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Judge who made controversial electronic monitoring decision not hearing domestic violence cases because of threats

November 27, 2024 at 4:53 p.m.

Cook County Judge Thomas Nowinski is not hearing domestic violence cases because of threats he has received, according to a statement.

Division 9 of Cook County Jail on Oct. 28, 2022. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Corrections officer accused in alleged jail beating acquitted amid allegations of prosecutorial misconduct

November 26, 2024 at 2:06 p.m.

A Cook County corrections officer was acquitted on Friday of charges stemming from an alleged jail beating amid allegations that an assistant state's attorney hid evidence in the case, according...

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling and Ald. Debra Silverstein, 50th, attend a news conference on Oct. 28, 2024, at police headquarters after a person shot another man in the West Rogers Park neighborhood. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Man googled synagogues and Jewish community centers prior to West Rogers Park attack, prosecutors say

November 22, 2024 at 3:42 p.m.

A man accused of shooting and injuring a 39-year-old man who was on his way to synagogue in West Rogers Park last month used his phone to search for synagogues...

Jussie Smollett speaks to the media after charges against him were dropped at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on March 26, 2019. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Illinois high court overturns Jussie Smollett’s convictions in allegedly staged hate crime

November 22, 2024 at 6:11 a.m.

In a stunning move, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the convictions for former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, finding that a special prosecutor’s decision to retry him violated his rights after...

Officers work a crime scene on the 5600 block of West Leland Avenue in the Portage Park neighborhood on Nov. 19, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Man suspected of killing estranged wife before being found dead was previously released on electronic monitoring

November 20, 2024 at 10:47 p.m.

Weeks before a man allegedly fatally stabbed his estranged wife in a Portage Park attack that also injured a police officer, he appeared before a Cook County judge on accusations...

Former CPS assistant principal sentenced to probation after embezzling funds from elementary school

November 20, 2024 at 1:13 p.m.

A former Chicago Public Schools assistant principal was sentenced to two years probation on Tuesday after she pleaded guilty embezzling money from an elementary school.

Yellow crime scene tape stretches across the driveway outside of a townhome in The Arbors on Nov. 18, 2024, in Barrington. On Sunday afternoon, Olga Duchon was killed inside the townhome after being shot in the chest, police say. (Stacey Wescott/ baiduhai)

Barrington man charged with first-degree murder in shooting death of north suburban endocrinologist, police say

November 20, 2024 at 4:06 p.m.

William R. Zientek is accused of shooting and killing Olga Duchon, 42, Sunday in the 400 block of West Russell Street in what police described as a domestic dispute.

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx poses in her office in Chicago's Loop on Nov. 12, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

As a polarizing eight years comes to an end, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx looks forward to a break from the spotlight

November 19, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Elected in 2016, Foxx has been in the middle of nearly every conversation about safety and justice in Cook County, often with a polarizing fervor.

An image of Natalia Wallace on her gravestone at Glen Oaks Cemetery in Hillside, is seen on July 1, 2021. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

‘They were out getting revenge’: Prosecutors close case against two men accused of killing 7-year-old Natalia Wallace on Fourth of July 2020

November 19, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

Closing arguments were made Monday in the bench trial of alleged killers of 7-year-old Natalia Wallace.

Defendants Nicholas Trutenko, left, and Andrew Horvat, right, listen during their trial at the courthouse in Rolling Meadows on Oct. 21, 2024. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

State rests case against 2 former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys accused of wrongdoing

November 14, 2024 at 5:53 p.m.

Special prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against two former Cook County assistant state’s attorneys standing trial on accusations of wrongdoing in connection with an infamous wrongful conviction case.

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