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Octavia Mitchell poses for a portrait in her home in 2019 in Chicago. According to police, her son Izael Jackson was shot and killed in 2010 by police during a traffic stop after he got out of the vehicle and started firing shots at the officers.

Chicago police watchdog turns down Bronzeville mom’s plea to reopen investigation into fatal shooting of son. ‘I’m still fighting like before.’

May 8, 2020 at 3:55 p.m.

Octavia Mitchell had been hoping for a triumphant Mother's Day celebration this year, her first since her son Izael Jackson was fatally shot during a confrontation with Chicago police a...

Parolee swaps identities with another inmate, walks out of Cook County Jail in mask covering distinctive face tattoos

May 6, 2020 at 5:43 p.m.

Having received a personal recognizance I-bond for a felony drug charge from a judge on Saturday, Quintin Henderson was set to head home that evening — that is, until a...

Visitors walk along reopened Navy Pier on May 2, 2021, in Chicago.

Here are some Chicago-area mask giveaways to prepare for Illinois order that starts Friday

May 1, 2020 at 9:55 a.m.

Starting Friday, Illinois residents older than age 2 are required to wear masks or face coverings in public, according to an order from Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The directive requires facial...

Gina James informs mourners arriving at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago on April 24, 2020, for the burial of her son Joseph R. James that only five people will be admitted to the cemetery.

Column: COVID-19 is upending sacred ‘homegoing’ services for black families

April 30, 2020 at 6:45 a.m.

In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak that has taken more than 1,600 lives in Cook County in seven weeks, it feels like a blessing that I was able to...

People move away from a crime scene near the CTA Red Line Grand station on Feb. 28, 2020, in Chicago.

Videos show new details of controversial police shooting at Red Line station — and the scramble by officers to tend to the wounded man

April 29, 2020 at 4:29 p.m.

The independent agency that investigates Chicago police on Tuesday released more than a dozen video and audio clips from a controversial shooting by an officer that wounded a man who...

Man who allegedly bragged on social media about ‘putting two bodies’ on a gun is indicted in second slaying

April 28, 2020 at 9:56 p.m.

A 20-year-old man already charged with killing an alleged marijuana dealer after being caught bragging on social media that he used a gun to kill two people has now been...

Bail denied for man accused of strangling escort in downtown hotel, using her phone to get money from her clients

April 28, 2020 at 7:31 a.m.

After strangling an Ohio woman working as an escort in a downtown hotel, her killer used the dead woman's phone to pretend she was still alive to extract money from...

Judge calls teen accused in gang slaying, high-speed Bishop Ford chase a ‘one-man crime wave’

April 26, 2020 at 10:45 p.m.

Prosecutors on Sunday said Michael Caraway was already wanted for murder when he allegedly led at least 13 Illinois State Police vehicles on an 11-mile chase through the south suburbs...

Prosecutors: Man fleeing police caused violent crash in West Garfield Park that killed passenger

April 23, 2020 at 7:21 p.m.

A Pill Hill man wanted on a traffic offense sped away from Chicago police in February, leading to a violent high-speed crash that killed one of his passengers and injured...

DNA leads to man accused of sneaking into home, groping sleeping woman in Logan Square, prosecutors say

April 22, 2020 at 3:36 p.m.

DNA from a Chicago Cubs cap left behind after an alleged attempted sex assault in the Logan Square neighborhood last month led police to a neighborhood man on probation, according...

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