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A judge has acquitted three Chicago police officers of trying to cover up the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald to protect another officer…
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A Morton man faces up to 30 years in prison for beating his 18-month-old niece while babysitting her last summer.Kahlus Adams pleaded guilty to three…
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Lonnie Smith, 46, made his first court appearance in Pekin Friday on charges that include the drug-induced homicide of Anthony Phillips.The 46 year-old…
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A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 69 years in prison for fatally shooting a man at a party near the University of Illinois.Robbie Patton was…
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A Peoria man convicted of beating and severely burning a 2-year-old girl by putting her into a scalding hot shower to punish her has been sentenced to 50…
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A grand jury has formally indicted a Chicago man charged in the fatal shooting last month of a Cook County judge. Prosecutors say 45-year-old Earl Wilson…
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Prosecutors say a retired federal law enforcement agent told investigators he shot an Amtrak train conductor because he wasn't allowed to de-board in…
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Chicago police officer with a history of excessive force complaints who claimed he was unfairly…
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has granted four new petitions for clemency, acted again on a previous case and denied 140 others. The first-term Republican…
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Police say a man accused of breaching security at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport faces felony charges. Chicago police say 21-year-old Malik…