Madeline Buckley

Police work at the scene where a Chicago police officer fatally shot a person March 29, 2021, near the corner of 2400 S. Sawyer Ave., behind Farragut Career Academy High School.

Judge acquits man in gun case stemming from the night 13-year-old Adam Toledo was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer

November 18, 2022 at 5:40 p.m.

A man who prosecutors said fired a gun while with Adam Toledo before the 13-year-old was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer was found not guilty of weapons...

Elizabeth Arguelles arranges flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site where Adam Toledo was shot by police in the Little Village neighborhood on April 15, 2021.

Lawyers for man with Adam Toledo when he was killed by Chicago police argue it’s unclear who fired shots that brought officers to scene

November 17, 2022 at 5:10 p.m.

Lawyers on Thursday argued Adam Toledo — not Ruben Roman — may have fired a gun in the Little Village before the 13-year-old Toledo was shot and killed by a...

Partner of officer who shot and killed Adam Toledo testifies in gun case of man who was allegedly with the teen before he was slain

November 16, 2022 at 6:46 p.m.

In March of last year, Chicago police Officer Corina Gallegos rode in an unmarked car with her partner, Officer Eric Stillman, to a Southwest Side intersection to check out a...

Edwin Davila celebrates his exoneration on Nov. 15, 2022, in Chicago.

Court vacates convictions in 1995 murder case connected to disgraced CPD Detective Reynaldo Guevara

November 15, 2022 at 7:16 p.m.

Edwin Davila nervously waited about 90 minutes in court on Tuesday until an assistant state's attorney arrived and made an announcement he's awaited for more than two decades. Cook County...

Fall color surrounds the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Oct. 29, 2022.

Illinois Democrats say they’ve held onto big legislative majorities in first general election without ex-Speaker Madigan

November 9, 2022 at 11:23 a.m.

In their first general election following the departure of indicted ex-Speaker Michael Madigan, Illinois House and Senate Democrats declared Tuesday they held onto their supermajorities as Republicans struggled to gain...

Gerald Reed sits in a wheelchair while waiting to be picked up by his niece at the visitor entrance at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill on April 2, 2021.

Man who claimed abuse by Burge detectives had sentence commuted, but a prosecutor now alleges ‘three-state crime spree’ after his release

October 25, 2022 at 5:36 p.m.

Gerald Reed, a former Illinois inmate who alleged he was beaten by Chicago police detectives who worked under disgraced former Cmdr. Jon Burge, was released from prison last year after...

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Judge acquits man in gun case stemming from the night 13-year-old Adam Toledo was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer

Lawyers for man with Adam Toledo when he was killed by Chicago police argue it’s unclear who fired shots that brought officers to scene

Partner of officer who shot and killed Adam Toledo testifies in gun case of man who was allegedly with the teen before he was slain

Court vacates convictions in 1995 murder case connected to disgraced CPD Detective Reynaldo Guevara

Illinois Democrats say they’ve held onto big legislative majorities in first general election without ex-Speaker Madigan

Man who claimed abuse by Burge detectives had sentence commuted, but a prosecutor now alleges ‘three-state crime spree’ after his release

Attorneys for man accused in 2011 slaying of off-duty Chicago officer accuse police of withholding evidence

Domestic violence charges against Cook County judge dropped

Officials ‘grinding to the bone’ to prepare for cash-bail reform amid what they call misinformation, politicization

Jury finds Chicago man guilty in slaying of six members of extended family in 2016 Gage Park case