The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved large investments in policing and prosecutions, over objections from advocates.

The electronic monitoring system in Cook County has come under increased scrutiny after a woman was set on fire in a horrific ...

Morgan Geyser, the woman convicted in the Wisconsin Slender Man stabbing a decade ago, appeared in a Chicago courtroom Monday ...

A woman who pleaded guilty to the 2014 stabbing of her sixth-grade classmate is back in custody after Wisconsin police say she vanished from<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Chicago-area hospitals recently initiated hundreds of guardianship petitions in just 18 months, a Chicago Tribune investigation has found.

The case surrounding a stabbing that became known nationwide as the "Slender Man stabbing" more than a decade ago took a new ...

Most people think of Florida or Arizona when the subject of retirement comes up, but it turns out there's a great option ...

James "Little Jim" Guild was convicted of killing a 60-year-old widow with a cow yoke after she scolded him. Despite having ...

I would like to see the town of Galena recognize that this land that we call “Driftless” is a unique and irreplaceable part of our state.

Morgan Geyser, captured in Illinois after escaping a Wisconsin group home, is scheduled for an extradition hearing in Chicago ...

Here is a look at the life of Rod Blagojevich, former governor of Illinois who served eight years in federal prison for corruption. Personal Birth date: December 10, 1956 Birth place: Chicago, ...