A Naperville father who made a last-minute plea to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement so he could remain in the U.S. to care for a young daughter with severe spina bifida has left the country…
In untold hundreds of truck and train shipments, tons of cocaine rolled into Chicago hidden among loads of vegetables, shrimp, and even live sheep. The city acted as the American distribution cente…
The large November 2008 heroin drop near O’Hare International Airport was unusual for more than one reason. For starters, the Sinaloa cartel had sent 20 kilos instead of the promised 18, perh…
A council of Christian leaders tapped to review last year’s tumultuous exit of Bill Hybels from Willow Creek Community Church has concluded that claims of “sexually inappropriate words …
Few issues in recent Chicago history have been as contentious as former Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s decision to close half the city’s mental health clinics, and now Lori Lightfoot will inherit…
An Illinois judge took the rare step Thursday of declaring a Kankakee man innocent of murder after the state’s attorney agreed the man had spent nearly two decades in prison for a crime he di…
Federal appeals judges signaled they could be about to overturn a historic jury verdict against the city of Chicago for a shooting involving an off-duty officer’s gun, even though the city no…
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was on the witness stand testifying in his own defense in federal court, chattering on in typical form and telling jurors about a 2002 fundraiser that was held …
There are many tragic murder cases that have become lodged in Chicago’s collective memory. There are also many that have been forgetten, lost to history without a closer look into what really…
