The county's new top prosecutor highlighted Illinois' assault weapons ban as a key tool in tamping down the violence she says has "overshadowed" the region.

CHICAGO - Eileen O’Neill Burke was sworn in as the new Cook County State’s Attorney on Monday. O’Neill Burke, a Democrat, was ...

Authorities have charged a 37-year-old Chicago man with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a suburban police ...

Jeff Bezos, executive chairman of Amazon, and Lauren Sánchez, an American media personality, donated $2.5 million through the ...

A police officer was fatally shot in suburban Chicago on Friday after responding to a report of a man leaving a bank with a ...

While conducting a routine security check at approximately 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Cermak Health Services — the medical facility in the jail at 2700 S. California Ave. — the sheriff’s office staff found ...

Still stunned by the shooting death of Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins, his colleagues and community spent Saturday ...

An Oak Park police detective was killed Friday morning by a gunman who was seen leaving a bank, marking the first killing of an officer in the line of duty in the near west suburb in 86 years, ...

Jerrell Thomas is charged with the murder of Oak Park Detective Allan Reddins after a fatal shooting incident.

Cicero Town President Larry Dominick is calling for stricter penalties for criminals who hurt or kill law enforcement ...

Bob Bryar, a former drummer with My Chemical Romance who played on the band’s career-defining rock opera, “The Black Parade,” ...