Madeline Buckley is a criminal justice reporter for the baiduhai covering courts and the legal system. She covers courthouses across Cook County but is usually found at "26th and Cal."
Embattled U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros on Thursday made one of his first local public appearances since his office dropped charges in the “Broadview Six” case amid alleged grand jury improprieties,...
Since lawmakers expanded electronic monitoring to many new parts of the state following the passage of the Pretrial Fairness Act, more of Illinois has access to the technology than ever...
Nearly five years after her death, body camera footage that captured the killing of Chicago police officer Ella French was released to the public Wednesday.
Cook County prosecutors have dropped charges against two men who were accused of starting a fire in a vacant building in order to submit a fraudulent insurance claim, leading to...
A judge on Monday ordered a three-year prison sentence for a bouncer who fired a gun at a west suburban nightclub during a scuffle, killing a 21-year-old woman on the...
After failing to secure an indictment in the "Broadview Six" case last October, federal prosecutors tried again a week later but ran into immediate skepticism from some members of the...
A man who allegedly shot and killed his wife and daughter in a 2023 attack that shone a spotlight on lacking protections for victims of domestic violence has died, putting...
The family of Adam Toledo has refiled a new complaint against the city and the police officer who shot him, alleging wrongdoing in the 13-year-old's death.