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Juvenile Court Judge Stuart Lubin in 1998.

State’s attorney candidate prosecuted boy whose murder conviction was overturned because police coerced confession

December 21, 2023 at 6:15 p.m.

Two short years after joining the Cook County state's attorney's office, Eileen O'Neill was lead prosecutor in the 1993 murder case of Anna Gilvis, an 83-year-old woman found dead and...

Ald. Jessica Fuentes speaks during a City Council meeting at City Hall on Dec.13, 2023. The police contract was approved, but the arbitrator's disciplinary ruling was rejected during a loud council meeting.

City Council sides with mayor on Chicago police contract: More money for cops but disciplinary provision rebuffed

December 13, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.

Following Mayor Brandon Johnson's lead, the Chicago City Council on Wednesday rejected a provision in the city's proposed contract with Chicago police that would allow officers accused of serious misconduct...

Cops: Driver of stolen car fatally struck by semitruck while running from police in Austin

December 12, 2023 at 8:09 p.m.

The driver of a stolen vehicle was fatally struck by a semitruck during a brief police foot chase in the Austin neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, according to Chicago police. Around 2:30...

Superintendent Larry Snelling, left, speaks with Chicago Police Board President Ghian Foreman during a Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability public meeting at Truman College, Dec. 11, 2023.

Public safety agencies address 2024 goals — including transparency — even as the public process for police discipline is threatened

December 12, 2023 at 2:37 p.m.

Leaders from three of the city's public safety agencies gathered at Truman College in the Uptown neighborhood Monday night to lay out their high-level goals for the coming year. But...

State Sen. Natalie Toro speaks during a Bucktown community meeting on Dec. 7, 2023.

Bucktown residents express anxiety and frustration over 2023 crime spikes at community meeting

December 8, 2023 at 2:36 p.m.

Residents of Bucktown gathered Thursday night to air frustrations over a spike in violent crime in the wealthy North Side neighborhood, with many calling on the three state legislators who...

John Catanzara, president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, gives public comment at a meeting of the City Council Committee on Workforce Development on ratifying the new police contract on Dec. 7, 2023, at Chicago City Hall.

City Council committee rejects discipline provision in Chicago police contract but OKs pay hikes

December 7, 2023 at 6:54 p.m.

Setting the stage for a potential legal fight and protracted turmoil between Chicago's largest police union and Mayor Brandon Johnson, a City Council committee on Thursday opposed a contract provision...

Firefighters and officers work the scene of a fire at the Swift Mansion, a historic house in the Bronzeville neighborhood on Dec. 3, 2023.

Swift Mansion fire was arson, Chicago police say

December 6, 2023 at 1:24 p.m.

Chicago police arson detectives continue to investigate a weekend fire at the Swift Mansion in the Bronzeville neighborhood. The owners of the historic 131-year-old building allegedly moved to evict nine...

Calvin Smith, the system program director of the Southwest Organizing Project, on Dec. 1, 2023.

Chicago seeing a drop in homicides as 2023 nears end, but not in every neighborhood

December 3, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago is poised to see a double-digit percentage drop in homicides in 2023, welcome news for a freshman mayor and a police superintendent who took the reins of the department...

Off-duty CPD officer among 7 robbed at gunpoint late Monday

November 28, 2023 at 8:48 a.m.

An off-duty Chicago Police officer was one of seven people robbed at gunpoint across the city during a two-hour period late Monday. The 33-year-old officer was getting out of his...

Man charged with shooting and killing his 16-year-old son during fight in Austin apartment

November 21, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

An Austin man has been charged with fatally shooting his teenage son inside his home on the West Side last weekend. Leon Taylor, 33, was charged late Monday with one...

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