Madeline Buckley

The casket of Chicago police Officer Ella French is brought through the vestibule before the funeral Mass for French on Aug. 19, 2021, at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel.

Man facing gun charges related to slaying of CPD Officer Ella French seeks bail

February 23, 2023 at 3:23 p.m.

A man who is facing weapons charges and other felonies in connection with the on-duty killing of Chicago police Officer Ella French in August 2021 is asking a judge to...

Chicago police investigate the scene of a shooting in early on Dec. 30, 2011, at M & M Quick Foods, 1201 N. Austin Blvd., where off-duty Officer Clifton Lewis was shot and killed.

More than a decade ago, CPD vowed to catch a cop’s killers. Now those cases, plagued by accusations of misconduct, are falling apart.

February 21, 2023 at 3:40 p.m.

There was a moment of thunderous applause at the January 2012 funeral for slain Chicago police Officer Clifton Lewis. Former Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy vowed before crowds of police...

Cash bail is collected in the bond office to secure a detainee's release, Dec. 21, 2022, at Division 5 of Cook County Jail.

Prosecutors fighting no-cash bail law argue that legislators should have put the question to voters

February 17, 2023 at 3:37 p.m.

Illinois prosecutors challenging a state law that eliminated cash bail argued in a court filing Friday that the measure is "doomed" because lawmakers did not put the matter to voters...

Rodney Wells, stepfather of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, speaks at a news conference with civil rights attorney Ben Crump, seen comforting Tyre's mother RowVaughn Wells, in Memphis, Tennessee, on Jan. 27, 2023.

Legal experts fear Chicago’s slow police reforms could lead to a Tyre Nichols incident here 8 years after Laquan McDonald firestorm

January 31, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The video-recorded killing of Tyre Nichols that led to charges against police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, stirred echoes all the way in Chicago, where eight years ago another recorded death...

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Man facing gun charges related to slaying of CPD Officer Ella French seeks bail

More than a decade ago, CPD vowed to catch a cop’s killers. Now those cases, plagued by accusations of misconduct, are falling apart.

Prosecutors fighting no-cash bail law argue that legislators should have put the question to voters

Legal experts fear Chicago’s slow police reforms could lead to a Tyre Nichols incident here 8 years after Laquan McDonald firestorm

Chicago police lieutenant accused of shoving flashlight between teen’s buttocks during arrest found not guilty

Illinois attorney general makes argument in appeal of ruling that halted move to cashless bail

Se declara culpable sujeto relacionado a muerte de Marlen Ochoa-López a quien le sacaron a su bebé del útero

Boyfriend of woman accused of strangling Marlen Ochoa-Lopez and cutting baby out of womb sentenced to 4 years in prison

New prosecutors assigned in case of 2011 slaying of CPD officer amid increasing scrutiny

MLK Day: ‘It’s so important to really delve into your history so you know where your roots are’