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Azriel Clary, left, and Joycelyn Savage, R. Kelly girlfriends at the time, leave following Kelly's hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court building on Sept. 17, 2019. Clary made a public split with Kelly.

Domestic violence case against R. Kelly girlfriend is dropped

July 30, 2020 at 1:40 p.m.

Cook County prosecutors have dropped a domestic battery case against a woman previously identified as a girlfriend of R. Kelly after her accuser, another woman Kelly dated, declined to cooperate...

Chicago police sergeant sues after he says he was misidentified on social media as cop who gave protesters the finger

July 28, 2020 at 7:55 p.m.

A Chicago police sergeant is suing a Colorado YouTuber for allegedly misidentifying him as the cop who gave protesters the middle finger in a widely publicized incident last month. The...

Prominent attorney accused of assault, trying to trade sex for custody favors

July 27, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

A prominent Chicago attorney once told a woman he would tell a judge to give her full custody of her children — but only if she had sex with him,...

Chicago police investigate the scene of a mass shooting near 79th Street at Morgan Street on July 21, 2020.

Police release person held for questioning in mass shooting outside South Side funeral home

July 23, 2020 at 4:43 p.m.

A person brought in for questioning after this week's mass shooting outside a South Side funeral home was released without charges, police said Thursday. At least 15 people were wounded...

Chicago police investigate the scene of a mass shooting near 79th Street at Morgan Street on July 21, 2020. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Chicago mass shooting: With 15 people shot outside Gresham funeral home, ‘An eye for an eye makes us both blind,’ top cop says

July 22, 2020 at 6:50 p.m.

Constance Weathersby sat in her wheelchair outside Rhodes Funeral Services on Tuesday night, too grief-stricken to go back in and see her nephew's body. A black car drove down 79th...

Chicago police Officer David Salgado, left, and Sgt. Xavier Elizondo at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in 2018.

Man seeks to have conviction tossed out, alleging he was framed by two Chicago cops sentenced in federal court

July 22, 2020 at 1:29 p.m.

A week after the second of two Chicago police officers got prison time for using sham warrants to steal drugs and cash, a man claiming he was framed by the...

U.S. Attorney John Lausch, right, announces a major fine against ComEd for bribery involving Illinois politicians during a news conference in the courtyard of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse July 17, 2020.

Federal investigation draws closer to Madigan as ComEd will pay $200 million fine in alleged bribery scheme; Pritzker says speaker ‘must resign’ if allegations true

June 14, 2024 at 6:48 p.m.

A federal investigation orbiting the political operation of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan drew much closer to the powerful politician Friday, as prosecutors unveiled a criminal complaint charging ComEd in...

The plaza outside of the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on July 2, 2020.

Video-sharing site WorldStarHipHop removes illegal recording of Cook County bail hearing where man claimed to be federal informant

July 17, 2020 at 7:20 a.m.

The video-sharing site WorldStarHipHop on Thursday removed an illegally posted video of a Cook County bail hearing in which a defendant blurted out that he was acting as a federal...

County’s prosecutors, others in criminal justice deal with budget cuts after COVID-19 hits revenue

July 16, 2020 at 10:40 a.m.

Cook County prosecutors must take five days of unpaid furlough before early November, and other county offices in the criminal justice sector are exploring ways to deal with a coronavirus-related...

Detainees held at Division 16, the Cook County Jail's isolation and quarantine facility for detainees who have tested positive for COVID-19 on May 20, 2020.

New CDC review finds Cook County sheriff, staff successfully stemmed rising tide of COVID-19 cases at jail

July 15, 2020 at 8:28 p.m.

The Cook County Jail successfully beat back its outbreak of COVID-19 even as the virus spread dramatically outside its walls, according to a new paper authored by medical officials from...

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