Conventional wisdom about violence is wrong, Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, says in ...

Authorities said Nicholas Novak fired a shotgun at police at the end of a chase from Plano to Aurora, after already having ...

Prosecutors on Thursday said Antonio Reyes bragged about urinating on memorials set up for his alleged victims. He was ...

A 25-year-old woman charged with murder and attempted robbery with a firearm will remain behind bars until her trial, a judge ...

Chicago police announced Thursday that Josalyn Fowler of Thornton, Illinois, has been charged with multiple felonies.

The woman charged with murder in the shooting death of a 28-year-old man in Lincoln Park last week called 911 to try to throw police off her trail, prosecutors said.

Williams, 34, of Gary, died of several gunshots to the head and torso, according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office. He was found lying next to a Buick Enclave parked in front of a home on the 3500 ...

A woman is facing multiple charges after a 66-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run in January. Iryna Kalach, 39, was ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A woman has been charged relating to last week's deadly shooting in Lincoln Park, police said. Alderman ...

Josalyn Fowler, 25, called 911 after the fatal shooting, but it was a ploy to misdirect investigators, prosecutors said.

CHICAGO - A Franklin Park man is facing a first-degree murder charge following the death of a 24-year-old man on Chicago’s ...

Witnesses informed the police that they saw a man and a woman fleeing the crime scene on foot, heading eastward.