Crime and Public Safety – Page 52

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 6:03 p.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...

Oak Park Fire Chief JT Terry, right, and consultant Nathan Melotte, of Cordogan Clark, discuss new fire station designs at a special meeting with Oak Park Village Board officials on Tuesday, July 28, in Oak Park. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park plans new, larger fire station to replace one on Augusta Street

By Cam'ron Hardy

August 3, 2026 at 2:41 p.m.

Oak Park Board officials decided between three new fire stations as one of the current...

3-year-old girl, 3 police officers among 5 injured in Washington Park crash

By Evgenia Anastasakos

August 3, 2026 at 10:58 a.m.

Five people, including a 3-year-old girl and three Chicago police officers, were injured in a...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke departs after announcing on Aug. 13, 2025, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building that her office declined to file charges against Chicago police officers who fatally shot Dexter Reed during a traffic stop in 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Hundreds of Chicago police officers barred from testifying as discipline slowdown drags on

By Sam Charles

August 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The state’s attorney’s office disclosed that 254 law enforcement officers in Cook County will not...

This still image captured from video by a witness shows the scene of a shooting that started at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026 in Twin Falls, Idaho. (Kevin Bell Jr. via AP)

Idaho fast food restaurant shooting leaves 3 dead and 7 injured, city spokesman says

By Rebecca Boone

August 2, 2026 at 10:52 a.m.

Three people were killed and seven more were injured, some critically, in a shooting at...

An Illinois State Police trooper works the scene of a crash on the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway near 53rd Street in Chicago on July 31, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

One dead, several injured after crash involving wrong-way driver on Dan Ryan

By Tess Kenny

July 31, 2026 at 9:01 p.m.

One person died and several others were injured after a wrong-way driver on the Dan...

Relatives of Brittany Battaglia, her father, Tom Battaglia, from left, her mother, Susan Battaglia, and her aunt, Maria Battaglia, leave the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on July 31, 2026, after Genesis Silva was sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing Brittany Battaglia. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

‘I just want to ask why’: Man sentenced to 50 years in slaying of girlfriend found in duffel bag in Logan Square

By Madeline Buckley

July 31, 2026 at 5:40 p.m.

Cook County Judge Mary Margaret Brosnahan sentenced a man to 50 years in prison for...

Crown Point couple gets probation for failure to pay taxes on massage parlors

By Meredith Colias-Pete

July 31, 2026 at 4:01 p.m.

Guan Yu, 47, a man and Wujiao Liu, 48, a woman, both pleaded guilty Friday...

Oak Lawn Village Hall (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Missouri man, 81, charged with murder, ordered detained in death of ex-wife in Oak Lawn

By Evy Lewis

July 31, 2026 at 4:05 p.m.

Charles Buss was ordered detained on murder charges for the April death of his ex-wife,...

The Harvey Municipal Center (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Two people found shot to death in Harvey home identified

By Evy Lewis

August 1, 2026 at 2:15 p.m.

Aaron Jones, 50, of Harvey and Jwon L. Martin, 46, were found shot to death...

Tiara Standage, left, and Kala McGuire. both of Springfield, rally outside the Peoria County Courthouse, Oct. 22, 2025, on the first day in the trial of Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy charged with killing Sonya Massey in her Springfield home last year. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Ex-sheriff’s deputy convicted of murdering Sonya Massey denied medical release from prison

By Rebecca Johnson

July 31, 2026 at 1:09 p.m.

The former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy convicted of murdering Sonya Massey inside her home was...