New details were released Wednesday about a coordinated nationwide crackdown on retail theft. Over 30 retailers, including ...

Antonio McDowell was the 51st individual to be exonerated in a case involving the misconduct of disgraced Chicago Police ...

Fourth-year student Sophie Tedesco has been awarded the University of Chicago’s highest undergraduate honor, the Hugo F.

At her swearing-in ceremony six months ago, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke promised a tougher approach to ...

Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett will donate $50,000 to a local nonprofit organization to settle a city lawsuit that ...

A Chicago man accused of killing a Waukegan college student during a road-rage shooting in Gurnee in 2021 was ordered ...

Lake County prosecutors sought the detention for Llovani Gomez, who is facing murder and other charges in the shooting death of Daniel Lobo.

The city of Chicago continues to prosecute protesters, despite mounting court losses and little punishment for those found ...

The Cuyahoga County jail complex in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. [Michael Indriolo for The Marshall Project] The Cuyahoga County jail is housed in a foreboding brutalist structure known as the Justice ...

The family of a woman who says the woman “essentially starved to death” in the Tarrant County jail filed a lawsuit Monday demanding the county turn over documents related to her death.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is working on a plan to begin bringing outsourced jail inmates back to the state as the Harris County Jail sees a recent dip in its population. Crediting ...

Read on for our guide to the best charter schools in Cook County. Address: 7212 N. Clark St., Chicago Why it stands out: Students at this top-ranking charter learn in a STEM environment committed to ...