Video of Chicago police playing football with inner city kids goes viral.
Forty-seven years after the death of his old partner, a retired Chicago homicide detective still mourns.
Join local law enforcement and Special Olympics Illinois athletes at Culver's for the inaugural ButterBurgers & Badges on June 30
The top 10 cities with the biggest decrease in violent crime, as well as the 10 with the largest increase between 2012 and 2013.
Prosecutors say 20-year-old Chicago Ridge man broke into an Oak Lawn tobacco store early Friday morning.
Police say he was resisting arrest after disrupting passengers on a night train through the western suburbs Sunday.
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy calls prisoner review board's decision to parole convicted cop killer Joseph Bigsby "incomprehensible."
The 22nd Police District says eight copper downspouts have been reported stolen this month.
Prosecutor says Daniel Vorberg left "DNA evidence" behind in vehicle following arrest for public indecency.
Ald. Matt O'Shea and Mayor Sandra Bury plan to attend Daniel Vorberg's first court hearing since June 18 public indecency arrest.
Paroled fondler told police he was applying medicated lotion to work injury, not masturbating, behind children's center, prosecutors said.
There were only four years in which the population of the state grew at a faster rate than the prison population: 2001, 2002, 2007 and 2011.
Daniel Vorberg was parked in car behind children's center allegedly pleasuring himself, authorities say.
Theo already loves visiting his Chicago firefighter buddies. After being saved from a 10-foot-deep sewer, he'll love them even more.
A retired Cook County judge gave the police dashcam video to The Chicago Reporter, which published the footage.
The latest available concealed carry statistics from the Illinois State Police.
Search for shooting victim lead to investigation of midday home invasion at Oak Lawn apartment complex, cops say.
Men were arguing when the accused pulled out a knife and stabbed other man in neck, cops say
Thieves left hammer behind used to shatter glass door of downtown Lids store early Thursday morning, cops said.
Male suspect taken into custody. Man stabbed in outdoor garden of museum campus, Chicago Tribune reports.
The South Side child was impaled and is in critical condition.
New directive issued Monday will require Chicago police officers to keep their tattoos covered while on duty, Chicago Tribune reports.
Latest crop of recruits includes nine active military reservists and 21 others who are military veterans, Chicago police say.
Ex-Ald. Edward "Fast Eddie" Vrdolyak finds himself in feds' crosshairs in pal's federal tax evasion indictment, Chicago Tribune reports.
Dad chews through cop car seatbelt to get to son's birthday after he was picked up for selling heroin: police.
Chicago police release new surveillance photos of car believed to have fatally struck Chicago Lawn girl on May 23.
Illinois State Police investigator tells judge that man slipped from restraints during hospital transfer and stole ambulance.
Police said woman was shot in Washington Heights and pulled over in Beverly where she called for help.
Bail set at $75,000 because of man's high pre-trial risk assessment score, judge says.
The woman was driving in the Washington Heights neighborhood when someone fired at her car around 5 a.m.
South Side man told police he didn't realize he had taken that much money over two-year period, prosecutor says.
Michael Wrobel presented with the Police Medal for rescuing a fellow officer during a shootout last year.
He posted the act to Facebook. A judge decided that Bruce Blunt's video smoke show "really, really uncalled for" but not a crime.
Violent crimes rates in Illinois' metro areas, according to FBI data.
Five-year-old boy was visiting Gresham home where dog lived at time of attack, news reports say.
Chicago Lawn girl was crossing street after buying ice cream from ice cream truck when she she was hit by car Saturday, police say.
Police say girls were 11 and 16, and had been assaulted on separate occasions.
Chicago Police Department spokesman says incident is not in keeping with department and residents' "high expectations."
A list of the oldest inmates currently in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
The child who was shot is now in good condition at Comer Children's Hospital.