September 4, 2016 One year later, officials stunned by 'betrayal' of Illinois cop who staged suicide This Labor Day weekend marks one year since Fox Lake, Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz staged his on-the-job suicide to look like murder—sparking a massive investigation and nationwide manhunt for three "killers" who didn’t exist.
September 2, 2016 The Latest: Man accused in 1991 killing denied bond The Latest on murder charges in Chicago-area girl's 1991 death (all times local): 7:15 p.m.
September 2, 2016 Murder charges to be filed in Chicago-area girl's 1991 death Prosecutors say a 58-year-old man will be charged with murder and kidnapping in the 1991 killing of a 14-year-old suburban Chicago girl.
September 1, 2016 FBI seeks public's help in Indiana girl's 2005 killing Haunted by the 2005 slaying of an Indiana schoolgirl, whose decapitated and dismembered body was found by boaters in a river near Chicago, federal and local officials appealed for the public's help Wednesday in solving the crime.
August 31, 2016 Woman sets herself ablaze in Chicago congressman's office Police say a woman walked into U.S. Rep. Danny Davis' office on Chicago's West Side, drank out of a bottle of hand sanitizer, poured the sanitizer over herself and set herself on fire with a lighter.
August 30, 2016 'Cookie,' cockatoo believed to be the world's oldest, dead at 83 An 83-year-old cockatoo named Cookie, believed to be the oldest bird of its kind on the planet, was euthanized after its health took a turn for the worse, officials at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo announced Monday.
August 29, 2016 Ex-Chicago official gets 10 years in prison in red-light camera case A former Chicago transportation official was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for taking bribes to steer $100 million in red-light camera contracts to a company in Phoenix.
August 27, 2016 Latest: Wade's cousin hit by stray shot in possible robbery The Latest on the fatal shooting of NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin in Chicago (all times local): 3:55 p.m.
August 27, 2016 Welcome to the fourth grade: Teacher's rap targets students A new teacher who made a music video to welcome his students has become a bit of a star with his fourth-graders.
August 26, 2016 Cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade gunned down pushing stroller in Chicago A mother who was shot and killed while pushing a baby in a stroller on Chicago's South Side Friday has been identified as a cousin of Chicago Bulls star Dwyane Wade.