Brandon Z. Miller, 25, presided over a crew that bought more than 100 guns, some used in a murderous South Side street war, ...

Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, who was convicted in a federal bribery case, has requested his sentence be commuted. If his petition is granted, that would allow him to be released from prison sooner.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been paid in cases involving 3 ex-cops: Jon Burge, Reynaldo Guevara and Ronald Watts. And more than 220 lawsuits are still pending. Beleaguered taxpayers might end ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 30, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

The Chicago Teachers Union sends a lot of young people to prison, but to find out why you will need to read on. And that’s something too many youngsters cannot do after attending Chicago Public ...

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JOLIET, Ill. - A Crestwood woman who fatally stabbed a dog in the southwest suburbs last year was sentenced to one year in prison. Tamica Neal, 45, had been convicted of aggravated cruelty to animals ...

After a tough and unstable upbringing in Chicago, Parks, now 46 ... He sentenced Parks to three years in federal prison, with the last year possibly in a halfway house, then one year on supervised ...

A former Chicago Public Schools gym teacher has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for sexually assaulting three of his students. Andrew Castro, 38, pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday on ...

A federal judge sentenced a tearful former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez to 11 years in prison Wednesday on corruption charges after being convicted of abusing the power of his office in exchange for ...

They were plucked from pharmacies, apartment buildings and other locations, and thrown in prison for months. Many then endured severe beatings, food deprivation and other forms of torture. Virtually ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said Monday that they’d struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship both detained migrants and imprisoned ...