CHICAGO — Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has directed prosecutors to seek prison sentences in every felony ...

A Crestwood woman who fatally stabbed a dog in the southwest suburbs last year was sentenced to one year in prison.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 30, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

Darius Sullivan was convicted of all charges last September for shooting and killing Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic, ...

Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, who was convicted in a federal bribery case, has requested his sentence be commuted. If his ...

Melissa Calusinski has been behind bars in Illinois for 16 years in a case plagued by allegations of evidence manipulation, ...

The federal civil rights complaints alleged First Amendment violations and retaliation. The Department of Corrections did not ...

An Elgin man was given a 12-year prison sentence after admitting he sexually assaulted a child, according to the Kane County ...

A civil liberties group is concerned that state Sen. Terri Bryant is encouraging prison workers to circumvent the state’s ...

“If you are (Illinois Department of Corrections) staff who wants ICE to know of an illegal ... and Customs Enforcement officers to conduct mass deportation missions in Chicago and other sanctuary ...