Cook County officials are taking another step in reform efforts which they say led to the elimination of cash bond in ...

An IndyStar investigation has identified at least seven men who say they were sexually abused by a Henry County community corrections official.

Chicago is poised to close the first half of the year with its steepest statistical drop in recent memory, with fewer than 200 homicides in the first six months of a calendar year for the first ...

It’s the first time since 2014 that fewer than 200 killings were recorded in Chicago between January and June, data shows.

Authorities say Manuel Quintero is a notorious Mexican Mafia figure nicknamed Snuffy long suspected of running rackets for ...

Former President Joe Biden joined thousands of mourners Friday as former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman lay in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda while the man charged with killing her ...

Seeking to identify long-term shifts in how the criminal justice system operates in Cook County, Loyola University ...

Antwone McDowell, 17, of College Park; Marquise Darnell Adams, of Marietta; Markevion Williams, 17, of Marietta; and Freddy Mendiola, 17, of Marietta, are accused of attacking another inmate on June ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart says there is an outbreak of lice and scabies at the county jail and the hospital serving jail detainees.

Five people were charged Saturday in connection with trafficking guns between Indianapolis and Chicago. Justin Anderson, 19, ...

Two people were arrested after police raided an illegal chop shop in Bridgeview. Officers found three stolen cars and numerous parts in five storage units. A third suspect is under investigation as ...