Former Aurora Christian Schools board member accused of long-term sexual abuse of minor, police say
The Aurora man is accused of using a trusted relationship to groom and abuse a...
Crime and Public Safety
Illinois man gets split term for drunken crash near Lowell that killed friend
A judge recalled the deadliest drunken driving crash in Northwest Indiana when she told Ryland...
Teen released without charges in East Garfield Park homicides
Chicago police originally arrested the boy after the shooting deaths of Jassen Cho, 38, and...
Street gang leader Larry Hoover’s clemency bid now in Gov. JB Pritzker’s hands
Larry Hoover's bid to be freed from state custody comes after President Donald Trump last...
Valparaiso couple charged with neglect in 6-month-old girl’s death
A Valparaiso couple taking a 6-month-old girl to the hospital because she was limp and...
Three dead, including two children, one seriously injured in I-65 wreck Friday
Three children are dead and one is seriously injured after a driver crashed into a...
CPD body removal contractor had license suspended in November, records show
The head of a small funeral company tasked with transporting dead bodies for the Chicago...
Biker critically injured Friday by semi-truck that fled on Southwest Side
A 37-year-old biker was critically injured by a semi-truck that fled the scene Friday morning...
Man charged with forcing CTA bus driver to drive for miles at knifepoint
Authorities have charged a 51-year-old man with threatening a CTA bus driver with a knife...
‘Our friend in Burr Ridge’: Restaurant owner in Indiana gambling case once featured in Outfit beating plot
Suburban restaurateur in "Operation Porterhouse Parlay" was a figure in an earlier case with connections...