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R. Kelly turns himself in at 1st District police headquarters in Chicago on Feb. 22, 2019.

R. Kelly, worried his infected toe might be stepped on, skips court hearing

October 30, 2019 at 11:12 a.m.

Embattled singer R. Kelly skipped his scheduled federal court appearance Wednesday morning because he has an infected toe and was worried someone might step on it, his lawyer said. Kelly,...

Cynthia Lane speaks out on Aug. 3, 2017, about the killing of her son Roshad McIntosh in 2014.

Disciplinary investigators find Chicago cop justified in fatally shooting 19-year-old in 2014

October 29, 2019 at 7:03 p.m.

Chicago police disciplinary investigators have ruled an officer was justified in fatally shooting 19-year-old Roshad McIntosh in 2014 on the West Side but continue to investigate another officer who gave...

Senetra Cross touches the head of Calvin Cross Jr., the son of her brother Calvin Cross, next to the man's grave in Homewood in May 2016. Calvin Cross' niece Lashaunda is at right. Cross was fatally shot by police in 2011.

Investigators find Chicago cop had ‘reckless disregard for human life’ in fatal shooting of fleeing teen. But officer can’t be fired because ruling came too late.

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

The Chicago police disciplinary authority has ruled that an officer was unjustified in the 2011 fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man who fled from police, but the city can't fire...

Members of the Chicago Police Board raise their hands in a vote discharging Chicago police Officer Robert Rialmo at Chicago police headquarters on Oct. 17, 2019.

Chicago Police Board fires Officer Robert Rialmo nearly 4 years after he fatally shot Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

The Chicago Police Board has fired Officer Robert Rialmo for one of the most divisive shootings in Police Department history. The 7-0 vote was taken at a crowded public meeting...

Rick and Kathy Paine visit with their daughter Christina Eilman at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago in 2006. Eilman suffered a severe traumatic brain injury after a fall from the seventh-floor window of the Robert Taylor Homes.

A hidden cost of Chicago police misconduct: $213 million to private lawyers since 2004

March 13, 2025 at 3:03 p.m.

When a man cleared of murder after 21 years in prison sued the Chicago police officers who put him away, the city's Law Department brought on private lawyers and fought...

Police and officials work the crime scene along state Route 1, near Kankakee, where the body of kidnap victim Stephen Small was found buried in a wooden box.

Judge rejects bid for new sentence for Nancy Rish, convicted in 1987 Kankakee buried-alive suffocation murder

June 14, 2024 at 6:40 p.m.

A judge on Friday denied the latest bid to free a woman who has spent three decades in prison for the murder of a prominent Kankakee businessman who suffocated after...

Nancy Rish seeks new sentence in notorious 1987 murder of Kankakee businessman who was buried alive

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

Update: At a brief hearing Monday afternoon, Associate Judge Michael Sabol said he would consider the arguments in the case and issue a ruling July 26. In the three decades...

Rebecca Martin hangs blue ribbons in the Edison Park neighborhood to honor fallen Chicago police Officer Samuel Jimenez on Nov. 20, 2018. Jimenez was shot and killed at Mercy Hospital.

On day she got protective order, Mercy Hospital shooter’s ex-wife reported home ‘destroyed.’ Chicago cops never questioned him.

May 28, 2019 at 4:49 a.m.

Four years before Juan Lopez gunned down three people at Mercy Hospital, his then-wife called 911 and made a startling allegation: The very day she'd gotten an order of protection...

Officer Robert Rialmo, left, shown with his attorney Joel Brodsky in July 2018, awaits a ruling from the Chicago Police Board on whether he should be fired.

Benefit for Robert Rialmo, cop who fatally shot teenager and bystander, will raffle gift certificates for guns

May 2, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

An event benefiting Officer Robert Rialmo — who faces potential firing for fatally shooting two people — will feature a raffle for gift certificates for guns. A notice for the...

Christopher Abernathy, center, is released from Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet on Feb. 11, 2015.

$14 million settlement for man cleared of 1984 murder of 15-year-old girl in Park Forest

April 29, 2019 at 1:51 p.m.

Park Forest and Cook County officials have agreed to a $14 million settlement with a man who spent 29 years in prison for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old...

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