January 18, 2019 Chicago cop gets 81-month sentence in Laquan McDonald murder The former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke who was found guilty of the 2014 murder of teenager Laquan McDonald was sentenced Friday
January 17, 2019 Chicago police officers acquitted of trying to cover up death of Laquan McDonald Three Chicago police officers who were charged with trying to cover up the 2014 shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald were acquitted Thursday.
January 16, 2019 Guilty plea in death of NBA star Dwyane Wade’s cousin gets man 27-year prison term The Chicago suspect who was charged with fatally shooting a cousin of pro basketball star Dwyane Wade in 2016 pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday and received a 27-year prison sentence.
January 16, 2019 Chicago logs first day of 2019 without any reported gun violence Monday marked the first day of 2019 without any reported gun violence in the crime-plagued city of Chicago.
January 13, 2019 Illinois man allegedly kills 4-year-old girl after she spilled juice on Xbox Prosecutors in Illinois plan to seek a life sentence for a man who allegedly killed his girlfriend's daughter after she spilled juice on an Xbox video game console.
January 9, 2019 Woman with concealed carry license shoots, kills would-be robber at Chicago bus stop, police say A 25-year-old woman with a concealed carry license shot and killed the man trying to rob her at gunpoint near a Chicago bus station Tuesday morning, police said, noting she needed just a single shot to take down the would-be robber.
January 6, 2019 Chicago sees 2 shot dead, 9 wounded as violent January weekend draws to close The new year began in Chicago with no sign that its barrage of gun violence would end.
January 2, 2019 Chicago reduces murder rate in 2018 but level still outstrips LA and NY combined After years of reeling from violent crime and homicide epidemic in Chicago, murders in the city fell by about 100 in 2018, while the figure still remains higher than the number of homicides in Los Angeles and New York combined.
December 20, 2018 Throat slashings leave 2 Chicago women dead in separate attacks: police Two women died in separate throat slashings at opposite ends of the city Wednesday, Chicago police said.
December 20, 2018 Suspect held, charged with firing shot that drew 2 Chicago cops into path of oncoming train: police A man was charged Wednesday for firing a gun near Chicago railroad tracks where two police officers were fatally struck by a commuter train, reports said.