Jayden Perkins, an accomplished young dancer, was stabbed to death last March while his mother, Laterria Smith, sustained ...

The investigation began shortly after 4 p.m. March 5 when Crestwood police and fire departments responded to a blaze. Amidst ...

With several months in office behind her, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is setting a different tone for ...

A lawsuit has been filed after a deadly home invasion in Chicago in 2024 that left an 11-year-old boy dead and his pregnant ...

In a predominantly Black area of Chicago, police can now directly file gun charges without a prosecutor’s approval. The new ...

At least one person is dead and 20 others were wounded in weekend shootings across the city as of Sunday afternoon. The ages ...

The federal jury awarded each man $60 million in damages after a monthlong trial and determined the men were coerced into ...

A Cook County fugitive is in custody and facing a new charge after violating the terms of his electronic monitoring, authorities said.

It took nearly two months for the medical examiner to properly identify the West Roger Park man, the family says.

The Chicago Police Department launched an internal investigation into the incident Thursday at the Leighton Criminal ...

More than half of those charged in Cook County with felony firearm cases involving modified weapons have been detained ...

A Chicago police officer's gun was found unattended in a bathroom at the Cook County George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse Thursday, officials said.