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Amber Hailey, center, looks at a photo of her son, Amari Brown, 7, with her second cousin Debra Crews, right, outside her home in the 500 block of North Drake Avenue on July 5, 2015, after the 7-year-old was shot and killed outside his father's home in Humboldt Park overnight. (Michael Tercha/baiduhai)

‘He is the one who turned that corner into a firing range’: Judge sentences men in slaying of 7-year-old Amari Brown

June 9, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.

Amari Brown was gunned down on the Fourth of July in 2015 in an act of violence that spurred national news coverage and calls for change.

Kimberly Ponce, 11, straightens a poster in the memorial for Eyani Jones, 10, and Janiya Jenkins, 21, near the family’s Streamwood town home, May 30, 2025. Ponce, a friend of Eyani's, said, "She was very nice and always complimented me on my outfits. She was a really good friend. Every time I saw her, she made my day." (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Judge detains Streamwood man charged in slaying of his sisters

June 7, 2025 at 7:56 a.m.

Jalonie Jenkins ordered held pending trial for killing sisters in Streamwood knife attack.

Chicago police investigate the scene in the 8200 block of South Drexel Avenue in Chicago on June 6, 2025, in which Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera was shot and killed during an armed confrontation Thursday night. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago police determine slain Officer Krystal Rivera was unintentionally shot by fellow cop

June 7, 2025 at 9:17 a.m.

Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera was fatally shot by a fellow cop during a confrontation with an armed suspect Thursday, police have announced.

Jury finds man guilty of killing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins as the boy protected his mother

December 1, 2025 at 9:57 a.m.

A jury on Thursday evening found a man guilty of murdering 11-year-old Jayden Perkins as he tried to protect his pregnant mother, ending the trial with a measure of justice...

Kimberly Ponce, 11, and her mom, Melissa Ponce, visit the memorial for Eyani Jones, 10, and her sister, Janiya Jenkins, 21, near the family’s Streamwood town home in the 1600 block of McKool Avenue on May 30, 2025. The sisters were stabbed to death Wednesday night. Kimberly, a friend of Eyani Jones, said “she was very nice and always complimented me on my outfits. She was a really good friend. Every time I saw her she made my day." (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Streamwood stabbings broadcast to friend on Snapchat, prosecutors say

June 4, 2025 at 4:55 p.m.

A 10-year-old girl was on a call on the Snapchat social media platform when she and her older sister were fatally stabbed by her brother last week in Streamwood, Cook...

A photo of Jayden Perkins, the 11-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in his home on March 13, 2024, is placed at a memorial outside Perkins home in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

With a tale about jealousy over amateur porn, Crosetti Brand testifies in murder trial

June 2, 2025 at 6:09 p.m.

Cook County prosecutors on Monday rested their case against Crosetti Brand after calling more than two dozen witnesses who described for jurors harrowing accounts of an attack that killed an...

People wait in line at a security check point at O’Hare International Airport on March 12, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Judge orders detention for British national accused of trying to use ICE to flee the country

May 27, 2025 at 1:26 p.m.

A judge on Tuesday ordered a British woman to remain jailed after she was accused of trying to get herself deported to evade trial, finding too much risk that her...

Cameron Vázquez, 9, wearing a military costume in the background, watches as an honor guard passes during the McKinley Park Memorial Day parade on May 26, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘For the fallen’: Veterans, community members march in McKinley Park Memorial Day parade

May 26, 2025 at 5:44 p.m.

Veterans remembered their fallen comrades at a Memorial Day event in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood.

Actor Jussie Smollett listens as his sentence is read at a hearing on March 10, 2022, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Jussie Smollett to donate $50,000 to local charity to settle city lawsuit

May 23, 2025 at 2:31 p.m.

Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett will donate $50,000 to a local nonprofit organization to settle a city lawsuit that sought reimbursement for money spent during a Chicago police investigation of...

How Crosetti Brand is representing himself at trial for child’s slaying: ‘You don’t have to call me ‘bro”

December 1, 2025 at 9:57 a.m.

Brand is charged with murder, attempted murder, home invasion and aggravated domestic battery in a March 13, 2024 attack that killed 11-year-old Jayden Perkins and seriously injured his pregnant mother.

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