A relative’s take: Anger and disgust
Joyce Sojoodi slipped into a crowded hearing room in the Cook County Criminal Courts building Tuesday, determined to look into the faces of the two men accused of killing her...
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Guard injures Brown’s suspect
A Cook County Jail guard was suspended with pay and faces possible criminal charges for allegedly punching and breaking a cheekbone of one of the suspects charged in the Brown's...
7 kept Brown’s secret, cops say
A man who since 1998 knew who allegedly committed the Brown's Chicken & Pasta Restaurant slayings is expected to testify Monday before a Cook County grand jury, according to police...
Brown’s suspects charged
In their videotaped confessions, Juan Luna and Jim Degorski insist they entered Brown's Chicken & Pasta at closing time on Jan. 8, 1993, with robbery on their minds. But on...
Charges filed in torture, drug case
Seven alleged current or former Latin King gang members were charged Wednesday in a drug conspiracy that officials said involved kidnapping, torture with heated coat hangers and the theft of...
2 officers hurt in melee at West Side complex
Two men were charged Wednesday with battering two police officers in an overnight melee involving about 500 people at a West Side public housing complex. Neither officer was seriously injured,...
Police hunt suspect in 4-year-old’s killing
Chicago police Wednesday said a Chicago man suspected of killing a 4-year-old boy by firing a shotgun blast through the window of his brother's Brighton Park apartment during a drunken...
19 kids hurt, 23 charged in elementary school brawl
A simmering rivalry between pupils at two Chicago elementary schools exploded into a brawl Thursday that included youngsters swinging bats and sticks, sending 19 children to area hospitals. None of...
Boy, 13, killed near school in Back of Yards
A boy was killed Thursday in an apparent gang-related shooting while walking with a friend on a South Side street two blocks from the boys' school. The gunfire, which killed...
CTA scare pits modern threat, aging system
Alarmed by the discovery of a cache of cyanide in the subways, police and transit officials vowed Tuesday to beef up security in the tunnel system, an aged warren of...