Crime and Public Safety – Page 46

Chicago police officers keep watch at the CTA Green Line train station at Damen Avenue and Lake Street in Chicago, Friday. Oct. 9, 2026, following a fatal stabbing of a CTA employee Thursday, afternoon. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Kenwood man charged with murder in fatal Green Line stabbing of CTA janitor, Chicago police say

By Tess Kenny

October 11, 2026 at 12:17 p.m.

A Kenwood man is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with Thursday’s fatal stabbing...

The sun sets over an 87th Street gas station on Oct. 10, 2026, near where a person was fatally stabbed last week. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Judge detains trans woman accused of fatally stabbing ‘bully’ on South Side

By Allison Kiehl

October 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Kelly Day, 32, faces a first-degree murder charge for the fatal stabbing on East 87th...

Girls from Gloria Kowalewicz's First Communion class walk beside her casket as it is wheeled out of St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church in Chicago on Nov. 16, 1960, following her funeral Mass. Gloria's parents, Edward and Esther Kowalewicz, follow close behind. Editor’s note: This historic print shows some hand painting in the background. (baiduhai historical photo)

Closing a 65-year-old cold case, CPD says 8-year-old girl was brutally murdered by a young Chicago cop

By Sam Charles

October 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

It was a crime that shocked the city and stayed a mystery for decades, but...

Authorities place yellow tape around the scene of a shooting on Gateway Boulevard near Ind. 49 and the Indiana Toll Road exit following a shooting in Chesterton, Indiana, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Two Chesterton Police officers honored for actions in shootout

By Jim Woods

August 11, 2026 at 11:52 a.m.

Chesterton Police Lt. Dave Virijevich and Corporal Nolan Mancera each received a Medal of Valor...

Community violence interrupters and representatives from the Chicago Police Department’s Office of Victim Services canvass the area with flyers about support services on June 23, 2026, after a mass shooting injured 12 people during a gathering nearby in the 200 block of West 95th Street last Friday in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Meeting victims where they are, CPD expands assistance in domestic violence cases

By Sam Charles

August 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

It’s the most common 911 call in Chicago. Across the city every day, more than...

People in hazmat suits work inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home where dozens of bodies were found on Aug. 6, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

County officials have identified 11 of the 56 people whose remains were found at South Chicago Chapel

By Caroline Kubzansky

August 10, 2026 at 8:01 p.m.

The medical examiner's office is also storing another 56 sets of cremated remains found inside...

Jeanette Jordan, left, consoles her mother, Christine Thompkins, as she speaks during a news conference at Romanucci & Blandin law offices in Chicago, on Aug. 10, 2026. The family is suing the city and the shooting officer for the death of Thompkins' son, Derek Jordan. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Lawsuit alleges Chicago police officer fatally wounded man after failing to calm scene

By Tess Kenny

August 10, 2026 at 6:06 p.m.

The family of a man fatally shot by police five months ago is suing the...

Officers investigate the scene where two people were fatally shot at Mark Twain Elementary School on Aug. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Two fatally shot at Mark Twain Elementary School: police

By Caroline Kubzansky

August 10, 2026 at 7:11 p.m.

A pair of custodians were fatally shot at Mark Twain Elementary School on the city's...

Police outside Orland Square shopping center in Orland Park after a Jan. 21, 2019, shooting that left an 18-year-old dead. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Trial again delayed for Orland Square mall shooter claiming self-defense

By Olivia Stevens

August 11, 2026 at 9:47 a.m.

The trial of Jakharr Williams for a 2019 shooting in Orland Square mall was delayed...

Will County Courthouse in Joliet. (Samantha Moilanen/Daily Southtown)

Man arrested in Mokena with Molotov cocktails, map of mosque facing immigration proceedings in ICE detention

By Evy Lewis

August 10, 2026 at 3:10 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said ICE lodged a detainer with the Will County...

Carmine Agnello with his mother, Victoria Gotti, in 2004.

John Gotti grandson Carmine Agnello denied more time to give mom kidney, ordered to prison today

By John Annese

August 10, 2026 at 2:56 p.m.

Monday was deadline day for John Gotti's grandson Carmine Agnello to donate a kidney to...

Bohemian National Cemetery and Crematorium on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in Chicago’s North Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Bohemian National Cemetery under investigation for mishandling remains, state comptroller says

By Evgenia Anastasakos

August 10, 2026 at 11:02 a.m.

The Bohemian National Cemetery and Crematorium has been ordered to stop accepting any new human...

Arnoldo Carrillo Jr. shows a photo of his father, Rosario Carrillo Lopez, who is being held after federal agents raided the family's home earlier this month. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Gary father faces deportation as lawyer calls ICE confrontation story ‘untrue’

By Meredith Colias-Pete

August 9, 2026 at 10:57 a.m.

Rosario Carrillo Lopez, 54, was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day after pleading...