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Lawndale man charged in apparent accidental fatal shooting of best friend

August 18, 2019 at 6:33 p.m.

James Gonnigan and Marsalis Holman were as close as brothers, best friends who met when they were growing up in the same building in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood, family members say....

Twitter helps catch South Side robber, prosecutors say

August 18, 2019 at 6:35 p.m.

Looking at his friend's Twitter feed a day after he was robbed at gunpoint on a South Side street, a 21-year-old man saw a picture of the teen who robbed...

Prosecutors: UberX driver assaulted intoxicated female passenger

May 21, 2019 at 2:47 p.m.

An UberX driver brought an intoxicated female passenger who fell asleep back to his apartment and sexually assaulted her, Cook County prosecutors said Tuesday, raising new questions about how the...

14-year-old boy among 5 charged in slaying of Southwest Side teen

May 21, 2019 at 2:43 p.m.

Moments after an 18-year-old was fatally shot at his Southwest Side home during a home-invasion robbery, officers pulled over a white vehicle similar to one reported to have been used...

Man charged with reckless homicide after college student fatally struck

May 21, 2019 at 2:42 p.m.

Dressed up like Santa Claus, Eddie Fuentes went out with friends in the city over the weekend, then made sure each one of them got home safely, driving them in...

Kent Kennedy, the stepfather of slain 14-year-old Endia Martin, talks outside his Chicago home in August. He and his family want the girl held in Endia's killing to be tried as an adult. She is 14.

Endia Martin’s killing latest focal point in debate over juvenile justice

August 18, 2019 at 6:29 p.m.

It was one of Chicago's most shocking homicides this year — a 14-year-old girl fatally shot Endia Martin, also 14, after the two argued over a boy, prosecutors say. The...

Public relations exec is convicted of raping woman he met on an online dating site

August 18, 2019 at 6:25 p.m.

On a cool fall night in 2009, a 38-year-old west suburban woman went out on a date with a public-relations executive she had recently met online. The woman was supposed...

Officials: Serial rape suspect attacked attorney in Cook County Jail

May 21, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

A serial rape suspect struck one of his attorneys from behind, knocking him unconscious, inside Cook County Jail on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. Jimmie Terrell Smith, who is being held...

Jane Neumann and Mazen Istanbouli hug in Istanbouli's living room in July 2010 after hearing that their good friend Chicago police Officer Thor Soderberg had been shot and killed while on duty on the South Side.

Judge in 2010 cop killing frustrated by defense ‘song and dance’

August 18, 2019 at 6:24 p.m.

A Cook County judge expressed frustration Tuesday over the length of time it is taking to bring the 2010 murder of a Chicago police officer to trial, telling the defendant's...

Art project attempts to humanize Cook County Jail

August 18, 2019 at 6:20 p.m.

As a young child, Melissa Garcia thought her absent father was away studying at school. It was how her mother concealed the fact that the father Garcia had never known...

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