Judge To Allow Cameras In Court For R. Kelly Sexual Abuse Trial
Cameras will be allowed in the courtroom for singer R. Kelly's trial on sexual abuse charges in Cook County, although the alleged victims may not be recorded without their consent.
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Cameras will be allowed in the courtroom for singer R. Kelly's trial on sexual abuse charges in Cook County, although the alleged victims may not be recorded without their consent.
Chicago police have issued a community alert following a string of catalytic converter thefts in several North Side neighborhoods over the past month.
Chicago police were warning people to be aware of their surroundings, after a 31-year-old woman reported being raped in the Rogers Park neighborhood Wednesday evening.
Todd Howe, 51, of Elmwood, has been charged with one count of armed robbery and one count of theft.
A CTA worker was stabbed early Friday, when he got caught in the middle of a fight on the platform of the Red Line station at Roosevelt.
"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Thursday to 16 counts of disorderly conduct, nearly a week after he was indicted for allegedly lying to police about a hate crime.
A 45-year-old woman is facing several felony charges, after allegedly shooting several customers with a pellet gun inside a Starbucks store in Andersonville.
Two people are recovering after a shooting at an apartment complex in unincorporated Willowbrook.
Lee Steverson, 30, was charged Thursday after he allegedly punched his girlfriend, pulled a gun on her and threatened to kill her.
A teenage boy is in critical condition Thursday afternoon, after he was shot in the head in the Englewood neighborhood.
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with two felony counts after he accidentally shot and killed 13-year-old Deon Williams in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood this weekend, police said.
The son of a Harvey police officer was killed and three other people were wounded, when a gunman opened fire at a nightclub in south suburban Harvey early Wednesday.
Two drivers were carjacked by gunpoint in the Albany Park neighborhood in recent weeks, according to a community alert from Chicago police.
Law enforcement officers from across the country will gather in McHenry County on Wednesday to say goodbye to one of their own. Sheriffs' Deputy Jacob Keltner was killed last week, when he was shot while helping a federal fugitive task force serve an arrest warrant at a hotel in Rockford.
A Lake County man has been arrested for allegedly biting his 10-month-old daughter on the face and arms when she would not fall asleep.
Cameras will be allowed in the courtroom when a trial judge is assigned to "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's case on disorderly conduct charges, but ultimately it will be up to the trial judge to decide on the rules for media coverage of future hearings.
Chicago police are warning about a series of robberies in the Streeterville and Gold Coast neighborhoods this month.
A former Chicago police sergeant accused of leading a crew that shook down drug dealers for cash, drugs, and weapons in the 1990s was found guilty on all charges on Monday.
"This entire thing started because they put their trust in the wrong person," attorney Gloria Schmidt said in an interview on CBSN.
Thieves pried the doors off a luxury store in Wicker Park early Monday morning and stole a large amount of merchandise.
The man charged with killing a McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy at a Rockford hotel was scheduled to make his first court appearance Monday.
A Chicago police officer was shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood while responding to a call, police confirm.
Three days after he was jailed for failing to pay more than $161,000 in child support he owed to his ex-wife, embattled singer R. Kelly has posted bond and was released from custody Saturday.
The man who shot and killed a McHenry County deputy is still in the hospital but is expected in court next week, police say.
At 6-foot-8 and more than 300 pounds, it was no wonder people called Thurman Bailey the "Thurmanator."
