Attorneys for Tyrece Williams celebrated the decision, but also urged Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke to ...

The third person charged in a stabbing and fight that injured two people last October in Dayton has been sentenced to jail.

Police announced Monday that two suspects were arrested for fatally shooting 37-year-old Antoine Lavale Parker inside his ...

The victims of an alleged Chicago serial killer included a man taking his family to buy a puppy and an individual who went to ...

Cleodious “J.R.” Schoffner Jr. hadn't killed anyone when he was put away at age 20 as an accomplice to a 1997 murder. He got a life sentence without possibility of parole. That wouldn't happen today.

Antonio Reyes, a 21-year-old police say killed six people, is in jail but remains a terror, intimidating guards and attempting to kill fellow inmates.

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COOK COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) has found a wanted fugitive. As of 6 p.m. on Wednesday, it was announced that 36-year-old Michael J. Beach has been ...

Two former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys on Wednesday were acquitted of multiple felony counts following an unusual criminal trial connected to an infamous Chicago wrongful conviction ...

PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill. - A Cook County man was indicted last week for allegedly trafficking firearms and drugs. Efrain Jacobo, 42, of Prospect Heights, faces federal firearm and drug offenses.

He was ordered to repay over $1.5 million to the SBA in restitution. NILES, Ill. - A Cook County man was sentenced to prison earlier this month for scamming his way into more than $1.5 million in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday, Feb. 12, by a federal appeals court that concluded the singer ...