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Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is accused of paying more than $1.7 million in alleged hush money to an acquaintance.

Key charge against Hastert a rare one in Chicago’s federal court

August 18, 2019 at 7:41 p.m.

The charge of illegally structuring bank withdrawals against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is more typically used to target drug dealers and business owners who try to hide assets...

Man who blew marijuana smoke in pet chameleon’s mouth acquitted

May 22, 2019 at 8:03 p.m.

A West Side man whose video of himself smoking marijuana with his pet chameleon went viral and led to a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge was acquitted Wednesday by a Cook...

Inmate who is ‘eating the jail’ costs Cook County $1 million in health care

August 18, 2019 at 7:37 p.m.

Lamont Cathey was a promising Chicago basketball prospect, a dominating 6-8 center who had the potential to play at a Division II college until he was arrested and charged in...

Chicago police Cmdr. Glenn Evans, shown leaving a court hearing on Oct. 20, 2014, faces two counts of aggravated battery and seven counts of official misconduct.

Trial postponed for Chicago police commander accused of putting gun down man’s throat

May 22, 2019 at 8:01 p.m.

A Chicago police commander accused of shoving the barrel of his service weapon down a suspect's throat and threatening to kill him had his June 22 bench trial delayed indefinitely...

Psychologist to head Cook County Jail

August 18, 2019 at 7:34 p.m.

A 37-year-old clinical psychologist will head the Cook County Jail, the massive West Side complex that county officials have long said effectively serves as the state's largest mental hospital. Dr....

Chicago police commander faces trial on excessive force charge

August 18, 2019 at 7:31 p.m.

A Chicago police commander whose aggressive tactics won him street cred with rank-and-file officers and community leaders is set to go on trial next month on charges he crossed the...

Green silhouettes of children are displayed on the glass windows at the Chicago Public Schools headquarters on West Madison Street.

CPS employee used principals’ passwords in $870,000 scam, prosecutors say

August 18, 2019 at 7:32 p.m.

A Chicago Public Schools employee stole more than $870,000 from two high schools in a scheme with four others after the principals of those schools gave him passwords to the...

Chief Judge Timothy Evans, shown in 2014, talked about the importance of setting bond even for seemingly minor offenses during a luncheon Thursday, May 7, 2015, at the City Club of Chicago.

Four Cook County leaders agree criminal justice remains flawed

May 15, 2019 at 2:42 p.m.

Four leaders of Cook County's criminal justice system agreed the system remains flawed but sparred briefly at a joint appearance Thursday after the county's chief judge said some people languishing...

Man convicted of killing Chicago cop, car burglary victim, faces life term

May 22, 2019 at 7:55 p.m.

More than 100 Chicago police officers filled the Cook County courtroom, standing in the aisles, along the walls and out in the hallway when the verdict was announced late Wednesday...

Guilty verdict in slaying of 2 men, including on-duty Chicago cop

August 19, 2019 at 4:22 a.m.

A Cook County jury on Wednesday convicted a man of killing a Chicago police evidence technician and a second victim in 2010 as the officer investigated a car burglary on...

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