Federal courthouse cook arrested on drug charges
An alleged Chicago gang member whose lawyer says was working as a cook at the Dirksen federal building is facing drug and gun-possession charges. Daniel Rivera, 25, also known as...
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Woman charged with beating her 79-year-old mother
A Chicago woman appeared in court today on charges she brutally beat her 79-year-old mother, leaving the elderly woman comatose, immediately after the two were in a traffic accident last...
Officer wrongly accused in ‘honeybee’ shootings files suit
The Lynwood police officer wrongly charged last year as being the "Honeybee Killer" who left one dead and two injured is taking his accusers to court. Brian Dorian filed a...
Charges in fatal party punch case dismissed
A Will County judge this morning dismissed charges against a woman whose party-game punch killed a man who had accepted $5 to be struck once in the face. Tiffany Startz,...
Cops: Students knew details of slayings but did not come forward
After their friend was charged with murdering his parents, three southwest suburban teens managed to hide their own involvement in the grisly slayings for a month despite detectives' suspicions and...
Strip club worker held in Homewood bank robbery
A floor host at a Chicago Heights strip club is accused of robbing a Homewood bank, allegedly arriving at work shortly after the robbery to repay $500 he owed another...
Trial begins in fatal party punch case
A bench trial began this morning for a Joliet woman charged with fatally striking a man who accepted a $5 party bet to take a punch from her. Tiffany Startz,...
Hearing today for murder suspect accused of trying to have prosecutor killed
A Frankfort Square man is due in court today, accused of trying to hire someone to kill a Will County prosecutor while awaiting trial for the 2009 shotgun slaying of...
Prosecutors: Defendant killed child for disturbing his sleep
A Bolingbrook man allegedly suffocated his 4-month old son in 2009, repeatedly pushing the boy's head down into the mattress they shared because the crying, hungry child was disturbing his...
From Lynwood to Florida, saggy pants under assault
When police arrived outside a Lynwood party last month to check for curfew violators, Bowen High School student Cantrell Tremble, 18, wasn't worried about getting a ticket. So he was...