Chicago Officer John Bartholomew was allegedly killed by a man released under the SAFE-T Act's cashless bail provisions ...

This story is a collaboration between Illinois Answers and the Chicago bureau of MindSite News. Bloomington native Shayla Woodworth had struggled with mental illness and addiction since she was a teen ...

We’re used to seeing police dogs out on the street alongside officers and deputies, but these days a growing number of K-9 ...

The fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer stirs debate over Illinois' SAFE-T Act.

Kevin Motykie, 56, is facing a first-degree murder charge after his longtime partner, Katherine 'Kat' Torbick, was found ...

A teen who authorities say took the firearm an Arlington Heights police officer left in a school restroom on Monday will ...

The Democratic Cook County Board of Review commissioner lashed out at prosecutors after a judge this week ruled she was “not guilty” in a DUI case.

The upcoming federal trial over a wrongful conviction lawsuit filed by Arturo DeLeon-Reyes in many ways promised to be an ...

A Bolingbrook man has been sentenced to 12½ years in state prison after a jury recently found him guilty of drug-induced homicide in connection with the death of an Aurora man, the Kane County State’s ...

A teenager has been charged with shooting and killing his father inside their home in southwest suburban Oak Lawn following ...