Speeding car hits light pole, killing 2 teens, hurting 2
The Pontiac Grand Prix was moving fast--so fast that when it hit a dip in the road early Monday morning it went airborne then smashed into a light pole, killing...
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Son makes appeal for help in finding killer of doctor
Jon Cornbleet believes that someone else must know who murdered his father last week in his Michigan Avenue dermatology office, and on Monday he renewed his plea that someone come...
Possible killer on video
In the first image, the suspected murderer strides in through the revolving door of 30 N. Michigan Ave., wearing a red baseball cap and a gray jacket. A black bag...
State to drop cases tied to suspect cops
Top Cook County prosecutors have ordered their staff to drop any case that nine special operations officers had a significant role in handling, which could nullify the arrests of 110...
She begged for help; guards said, ‘Shut up’
Hour after hour, Christina Eilman threw herself at the bars of her cell at a South Side police lockup, shrieking threats one moment and begging for help the next, pleading...
Drug use blamed as 4 hospitalized
At least four people were taken to hospitals Tuesday after apparently overdosing on drugs at a South Side public housing complex. The Chicago Fire Department responded at about 4:20 p.m....
City transit agencies wary, watchful
Chicago area bus and train riders were reminded Thursday to report unusual activity, even though city and state officials said the international terror plot posed no immediate threat to the...
Missing Egyptian caught at O’Hare
With airline employees and police at O'Hare International Airport working in a heightened state of alert Thursday morning, a Delta Air Lines ticket agent became suspicious of a young Egyptian...
Report: Cops used torture
Former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge led the torture of criminal suspects for two decades, coercing dozens of confessions with fists, kicks, radiator burns, guns to the mouth, bags over...
Tragic news greets dad returning to find teen
When Martin Renteria's ex-wife called him Monday afternoon, she told him only that their 16-year-old daughter was missing. It wasn't until he drove to Chicago from his home in Whiting...