Man to get $6M over arrest, imprisonment in murders
A man cleared by DNA of killing his daughter and her friend in Zion in 2005 has settled his lawsuit against police and prosecutors, taking in more than $6 million,...
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Felony gun charges considered for man stopped at golf tournament
Mindful of the shifting law on carrying guns in Illinois, prosecutors on Tuesday weighed possible felony weapons charges against a man who police said tried to bring a gun into...
Citation issued to man accused of trying to enter golf tourney with gun
Mindful of the shifting law on carrying guns in Illinois, prosecutors on Tuesday weighed possible felony weapons charges against a man who police said tried to bring a gun into...
Quinn signs bill expanding recording of police interrogations
Illinois police will have to record more interrogations of criminal suspects under legislation Gov. Pat Quinn signed Monday that aims to prevent false confessions and wrongful convictions. The law expands...
Police check landfill as search for missing baby enters third day
Zion police are sifting through a landfill on the afternoon of their third day of searching for a missing baby officers fear may have died. More than 50 officers and...
Police check landfill as search for missing baby enters third day
Zion police are sifting through a landfill on the afternoon of their third day of searching for a missing baby officers fear may have died. More than 50 officers and...
Zion police chief fears missing baby ‘has been harmed or worse’
The two-day search for a missing Zion baby took a turn Thursday after police said they feared he might no longer be alive and called on residents to search their...
Wheeling officer dies after collapsing during training
The death of a Wheeling police officer who fell ill during a departmental training session last week appears to be related to a blood clot in her lung, the officer's...
Wheeling officer dies after collapsing during training
The death of a Wheeling police officer who fell ill during a departmental training session last week appears to be related to a blood clot in her lung, the officer's...
Lake County exoneration could ripple beyond Illinois
During an interrogation that stretched for more than 24 hours, James Edwards confessed to three murders, Waukegan detectives said, enough to make him a serial killer. He was convicted and...