Crime and Public Safety

Michael Madigan, the once-powerful speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, has learned his fate following his conviction on bribery and conspiracy charges earlier this year.

A concealed carry holder shot and killed an 18-year-old during an attempted armed robbery in Chicago earlier this week. We now know the identity of the man killed.

A man was taken into custody early Friday after a gun went off on a CTA bus in the city’s Wicker Park neighborhood, according to Chicago police.

Police are searching for a man who inappropriately touched two young girls at a playground Tuesday evening in the South Loop.

An undocumented immigrant who was previously deported three times after serious criminal convictions has been indicted in Chicago for unlawfully re-entering the United States, federal prosecutors said.

Five people have been charged in a federal investigation involving the sale of fentanyl and illegal possession of firearms in Chicago, federal prosecutors announced.

A Chicago man accused of robbing a suburban gas station at gunpoint was sentenced to 25 years in prison, prosecutors said.

An Indian man traveling to London with his brother was the only person to survive an Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people.

A 44-year-old man was killed after a motorcycle crash near Hebron in Greenwood Township on Wednesday, authorities said.

An 18-year-old is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly shooting a family member in the face inside a Gurnee-area home, authorities said.

The judge in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes case declared a mistrial on the remaining rape charge after the jury foreperson said he wouldn’t continue deliberating.

A teen is in critical condition after a shooting near Chicago's 31st Street Beach Wednesday night. Here’s what we know so far.

Chicago police are looking for the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run crash that injured a pedestrian Wednesday night in the Chatham neighborhood.

Silento, the rapper best known for "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)," will spend decades behind bars after pleading guilty, but mentally ill, to killing his cousin at a DeKalb County home.

An Indiana man was arrested for first-degree murder in connection with a fatal stabbing last summer on Chicago’s South Side, authorities said.

An 80-year-old man was reported missing on Wednesday in North Lawndale, according to Chicago police.

Madigan, one of the most powerful figures in Illinois political history, faces up to 12.5 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine, according to prosecutors.

Navy officials on Thursday discovered a body in a wooded area of Norfolk, Virginia, and the local medical examiner has confirmed it to be missing Navy Seaman Angelina Resendiz.