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Workers remove bodies from the South Chicago Chapel in the South Deering neighborhood on Aug. 7, 2026. The remains of over 50 people were discovered the day before at the funeral home in the 2900 block of East 95th Street. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘I want to see some justice’: Families, officials call for change amid investigation into funeral home

August 7, 2026 at 7:22 p.m.

Authorities on Friday continued to investigate after the remains of more than 50 people were recovered Thursday at a South Deering funeral home on the city’s Southeast Side.

Outgoing Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans greets people as Charles Beach is installed as the new chief judge at a ceremony on Dec. 1, 2025, at Chicago-Kent College of Law. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Former Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans appointed as appellate justice

August 6, 2026 at 5:13 p.m.

Former Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans has been appointed to serve as a justice for an Illinois appeals court, securing a prestigious judgeship nearly a year after he was...

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart outside the Cook County Jail complex on April 4, 2023. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

ICE threatened Sheriff Tom Dart with criminal charges over access to inmates for immigration enforcement

August 6, 2026 at 3:53 p.m.

Federal authorities sent Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart subpoenas for inmates wanted for civil immigration enforcement along with letters that threatened criminal charges if the office didn't turn over the...

Photos of Sierra Evans adorn posters during a vigil in her memory in an alley near the 9500 block of South Avenue N, Oct. 2, 2024, in Chicago. Evans, 19, was found fatally shot in the alley on the morning of Sept. 28. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘Scary, stone-cold killer’: Man killed two young women a year apart, prosecutors say

August 5, 2026 at 3:09 p.m.

When police arrested 21-year-old Anthony Nunnally for carjacking in October, it had been about two days since 17-year-old Gabriella Arellano had been found shot to death in an East Side...

Relatives of Brittany Battaglia, her father, Tom Battaglia, from left, her mother, Susan Battaglia, and her aunt, Maria Battaglia, leave the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on July 31, 2026, after Genesis Silva was sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing Brittany Battaglia. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

‘I just want to ask why’: Man sentenced to 50 years in slaying of girlfriend found in duffel bag in Logan Square

July 31, 2026 at 5:40 p.m.

Cook County Judge Mary Margaret Brosnahan sentenced a man to 50 years in prison for killing his girlfriend and hiding her body in a duffle bag.

Friends and relatives of 13-year-old Adam Toledo light candles during a gathering at a mural in his memory, in the 3600 block of West Ogden Avenue, March 29, 2022, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

City will seek to dismiss federal complaint in shooting death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo

July 30, 2026 at 5:17 p.m.

The city of Chicago plans to seek dismissal of a new federal complaint filed by the family of Adam Toledo, the 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a leadership summit in Chicago on June 25, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

GOP candidate Darren Bailey uses trespassing arrest at Gov. JB Pritzker’s home for familiar attack on crime

July 18, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

In an era of rising concern over the safety of political figures, Republican nominee for governor Darren Bailey is using the arrest of a man at Gov. JB Pritzker's Gold...

Detainees are escorted by Cook County sheriff’s deputies as they walk through tunnels from Cook County Jail to the Leighton Criminal Courts Building for court appearances on Oct. 3, 2022. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Judges frequently order pretrial detention even when risk score is low: report

July 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Judges often hold defendants in jail while awaiting trial, even when given a low score for risk of flight or committing new offenses, a court advocacy group says.

Menard Correctional Center in downstate Chester on Aug. 31, 2012. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Lawsuit alleges IDOC inmates denied exercise in ‘dungeon-like’ solitary cells

July 14, 2026 at 12:12 p.m.

The Illinois Department of Corrections confined inmates in "dungeon-like conditions" in solitary confinement and refused to allow them to exercise, causing chronic physical and psychological pain, a lawsuit filed Monday...

Following earlier ICE presence and a reported arrest, activist Rachel Cohen warns people outside the domestic violence courthouse at 555 W. Harrison St. in Chicago on Sept. 3, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Immigration arrests near county courthouses still persist, despite state law

July 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The presence of immigration agents around Cook County courthouses remains stubbornly persistent.

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