Matthew Walberg

One of the city's most persistent and troubling scandals reaches federal court Thursday when jury selection begins in the trial of Jon Burge, the former Chicago police detective accused of...

Four men have been charged with stealing from local governments or associations as part of a new investigation that aims to halt public corruption, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez...

As Ronald Bell crouched on his hands and knees on his driveway, the Streamwood police officer started whaling away with his metal baton, striking Bell on his back. Bell tried...

Anastasia Pierce said her phone began ringing early Wednesday with the stunning news. Her ex-fiance, she was told, was being held as a suspect in the shooting deaths of his...

As the gunman nonchalantly walked away from the West Side storefront where he had just shot a 14-year-old boy, a stunned witness steeled himself to help. "He was just walking...

In Room 331, the party was just cooling down. Joshua Sims, his cousin and a girlfriend were preparing to head home to Minneapolis later that day after having spent a...

Prosecutors charged a Lincolnwood couple Wednesday with illegally diverting nearly $2 million in utilities to their dog and cat food company through an elaborate scheme where workers performed highly dangerous...

A man who last week tried to bring four knives into the Daley Center courthouse faces more charges after authorities said they found almost 50 illegal weapons, including switchblade knives...

As Larry Brown allegedly took his position as lookout during a break-in at a Lakeview cell-phone store early Monday, Chicago police Sgt. Alan Haymaker was few miles away on another...

Authorities shut down the parking garage across the street from the Cook County Criminal Courts Building for about a half-hour Wednesday after a law-enforcement officer found two suspicious canisters attached...