Crime and Public Safety

Law enforcement in DeKalb County killed a man who shot at them after a car chase and hostage stand-off situation on Tuesday night.

A CTA employee was assaulted during a confrontation on a bus Monday morning.

South Carolina inmate Susan Smith shared a victim's contact information with a documentary filmmaker, who deposited money in Smith's account.

A suburban man was charged with holding up a man at gunpoint earlier this month in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.

A Chicago man is accused of stabbing another man on a CTA bus this week.

A Chicago woman was arrested this week after allegedly shooting another woman in Archer Heights.

A Chicago man was charged in connection with a shooting outside a motel last month on the North Side.

A suburban man was charged with drug-induced homicide in the overdose death of his friend last February in unincorporated Spring Grove.

A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed Tuesday night in the Woodlawn neighborhood.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is facing mounting pressure to fulfill his campaign promise to remove extremists from the Chicago Police Department.

The attorney for Michael Madigan’s co-defendant, Mike McClain, revealed on Tuesday how lobbyists curry favor with politicians such as the former Speaker of the Illinois House.

A Chicago woman is accused of stabbing a man to death on a CTA bus on the city's West Side.

Illinois' longest-serving exonerated man is taking legal action to seek justice after spending more than 42 years in prison for a double murder he said he did not commit. 

The Delphi murder trial saw another day of emotional testimony on Tuesday as jurors were shown evidence retrieved from the phone of Libby German, one of the two teenagers killed in 2017.

Three suspects accused of armed kidnapping were arrested Monday night after a police chase that ended in a crash in Logan Square.

The Bolingbrook Police Department is investigating the discovery of a suspected human skull found in a wooded area on Monday.