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Police search a residential building at the scene where Officer Krystal Rivera was shot near the 8200 block of South Drexel Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood on June 5, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Judge denies state request to vacate order barring release of video in CPD Officer Krystal Rivera shooting

September 10, 2025 at 2:59 p.m.

In a reversal, Cook County prosecutors asked a judge to rescind a previous order that barred release of video and other materials related to the friendly fire shooting death of...

People chant in support of keeping Chicago a sanctuary city at City Hall on Jan. 13, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

‘Operation Midway Blitz’ blasted release of jail inmates, but holding them in Illinois takes a court order

September 10, 2025 at 2:20 p.m.

Although federal officials blasted the release of 11 men into Chicago, legal experts noted that Illinois law does allow for undocumented suspects to be turned over with a court order....

Alisha Clark, Prairie State College dean of workforce development and community education, right, speaks to graduates Jadon Lewis, from left, Kendall Robinson and Malik Tate, after the Sauk Village Restorative Justice Community Court graduation ceremony at the Sauk Village Community Center on Aug. 25, 2025. The program celebrated its first graduating class. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Case referrals to Cook County restorative justice courts lag amid policy debate

September 9, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Making good on a campaign promise, State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has stopped approving gun possession cases for participation in the court, instead sending other types of offenses, such as...

A security guard speaks with a customs agent with a sniffer dog at the international terminal at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on June 9, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

British woman caught at O’Hare with $6.2M in cocaine sentenced to 6 years after allegedly seeking deportation

September 8, 2025 at 1:41 p.m.

A British woman who was caught at O'Hare airport with nearly 100 pounds of cocaine was sentenced to six years in prison Monday, resolving the case after a bizarre interlude...

Protesters and activists, including Lee Goodman, in stripes, protest outside Cook County's domestic violence-focused courthouse in Chicago on Sept. 4, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

ICE agents detain 2 at county domestic violence courthouse this week. Advocates warn of chilling effect on victims.

September 4, 2025 at 4:07 p.m.

The arrests near the facility at 555 W. Harrison St. come as residents and politicians brace for a surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Chicago.

In a still image from video posted on social media, Chicago police officers try to take Jamale Douglas into custody on Aug. 25, 2025 in the 2600 block of West 71st Street. (Facebook)

Family members raise questions about arrest after video appears to show officers throwing punches

August 26, 2025 at 4:07 p.m.

Relatives of Jamale Douglas disputed felony charges against the man after a video apparently taken by a bystander appeared to show officers punching him, even though the officers reported that...

Chicago police process possible evidence as they investigate a scene in the 5600 block of South Mozart Avenue about a mile from where a off-duty Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca was shot and killed overnight, April 21, 2024, in the 3100 block of West 56th Street in Gage Park. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Citing ‘glaring lack of forensic capability,’ Burke seeks to build staff in first budget fight

August 24, 2025 at 7:15 p.m.

Eileen O’Neill Burke wants her office to stay on top of rapidly-developing forensic science and its impact on criminal cases, noting it's the largest in the country without one.

Jalisa Ford sits on the ground on Aug. 1, 2020, while rubbing the walkway where her 9-year-old son, Janari Ricks, was fatally shot while playing with friends in the Cabrini Green area on July 31. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Man sentenced to 25 years in 2020 slaying of 9-year-old Janari Ricks in Cabrini Green

August 22, 2025 at 1:49 p.m.

A judge on Thursday sentenced a man to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to gunning down 9-year-old Janari Ricks while he was playing with friends behind the...

A still image of a video released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability shows a group of Chicago police officers surrounding a vehicle driven by Dexter Reed, 26, moments before an "exchange of gunfire" in which Reed was fatally shot on March 21, 2024 in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. (Chicago Police Department)

State’s attorney’s office declines to file charges against CPD officers in Dexter Reed shooting

August 13, 2025 at 5:42 p.m.

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office has declined to file charges against Chicago police officers who fired dozens of shots at Dexter Reed in a shooting that roiled the city...

Brian Crowder gets in a vehicle after exiting the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on July 1, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Former Chicago Public Schools dean sentenced to 22 years in prison for sexually abusing student

August 12, 2025 at 5:31 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Tuesday sentenced a former Chicago Public Schools dean to 22 years in prison for sexually abusing a student while she attended the Little Village high...

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