April 1, 2016 Report: Chicago shootings up through March compared to 2015 New Chicago crime statistics show an increase in homicides and shootings for the first three months of the year compared to the same period last year.
April 1, 2016 Judge refuses quick release for convicted killer despite evidence questions A northern Illinois judge has refused to immediately release a man sentenced to life in prison for the 1957 killing of a 7-year-old girl despite accusations that the investigation and trial were deeply flawed.
April 1, 2016 Attorneys want man convicted in girl's 1957 killing set free Attorneys for a man serving a life sentence in the 1957 slaying of a 7-year-old Illinois girl are asking for his immediate release from prison, saying a prosecutor's recent investigation shows he is innocent.
April 1, 2016 7 hurt, homes, businesses damaged after tornado in Oklahoma Authorities say at least seven people are injured after severe storms spawned multiple tornado touchdowns in northeastern Oklahoma, damaging homes and businesses.
March 31, 2016 Suspended Chicago officer charged with murder hired as union janitor A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the shooting of a black teenager has been hired to work as a janitor for the city's police union as he awaits trial, the union president said Thursday, prompting protests.
March 30, 2016 Firefighters rescue kayaker from frigid Lake Michigan Firefighters rescued a man from Lake Michigan after his kayak overturned near the northern suburbs of Chicago on Tuesday.
March 30, 2016 Producer: Shooting of boy in ad underscores Chicago violence A producer of anti-violence ads says the shooting of a Chicago seventh-grader who appeared in one underscores how gun violence is all too common in big-city neighborhoods.
March 29, 2016 A look at new doubts about conviction in 1957 murder The allegation of a mishandled investigation, combined with newly-discovered evidence in one of the nation's oldest unsolved crimes to ever reach trial means that a 76-year-old former security guard convicted and sentenced to life in the 1957 slaying of a 7-year-old girl in a northern Illinois could soon go free.
March 29, 2016 Man jailed again for posing as Chicago police officer A Chicago man who as a 14-year-old posed as a police officer and fooled officers into letting him drive a squad car has received an 18-month prison sentence for again impersonating an officer.
March 29, 2016 Chicago teen featured in anti-violence PSA is shot A 13-year-old Chicago boy who was featured in an anti-violence public service announcement last year is recovering at a local hospital after being shot in the back last week.