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In a still image from video posted on social media, Chicago police officers try to take Jamale Douglas into custody on Aug. 25, 2025 in the 2600 block of West 71st Street. (Facebook)

Family members raise questions about arrest after video appears to show officers throwing punches

August 26, 2025 at 4:07 p.m.

Relatives of Jamale Douglas disputed felony charges against the man after a video apparently taken by a bystander appeared to show officers punching him, even though the officers reported that...

Chicago police process possible evidence as they investigate a scene in the 5600 block of South Mozart Avenue about a mile from where a off-duty Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca was shot and killed overnight, April 21, 2024, in the 3100 block of West 56th Street in Gage Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Citing ‘glaring lack of forensic capability,’ Burke seeks to build staff in first budget fight

August 24, 2025 at 7:15 p.m.

Eileen O’Neill Burke wants her office to stay on top of rapidly-developing forensic science and its impact on criminal cases, noting it's the largest in the country without one.

Jalisa Ford sits on the ground on Aug. 1, 2020, while rubbing the walkway where her 9-year-old son, Janari Ricks, was fatally shot while playing with friends in the Cabrini Green area on July 31. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Man sentenced to 25 years in 2020 slaying of 9-year-old Janari Ricks in Cabrini Green

August 22, 2025 at 1:49 p.m.

A judge on Thursday sentenced a man to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to gunning down 9-year-old Janari Ricks while he was playing with friends behind the...

A still image of a video released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability shows a group of Chicago police officers surrounding a vehicle driven by Dexter Reed, 26, moments before an "exchange of gunfire" in which Reed was fatally shot on March 21, 2024 in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. (Chicago Police Department)

State’s attorney’s office declines to file charges against CPD officers in Dexter Reed shooting

August 13, 2025 at 5:42 p.m.

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office has declined to file charges against Chicago police officers who fired dozens of shots at Dexter Reed in a shooting that roiled the city...

Brian Crowder gets in a vehicle after exiting the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on July 1, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Former Chicago Public Schools dean sentenced to 22 years in prison for sexually abusing student

August 12, 2025 at 5:31 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Tuesday sentenced a former Chicago Public Schools dean to 22 years in prison for sexually abusing a student while she attended the Little Village high...

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference in Lombard, Aug. 8, 2025, about the arrests of immigrants who were in the U.S. without legal status and had a criminal background, which she called the "worst of the worst." (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blasts Pritzker, Johnson during Chicago-area visit

August 8, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem used a visit to the Chicago area on Friday to criticize Illinois politicians, blasting Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson at a press...

Former Chicago police Detective Kriston Kato in August 2017. (Nancy Stone/baiduhai).

Appeals court sends back case tied to embattled police detective for an evidentiary hearing

August 7, 2025 at 3:40 p.m.

Case tied to ex-Chicago police Detective Kriston Kato again raises the specter of police torture that hangs over numerous Cook County post-conviction matters.

Kevin Jackson, center, mingles with supporters at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Aug. 6, 2025. Jackson is seeking his certificate of innocence. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Outside prosecutors assigned to case as Kevin Jackson continues push for certificate of innocence

August 6, 2025 at 6:44 p.m.

Nine months after an Illinois appeals court called the circumstances surrounding the murder case against a Chicago man "extraordinary" and reversed his convictions, his quest for an on-paper exoneration in...

Man sentenced to life in prison in fatal stabbing of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins as he protected his mother

August 5, 2025 at 5:25 p.m.

Calling the slaying of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins "exceptionally brutal," a judge on Tuesday sentenced his killer to life in prison plus an additional 120 years, mandating the maximum punishment following...

‘She is the person who is supposed to protect this child’: Woman ordered detained after allegedly drowning son in Lake Michigan

July 22, 2025 at 3:06 p.m.

A Chicago woman ordered detained after allegedly drowning her infant son when she walked into Lake Michigan and let go of the 14-month-old boy.

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