazier, the young woman who recorded the George Floyd incident receives a prestigious award. Remember the young girl Darnella Frazier, she was the 17 year old who took out her cell phone and decided to record the incident that ended up in a man being murdered in front of her eyes. That […]

The Buzz: Mass Shootings Take Place Over Mother’s Day Weekend at least Nine Reported. Phoenix An overnight shooting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel left one man dead and at least seven others wounded, Woodlawn, Maryland Right here locally three people are dead and another was injured during a shooting at a town home Saturday morning California At […]

Inside The Buzz: Evanston, Illinois, has become the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery. The Chicago suburb’s City Council voted to distribute $400,000 to eligible Black households.According to local officials, the program will give 16 Black families in Evanston $25,000 in […]

There were three people killed in a shooting at a bowling alley in Illinois and an active duty special forces soldier has been charged with the all three murders. There were also three other people wounded in the incident. Police received calls about a shooting with multiple victims at Don Carter Lanes around 6:55 p.m., […]