Cop admits drinking before fatal shooting
An off-duty Chicago police officer who fired the most shots of five cops involved in the 2005 death of Emmanuel Lopez was drinking before he became involved in a car...
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Police arrest Balfour in Hudson slayings
Within days of the slayings, it seemed all of America knew William Balfour's face and that he was Chicago police's lone suspect in the shooting deaths of three of Oscar-winning...
Photographer finds himself in hot water with police
Photographer Mike Anzaldi admits he tries to get close to the action, and cops don't like it. "My job is to get to these scenes really, really quickly," said Anzaldi,...
Shortened workday urged for election day
Chicago's mayor opened the city's arms wide Thursday to people who want to visit Grant Park for Barack Obama's Election Night rally—or just be near it. And as he did,...
Daley hangs out the welcome sign
Chicago's mayor opened the city's arms wide Thursday to people who want to visit Grant Park for Barack Obama's Election Night rally -- or just be near it. And as...
Gun found near site of boy’s body
Police found a handgun Wednesday matching the caliber of weapon used in the murders of actress Jennifer Hudson's three family members, providing a potential break in the case, law enforcement...
Hudson’s family torn apart
Tragedy and mystery engulfed the family of actress Jennifer Hudson as police searched for her nephew and questioned her brother-in-law in connection with the slayings of her mother and brother....
‘Just let my baby go’
The sister of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson pleaded Saturday for her son's safe return as police pressed her estranged husband for information about the boy's disappearance and a double homicide...
Fleet’s 2nd crash in 5 years
The crash of the medical helicopter run by Bolingbrook-based Air Angels Inc. is the second for the company in five years, and it prompted Children's Memorial Hospital -- the flight's...
Ex-SOS officers, good or bad, in limbo
One of the indicted former Special Operations Section cops had a court date Wednesday at the Cook County criminal courthouse. As usual, nothing happened. Assistant State's Atty. David Navarro walked...