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Police officers investigate the scene of an extra-alarm fire on June 26, 2025, in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. Four people were killed, including a 5-year-old. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Judge orders man detained in Austin fire that killed 4, including 5-year-old and newspaper editor

July 12, 2025 at 4:01 p.m.

Lontray Clark faced a Cook County judge Saturday on murder, attempted murder and arson charges connected to a fatal June fire in the 5200 block of West North Avenue in...

Former Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, exits the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on June 5, 2024, following a post-trial motion hearing in his corruption trial, which ended in December 2023. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke released early from federal prison

July 9, 2025 at 9:57 a.m.

Less than 10 months after reporting to federal prison, Edward Burke was released to begin spending the rest of his sentence in the Chicago area Tuesday.

A Chicago police officer on July 3, 2025, investigates a mass shooting where four people were killed and 14 were wounded in the late hours of July 2 in the 300 block of West Chicago Avenue in the River North neighborhood. (Peter Tsai/baiduhai)

‘This wasn’t some random shooting’: Police dig in after drive-by attack at River North album release party kills 4, wounds 14 others

July 7, 2025 at 11:26 a.m.

A drive-by mass shooting killed four people and wounded 14 more late Wednesday night in River North, Chicago police said.

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

Former CPS dean found guilty of sexually abusing student

July 2, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

A jury on Wednesday found a former Chicago Public Schools dean guilty of multiple felony counts for sexually abusing a student, after the young woman testified that he coerced her...

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

Former CPS dean stands trial accused of sexually abusing a student

July 1, 2025 at 3:46 p.m.

While serving as a dean of discipline in the Chicago Public Schools system, Brian Crowder approached a 15-year-old student in the lunch room at a Little Village school and asked...

The pool at Douglass Park in Chicago is closed on June 27, 2025, after teens were shot nearby, one fatally. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Man charged in Douglass Park shooting that killed one is linked to prior self-defense claim in shooting of dogs

June 30, 2025 at 8:32 p.m.

Man who shot at three unarmed teenagers in Douglass Park, killing a 15-year-old boy and seriously wounding a 14-year-old, once shot two dogs in Lakeview, also claiming self-defense.

Under the watch of Cook County sheriff's officers, inmates walk toward a bus for transportation from Cook County Jail to various courthouses on April 16, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Sharp drop in arrests, other long-term crime trends shown in new Cook County data dashboard

June 30, 2025 at 6:10 a.m.

Seeking to identify long-term shifts in how the criminal justice system operates in Cook County, Loyola University researchers and local officials have launched a new data project.

Friends, family and police attend a visitation for Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera, who was mistakenly shot and killed by a fellow officer on June 5 after a confrontation with an armed suspect, on June 24, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Bucking policy trend, public access to video of CPD Officer Krystal Rivera’s fatal shooting is delayed

August 20, 2025 at 9:13 a.m.

A judge has barred the release of video and other materials related to the investigation into the friendly fire shooting death of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera after the Cook...

Chicago police stand near where a toddler and a man were fatally shot and a woman was wounded in the 2300 block of South Kenneth Avenue in the Lawndale neighborhood in 2017. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Man sentenced to 20 years in toddler’s 2017 slaying that was streamed on Facebook Live

June 18, 2025 at 3:15 p.m.

A judge on Wednesday sentenced a man to 20 years in prison in an attack that killed a 2-year-old boy and his uncle on Valentine's Day in 2017 after he...

Former Speaker Michael Madigan, second from left, waits to cross Jackson Boulevard with attorney Thomas Breen as they arrive at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse for a hearing on sentencing guidelines, June 10, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Judge strikes reference to Madigan’s personal fortune of more than $40 million from sentencing record

June 10, 2025 at 2:36 p.m.

A federal judge on Tuesday struck from the court record a reference to former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s personal net worth of more than $40 million, agreeing with his...

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