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There are many tragic murder cases that have become lodged in Chicago's collective memory. There are also many that have been forgetten, lost to history without a closer look into...
Rod Blagojevich’s rise and fall and presidential commutation, a Chicago story
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was on the witness stand testifying in his own defense in federal court, chattering on in typical form and telling jurors about a 2002 fundraiser...
Sorting truth from myth in former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s conviction: 5 things to know
After hinting at the possibility for years, President Donald Trump finally commuted the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Tuesday, ending his time in a federal prison in Colorado....
Should the city of Chicago have to pay $44 million for a shooting involving an off-duty police officer? Federal judges set to rule
Federal appeals judges signaled they could be about to overturn a historic jury verdict against the city of Chicago for a shooting involving an off-duty officer's gun, even though the...
An Illinois man spent two decades in prison for a murder verdict that was overturned. He ‘never gave up hope’ — and now a judge has declared him innocent.
An Illinois judge took the rare step Thursday of declaring a Kankakee man innocent of murder after the state's attorney agreed the man had spent nearly two decades in prison...
After child witness recants two decades later, an Illinois man sues both the prosecutors and public defender involved in his murder trial
A Kankakee man has filed a wrongful conviction lawsuit against both the prosecutors and public defender involved in his murder trial after a child witness recanted decades-old testimony, and an...
Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson: Officer should be fired for shooting a childhood friend and lying about it for years
Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson wants to fire an officer accused of shooting a childhood friend and then lying about it for nearly a decade, according to documents obtained by...
Doctors took a newborn baby from her parents after they refused a vitamin K shot for her. Now the couple is suing the hospital and DCFS.
In the moments after Angela Bougher gave birth last winter, she and her husband, a suburban Chicago pastor, were eager to hold their new baby girl. But as Bougher was...
A suburban man lost his life — and his nephew lost his arms — from an improperly installed ComEd wire. State regulators can’t guarantee it won’t happen again.
In the final moments of his life, Robert Zulauf administered CPR to his nephew and ordered bystanders to move away from the deadly power line that arced and bowed just...
Chicago police officer should be fired for shooting friend nearly a decade ago, lying about it, oversight agency says
A Chicago police officer should be fired for shooting his close friend nearly a decade ago and then lying about it for years, a city oversight agency found. Reversing a...