August 31, 2018 Chicago's children caught in the crossfire: Alarming number of minors shot or killed in violence-plagued city Since September 2011 at least 174 people under the age of 17 have been killed while 1,665 kids have been shot.
August 31, 2018 Illinois man convicted - again - for killing man who answered Craigslist ad for sex with his pregnant wife An Illinois man was convicted for first-degree murder – again – for the shooting death of a man who allegedly went to his house to pay for sex with this then-pregnant wife.
August 31, 2018 Illinois Dem candidate compares Trump to bin Laden, then backtracks An Illinois congressional hopeful is backtracking after he said President Trump had a “tremendous amount in common” with Usama bin Laden.
August 30, 2018 Chicago police officer believes Laquan McDonald murder charge is political: 'I'm not a racist' The Chicago police officer who fired 16 shots that killed a 17-year-old teen armed with a small knife and sparked massive protests when video of the incident was released said Wednesday he was just doing what he was trained to do, and that the case brought against him is motivated by politics.
August 30, 2018 Emmett Till's classmate, 'girlfriend' speaks out for first time, says he was 'nice kid with a nice smile' More than six decades after Emmett Till was savagely killed in a racially-motivated attack in Mississippi, a woman whose photograph he apparently boasted about to his murderers is speaking out for the first time.
August 30, 2018 Cigarette helps police nab suspect in brutal stabbing death of neighbor A discarded cigarette helped Illinois authorities track down a man who is suspected of brutally murdering a woman in 2009, police said.
August 27, 2018 Man, 2 kids found dead in Chicago murder-suicide, police say Two young children were found dead in Chicago on Monday in an apparent murder-suicide at the hands of an older man, police said.
August 27, 2018 Chicago ride-share passengers being targeted by armed robbers, cops warn Two women in Chicago's Near North Side district are allegedly targeting ride-share passengers and robbing them at gunpoint, police revealed Sunday.
August 26, 2018 Chicago apartment fire kills 8, including children, officials say At least six children and two adults were killed early Sunday after a fire broke out in a Chicago apartment without working smoke detectors, fire officials said.
August 24, 2018 Chicago police have charged only 1 person weeks after bloodiest weekend of the year One man, accused of a trio of weapons violations, remains the only person charged in connection with the carnage wrought three weeks ago in Chicago, when 75 people were shot -- 12 fatally -- during the city's bloodiest weekend of the year.