Terry Wilson

A 12-year-old boy, so short you could barely see him in the phalanx of lawyers and police surrounding him in Juvenile Court, will be tried for murder in the death...

Amanda Wallace was indicted Tuesday for first-degree murder in the hanging death of her 3-year-old son, Joseph. Wallace, 27, dressed in a blue prison uniform, appeared briefly before Cook County...

A South Side man being held without bond on attempted murder and sexual assault charges escaped Friday from Cook County Jail, authorities said. The entire complex went on lockdown Friday...

Starter jackets, the expensive sports team-labeled attire that eventually became signature pieces for street gangs, are being tossed aside for lighter coverups. Youngsters-have taken to wearing cartoon coats, jackets and...

For the second time in four months, Police Supt. Matt Rodriguez shook up his command staff, making several high-level appointments Friday and filling two vacancies left by retirements. And at...

Assistant public defender John Carey meets with one of his clients in the Cook County Jail law library; not for research, but for health reasons. The library is larger than...

A judge on Monday denied requests to reduce bond for a man who had been accused of violating his ex-wife's protective order by writing letters to her while he was...

A 15-year-old gang member pleaded guilty Monday to giving a younger boy the handgun that led to his death. The defendant, whose name cannot be released because he is a...

If you can`t set the road on fire, you can at least bathe it in light. So say a number of Chicago motorists who have had pink, yellow, lime, blue...

More than 60 students volunteered for grief counseling Monday at Tilden High School, where a 15-year-old student was fatally shot by another student last week. Principal Hazel Steward said a...