Mickey Ciokajlo

A criminal investigation is under way into allegations by five prisoners who say they were beaten by guards in July 2000 while handcuffed and shackled at the County Jail, Cook...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich put a hold Thursday on the appointment of Ernesto "Ernie" Velasco to head the state prison system, saying he was "very troubled" by allegations that guards terrorized...

The E2 nightclub's rear exit signs were not lighted and a front stairwell that should have been an escape route was not up to code, according to an architectural consultant...

Acknowledging no one had responsibility for checking if a nightclub where 21 people died was obeying a court order to stay closed, city officials said Tuesday that in future cases...

A Chicago police sergeant ignored an order from another sergeant to stop a chase through the Loop that led to a crash that killed a pregnant pedestrian last week, police...

The legal firepower has been ratcheted up a notch in the battle over the breakup of the $15 billion Pritzker family empire. Dan Webb, top gun at Chicago's Winston &...

The mother of a 3rd grader who was expelled from a Sauk Village elementary school last month after he inadvertently brought a bullet to class inside a Tupperware container holding...

Doctors kept Cook County Board President John Stroger in the hospital overnight for observation after he became disoriented Tuesday during a board meeting, apparently after suffering a reaction to his...

Mayor Richard Daley is expected to name a North Side restaurateur to the City Council, making him the first openly gay alderman in Chicago's history, according to Democratic Party sources....

The question most asked of state Sen.-elect James T. Meeks on Wednesday had nothing to do with issues concerning his district, such as education, a third airport or the cost...