Each county in Illinois also has a sheriff. The sheriff is an elected position, and sheriffs serve a four-year term. Cook ...

Inspector General Deborah Witzburg says the city's top attorney impedes investigations that may embarrass the mayor or other ...

The Department of Law “selectively acts in opposition to the OIG’s investigative work when OIG’s work may result in ...

A Chicago man was charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting last month in the Washington Park neighborhood.

The nearly $80 million verdict is the highest reported Illinois verdict for a police pursuit crash, according to the firm.

A federal appeals court has upheld singer R. Kelly's racketeering convictions and a 30-year prison sentence, finding he ...

News from around the Southland includes items from Richton Park, Park Forest, Olympia Fields, Tinley Park, Mount Greenwood ...

The auto sear, or “Glock switch,” converts a handgun into a weapon that fires 120 rounds a minute. The lawsuit wants Glock to ...

The student, who has not been identified, was hit at the intersection of West Sheridan Road and North Winthrop Avenue.

One man was killed and a woman was injured in a shooting in Woodlawn early Saturday morning, police said.

A man from Illinois faces charges for vehicular hijacking and aggravated battery following his February 10 arrest by the ...

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...