Cook County

In 2018, Jemel Roberson, a Black security guard, was restraining an active shooter when he was shot and killed by a…

After suffering through Jussie Smollett’s star turn as the lead character in The Subway Sandwich Strongarm: A MAGA…

As of late, it feels as if states are making it harder and harder for people to exercise their right to vote. The…

Close to 6,000 families in the Chicago area will be getting a life-changing gift just in time for the holidays: the…

R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago on charges he sexually abused girls and paid off witnesses and victims to rig…

Talk about making a federal case out of something. A Chicago judge on Friday appointed a former U.S. attorney—a fed,…

In a case that just won’t seem to die, lawyers for Jussie Smollett filed court papers Thursday to answer a charge…

New video released by the Chicago police late Monday night shows that when officers went to investigate a possible…

Will the Jussie Smollett case ever end?

In a case of #MeToo at the judicial level, a Chicago judge abused his power with a series of women with whom he came…

The R is facing an X rating when it comes to a slew of new sex assault charges R. Kelly got hit with Thursday.

As cities and towns across America come to grips with the country’s mass incarceration problem, many jurisdictions…

I plan on keeping this blog about as short as R. Kelly’s performance this past weekend.

Sooooo Jussie Smollett may have, just may have, colored the truth. The Chicago Police Department might have or might…

There were decades of allegations. There was a criminal trial on charges of child pornography. There were hashtag…

Three Chicago police officers caught on video tasing a 16-year-old female student and punching her at a school in…

After spending nearly two decades in jail for a murder he didn’t commit, Geraldo Iglesias finally had his conviction…

On Friday afternoon, after a day of deliberation, a Cook County jury found Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke…

While we see it with far more frequency, it’s still not often that a cop goes on trial for an officer-involved…

It took a Cook County, Ill., jury less than three hours to find Kenneth Williams guilty on all charges related to…