Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Survivors of sexual abuse at Illinois Youth Centers (IYCs) and the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) have filed new lawsuits against the state, bringing the total to 800 cases.

The case divided victim Norma Caraker’s two daughters. One believed their brother was innocent. One believed he was guilty.

Chicago police are alerting residents of the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood about two recent armed robberies. In the robberies ...

A Chicago man is facing a theft charge after the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Organized Retail Crime Unit recovered thousands ...

Some local officials are pushing back against the federal government’s assertion that they must help ICE with its deportation ...

San Francisco and other cities and counties nationwide announced a plan to fight back Friday against the Trump administration ...

If Bureau County residents will accept inmate transfers from Cook County, Sheriff Jim Reed thinks he can put two more ...

A group calling to free those who have been wrongfully convicted rallied outside as Cook County States Attorney Eileen ...

Staff at Madison County Jail used a restraint chair at least 96 times over the five-year period, according to records obtained by Illinois Answers. One man was restrained for five days, and several ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents made over a thousand arrests nationwide over the weekend, with many taking place in Cook County. Border Czar Tom Homan, who was in Chicago ...

A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities to evacuate part of a 5,000-person jail in Los Angeles ... Pitchess Detention Center inmates, according to L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna.