2 Chicago cops among 15 charged in federal gang probe
HAMMOND-- Two Chicago police officers who are alleged to have been paid by the Latin Kings street gang to shake down rivals of drugs and cash were among 15 people...
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10-year-old girl’s death stuns small town
RIDGE FARM, Ill.—A line of cars rolled slowly past Ridge Farm Elementary School Wednesday and into Crown Hill Cemetery for the burial of 10-year-old Ashlynn Conner. Many of Ashlynn's classmates...
No bail for man accused of stabbing friend to death, stuffing him in closet
A man who was accused of stabbing his friend to death and stuffing him in a closet to conceal the murder was denied bail today. Bednago Harper, 46, of the...
Prosecutors: Man beat, strangled woman, set her on fire, then took nap
Pedro Cruz had been drinking in his Uptown apartment for hours with his downstairs neighbor this week before he strangled her, carried her body down three flights of stairs, and...
Wrongly jailed Harvey man released after almost 20 years
CHESTER, Ill. — After serving nearly two decades in prison for a murder they did not commit, brothers James Harden and Jonathan Barr shared their final hours behind bars together...
After years in prison, exonerated man ‘going to move around’
Brothers James Harden and Jonathan Barr were down to the final interminable hours after spending nearly two decades behind bars for a crime they did not commit. A day after...
Prosecutors vacate charges for 5 who served years for rape, killing of 14-year-old girl
Even before the five teenagers went to prison, DNA evidence failed to link them to the 1991 rape and murder of a 14-year-old Dixmoor girl. For the three who received...
Protesters occupy Naperville
The occupation of Naperville on Saturday was brief and uneventful, with no cardboard city, no street theater and only a handful of demonstrators. About 50 people joined the event —...
Occupy Naperville brief, uneventful protest
The occupation of Naperville today was brief and uneventful, with no cardboard city, no street theater and only a relative handful of demonstrators. About 50 people joined the event, forming...
Police: Report of downed plane near Navy Pier ‘not bona fide’
A report of a plane down near Navy Pier turned out to be mistaken, a Chicago Police spokesman said. Chicago Fire and Police Department emergency crews responded to a possible...