When Lake Station police officers responded to a call on April 3, they found Bradley Brooks outside, armed with a black machete. He just threatened to kill his sister. After a tense situation, an officer shot him three times with a less lethal shotgun before he was arrested.
Downers Grove South teacher Christina Formella appeared in court Monday after being charged in connection with criminal sexual assault and aggravated sexual abuse
As Senate Bill 1 — a property tax refund bill that would cut more than $1 billion from schools, libraries and local government — hurtles toward the finish line, Merrillville’s Police Chief is imploring residents to call their state representatives to stop it before it ruins the town’s public safety.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified a woman stabbed to death in Lincoln Square over the weekend as 29-year-old Mairunnisa B. Osman.
A Cook County jury on Friday acquitted a man of shooting and killing 7-year-old Natalia Wallace, making him the second defendant to be found not guilty in the slaying on the Fourth of July in 2020.
The Chicago Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in finding a violin that was worth $10,000 stolen on a CTA Blue Line train in the Loop.
Prosecutors plan to wrap up their case Monday in the bribery trial of Democratic state Sen. Emil Jones III by playing portions of his video-recorded interviews with the FBI.
A Hobart man is charged after having sex with an underage teen girl, records allege. Gabriel Fragoso, Jr., 24, was charged Friday with four counts of sexual misconduct with a minor.
A fire at an auto shop in Chicago’s Far South Side damaged multiple vehicles overnight, according to the Chicago Police Department.
By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man is facing charges after authorities say he broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion in the middle of the night, set a fire that left significant damage and forced Gov. Josh Shapiro, his family and guests to evacuate the building during the Jewish holiday of Passover. Firefighters […]