FBI puts out partial description of the culprit, who carried a black umbrella.
The top 10 cities with the biggest decrease in violent crime, as well as the 10 with the largest increase between 2012 and 2013.
Tim Kristin is among only a select few Illinois police command staff able to meet the requirements of the program since its inception in '98
The Stateville lieutenant was booked into the Will County jail Monday afternoon.
The lieutenant said no one told him he had been charged with stealing money from prisoners.
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.
The Chicago Ridge man parked his car and walked into traffic, according to police.
The prison lieutenant is looking at up to five years behind bars if convicted.
Bail for the Oak Forest man was set Friday at $750,000. A second suspect in the Orland Park break-in remains at large.
A second man wanted in connection with the brazen home invasion remains at large.
The latest available concealed carry statistics from the Illinois State Police.
Tinley Park police are investigating the death of a 53-year-old man found in the 6600 block of Oak Forest Avenue Saturday morning.
"We have no ties to these people," victim tells NBC, saying the gunfire was totally random.
The shooting took place Saturday afternoon in Harvey.
Prosecutor says child was granddaughter's friend. Judge orders electronic monitoring for man and no contact with persons under 18.
Violent crimes rates in Illinois' metro areas, according to FBI data.
Grandfather received 12 stitches and suffered concussion from driveway punch, prosecutor says during hearing.
Up on the rooftop, men in blue. Fundraising event set for May 29.
A list of the oldest inmates currently in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
They claim security was insufficient. The accused attackers and the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority are also named as defendants.
Bail set at $500,000.
Subhash Chander set fire to a 36-unit Oak Forest building in 2007. His daughter, son-in-law, and 3-year-old grandson died.
The child’s mother, also from Midlothian, told the cops the guy wasn’t there but the kid said otherwise, according to police.
She followed him into a men's room at El Burrito Loco, and when he rejected her sexual advances, she allegedly lost her temper.
The event honors law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2014, including Oak Forest's Jim Morrissy.
His car left the interstate and hit a tree near Cicero.
The checks are part of a statewide effort to curb illegal sales.
The number of registered sex offenders per 10,000 people, according to Homefacts.
Traffic can only exit eastbound on 167th Street.
A list of the top 10 crimes committed by the state’s prisoners and cold cases dating back to the 1970’s.
The body of a 19-year-old male was found Monday night near 158th and Ridgeland.
Two of the men were armed. Oak Forest police are investigating.
Woman also injured in fight outside pizzeria on South Cicero.
Reroute or avoid the area.
Dates, locations and aftermath of the 10 worst tornado disasters in Illinois history, according to NOAA records.
2016 Senate race will be "Army vs. Navy" if both survive the primary. Her announcement will come Monday, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Illinois is home to 19 of the nation’s 100 safest cities.
The man tried to break up a dispute between his wife and several men at the bus stop. Then someone pulled a knife.
Re-route if possible.
See which counties in Illinois have had the most meth lab busts since 2006.