Relatives of a teenager shot to death in Evanston in 2007 were angered Wednesday when a judge sentenced the killer to just 10 years in prison. … Cook County Circuit Court Judge Larry Axelrood also sentenced Wright to five years in prison for aggravated...
The man in the Chevy Impala tried to stop 15-year-old Lucero Blanco three times before he got out of the car and came after her on foot. … After police picked the man up, mother and daughter both said they recognized his impounded 2005 Impala as the car that had...
Chicago Magazine has a great story about corruption in Illinois. Big truth here: Of course, most generous donors don’t give merely out of purity of heart. “Those large sums of money from all kinds of special interests—they’re invested for a purpose,” says Adlai...
The stage is set for a confrontation over Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis’ upcoming plan to reallocate police resources from lower-crime districts to those that need more officers. Days before the plan is expected to be unveiled, the Fraternal Order of Police is...
Powered by a solar-powered device akin to a car battery, the fences send 7,000 volt jolts every 1.3 seconds into the hands of people who touch the fences, which have never proved fatal in the states and cities that allow them…. The systems are allowed in...
