A woman was in police custody Wednesday evening after authorities said she stabbed three young children in the wrist at a South Side home. The stabbing involving the children, a 1-year-old girl and two boys, ages 3 and 5, is believed to have occurred about 5:45 p.m. in the 7100 block of South Harvard Avenue. […]
A 42-year-old man is in custody after beating up his ex-girlfriend and barricading himself in her Lowell home late Tuesday morning.
A Crown Point lawyer faces a state disciplinary complaint accusing him of leaving clients in limbo last year after he fell out of touch.
Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.
Federal prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty for the son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” if he’s convicted of multiple charges in Chicago.
An Elgin man and a 16-year-old juvenile accused of attacking a lesbian woman at a Carpentersville McDonald’s, leaving her badly injured, have been indicted on a hate crime charge by a Kane County grand jury.
Elected officials and activists blame everything from too few police to street design for stubbornly high totals of fatal car crashes.
The silver cylinders can reach temperatures of 2,900 degrees Fahrenheit and were part of a joint military exercise off the shore of Milwaukee.
A former Cook County assessor’s office employee was sentenced Tuesday to three years probation for conspiring to accept golf outings at country clubs from two businessmen in exchange for helping reduce assessments on their properties and save thousands in taxes.
The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is set to pardon reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, the couple famous for “Chrisley Knows Best,” which followed their tightly knit family and extravagant lifestyle.