Megan Crepeau

Studio 19 barbershop on the 1900 block of South State Street in Chicago where a man was shot and killed Jan. 29, 2021.

Bail denied for man facing gun charge after police find SUV allegedly linked to slaying of Chicago rapper G Herbos’ friend

February 4, 2021 at 8:54 a.m.

A Chicago man was held without bond on a gun charge after he was arrested driving a sport utility vehicle believed to have been used in the slaying of a...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx meets with the baiduhai Editorial Board on Jan. 27, 2020.

Flap over lawyer vaccinations at Cook County Jail highlights confusion over rollout of shots for court staffers

January 27, 2021 at 7:26 p.m.

A brief, unofficial window of COVID-19 vaccine availability to rank-and-file Cook County attorneys this week highlighted a communication breakdown between some top officials about a coming rollout of shots for...

A Lake County sheriff's deputy watches protesters outside the Lake County Courthouse on Sept. 25, 2020, in Waukegan. An extradition hearing was being held inside for Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, who is charged in the fatal shootings of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum in August during protests in Kenosha.

Kyle and Wendy Rittenhouse focused on social media comments as teen asked for a lawyer and did not answer cops’ questions, new video shows

January 26, 2021 at 6:56 a.m.

Kyle Rittenhouse and his mother fixated on social media comments about them in the hours after he fatally shot two men, and the teen immediately asked for a lawyer when...

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Bail denied for man facing gun charge after police find SUV allegedly linked to slaying of Chicago rapper G Herbos’ friend

Flap over lawyer vaccinations at Cook County Jail highlights confusion over rollout of shots for court staffers

Kyle and Wendy Rittenhouse focused on social media comments as teen asked for a lawyer and did not answer cops’ questions, new video shows

Mother of Janari Ricks sues security company over the child’s death at Cabrini-Green complex last year

Veteran Chicago cop charged after allegedly choking handcuffed arrestee in 2019 on South Side: officials

Cook County judge tosses case of man who spent decades behind bars for double murder of two 13-year-old girls in 1995

Cook County’s plan to resume jury trials uncertain as coronavirus concerns persist

Judge says eventual Smollett trial should avoid ‘collateral’ matters as preparations accelerate

The end of cash bail? Backers and opponents ponder the consequences as bill awaits Pritzker’s signature.

Former Chicago Ald. Proco ‘Joe’ Moreno granted bail