January 5, 2016 Chicago reportedly pays $5.5M to victims of decades-old police brutality The city of Chicago has paid out $5.5 million in compensation to dozens of people who claimed to have been victims of police brutality decades ago.
January 5, 2016 Documents show fellow officers were quick to dismiss suicide in northern Illinois cop's death At least one officer responding to the fatal shooting of a northern Illinois police officer who staged his suicide to make it look like homicide thought he might have killed himself, while others quickly rejected the idea, newly released documents show.
January 5, 2016 The Latest: Documents who officers raised, dismissed suicide in Illinois cop's death The latest on a northern Illinois police officer who staged his suicide to make it look like he was killed in the line of duty (all times local): 6:45 p.m.
January 4, 2016 Chicago city lawyer resigns over claim he hid evidence in deadly police shooting A top city of Chicago lawyer stepped down Monday after a federal judge accused him of hiding evidence in a fatal police shooting, the latest allegation of wrongdoing amid ongoing scrutiny of how the city deals with such cases.
January 4, 2016 Agency that investigates Chicago police to announce restructuring plans Changes are coming to the agency that acts as a Chicago Police Department watchdog.
January 4, 2016 Parts of Missouri and Illinois brace for new flooding as families return home Cleanup and damage assessment after deadly flooding in Missouri and Illinois could take weeks, as forecasters warn some flood waters could rise again.
January 4, 2016 Police need a hand finding sculpture of Lincoln's hand Cops say they're not sure why anybody would steal a plaster cast of one of President Abraham Lincoln's hands from an Illinois museum, but more than three weeks later, they still need clues to crack the case.
January 4, 2016 Search to resume for 2 Illinois men missing at Wisconsin lake; bodies of 2 others retrieved The search is set to resume for two Illinois men who went missing at a southern Wisconsin lake after the bodies of two of their friends were pulled from the water.
January 4, 2016 Head of agency that investigates Chicago Police to tout reform 'vision' in wake of shootings The acting head of the authority that investigates complaints against Chicago Police will speak about her plans to revamp the agency in response to outrage over a video showing the shooting of a black teenager 16 times by a white officer and the city's handling of the probe.
January 3, 2016 Illinois, Missouri assess damage, cleanup after flooding The Mississippi River and many of its tributaries continued their retreat Sunday from historic and deadly winter flooding, leaving amid the silt a massive cleanup and recovery effort likely to take weeks if not months.