Howard Ludwig

A Chicago man punched a 63-year-old woman in the face and then stole her car, dog and oxygen tank in Dolton, according to prosecutors. Frank Barker, 51, appeared Friday in...

A Griffith, Ind., woman accidentally shot her 6-year-old daughter at a house party in Lansing, according to Cook County prosecutors. Andrea Cunningham Ellis, 30, appeared in felony bond court Thursday...

An Oak Lawn woman was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the brutal 2013 slaying of her 6-month old granddaughter. Judge Colleen Hyland ruled Wednesday that Alfreda Giedrojc...

A Palos Hills man attacked two security guards early Tuesday while being treated at Palos Hospital, according to prosecutors at the Bridgeview courthouse. Edward Garrett, 46, was charged with aggravated...

Bail was denied Monday for a Hammond man charged with first-degree murder after an alleged drug deal went bad in Sauk Village. Calviontae Washington, 22, was charged in the shooting...

A Chicago man was found guilty Thursday of a 2011 carjacking that killed a 39-year-old mother of six in Harvey. Diantoine McGee, 34, was convicted of first-degree murder, aggravated vehicular...

A 30-year-old man was found not guilty Wednesday of fatally shooting three people, including a 10-year-old girl, in a 2010 botched robbery in Harvey. Faheem Norwood, who had several Chicago...

Cynthia Weglarz-Rountree died suddenly after a severe brain hemorrhage Dec. 27, 2001, but her spirit lives on at the Lake Katherine Nature Center in Palos Heights. Since 2003, a group...