Man given 40 years in prison in cold case murder of teenage mother
A Cook County judge sentenced a man to 40 years in prison Tuesday for killing a teenage mother more than two decades ago, a decision that left the victim's aunt...
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Judge to examine tablet computer contents in Del Pearson shooting case
A Cook County judge said Friday that he will examine nearly 900 photos and videos found on a Motorola tablet computer at the center of a scandal in a high-profile...
Chicago police Cmdr. Glenn Evans’ brutality trial postponed again
The trial of a Chicago police commander charged with assaulting a suspect was postponed again Thursday, when the Cook County judge presiding over the case turned over thousands of pages...
Rape survivor helps identify assailant who turns out to be alleged serial killer
Candice Franklin struggled to sleep after coming face-to-face last week in a Cook County courtroom with the man she says raped, beat and left her for dead, the same man...
Pastor charged with inappropriately touching girl he was counseling
A longtime South Side pastor was charged with sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in his office during a counseling session in 2014. Prosecutors said the alleged victim and her mother...
Cop killer gets life plus 115 years. ‘I lost everything,’ widow says’
Wearing a blue and white dress, the widow of slain Chicago police Officer Thor Soderberg walked to the front of a packed Cook County courtroom Wednesday and poured out some...
Man allegedly followed woman from CTA, groped her at Columbia College
A Far South Side man freed on bond after allegedly shooting upskirt video of a 16-year-old girl at a CTA train station is now charged with following a female Columbia...
Appeals court orders resentencing for killer of Blair Holt
After Annette Nance-Holt heard that her son's killer had won a new sentencing hearing, she went to visit the cemetery where her only child, Blair, and her two parents are...
Alvarez was ‘livid,’ fired prosecutor over alleged perjury in cop shooting
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez fired a veteran prosecutor Monday for allegedly lying under oath at a court hearing and said she planned to refer the matter to state...
PR exec suspected in rapes gets 10-year term for attacking woman met online
A former Chicago public relations executive convicted of sexually assaulting a woman he met on an online dating site in 2009 was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison after...